Clover POS Pricing Plans (2024 Guide) (2024)

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What Is Clover?

Clover is a point-of-sale system that is adaptable to many businesses that sell products. In addition to selling your basic merchandise, you can get different hardware and software for processing credit card transactions and other payments.

Clover Software

Clover POS pricing has a number of plans appropriate to different businesses. Payments Plus allows you to track employees and customers. The Register Lite and Register plans include inventory management. Counter Service Restaurant includes ordering for delivery for restaurants, while Table Service Restaurant is meant mostly for indoor restaurant operations.

Clover POS Pricing Tiers

	Services	Retail	Quick-service Restaurant	Full-service Restaurant
One-time Hardware Fee	$0 (No hardware required)	$799	$799	$1,699
Starting Price	$14.95 per month	$14.95 per month	$54.95 per month	$84.95 per month
Processing Fee – Card Present	N/A	2.6% + 10 cents	2.3% + 10 cents	2.3% + 10¢ cents
Processing Fee – Online (or Keyed-in)	3.5% + 10 cents	3.5% + 10 cents	3.5% + 10 cents	3.5% + 10 cents
Recurring Payments	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Inventory Management	Yes	Yes	Yes – Menu management	Yes – Menu management
Client Database	Yes	No	No	No
Online Ordering	No	No	Yes	Yes
Table Mapping	No	No	No	Yes
Receipt Printer	N/A	Built-in	Built-in	Built-in
Invoice By Email	Yes	N/A	No	No
Sales Tracking and Reporting	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add-ons	Cash drawer, payroll, Clover Go Reader	Online store, Clover Go Reader, payroll, barcode scanner	Cash drawer, swivel stand, payroll, kitchen printer, weight scale	Payroll, kitchen printer, label printer, weight scale, Clover Go Reader

Pricing and plans vary by industry (or use case) with monthly fees ranging from as little as $14.95 up to $114.85 per month, but all plans include transaction fees above 2% for credit cards. It’s important to factor that into your budget. Additionally, not all of these plans include access to the Clover App Market. These add-ons might be necessary for your business operations, so it’s important to assess how many capabilities you need out of your payment processor before picking a Clover plan.

Clover has one no-hardware plan for $14.95 a month that works for businesses that don’t need to do any in-person payment processing.

Clover Hardware

After you pick which Clover POS pricing plan is best for your business, you can figure out how many cash stations and credit card processors you need to operate.

Cashier Stations

Clover Station Solo is the most recognizable simple cash station for payment processing. It costs $1,699 and offers everything you need from a single-station payment processor. You can also generate sales reports from this system. The Clover Station Duo is the same setup but has a second screen for customers. It costs $1,799.

Clover Mini is the more compact version of the Station Solo and costs $799. These systems can also connect with scales for weighing products, as well as barcode scanners. All of these stations and other Clover hardware offer payment plans over three months if you don’t have all of the money upfront.

Clover on the Go

For businesses that need more agile payment processing, Clover offers portable hardware. This is helpful for small businesses that need to exhibit at trade shows and restaurants.

The Clover Flex is a handheld tablet that costs $599. It’s not just a payment processor—it tracks inventory, sends receipts, and you can pull sales reports from it as well.

The Clover Go is its smallest offering—it’s a credit card reader and integrates with an application on your phone. It’s a good payment processor to get if you’re just starting to sell merchandise and don’t need regular capabilities.

Clover Apps

The Clover App Market offers tons of integrations for your business needs. You can get QuickBooks through the app market, which would be very helpful for managing taxes if you have a lot of employees. QuickBooks costs about $19.95 per month to integrate with Clover.

There are other free app integrations through the market, even for payroll. When you have access, you can browse and compare plans to see what’s most cost-effective for your business.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a monthly fee for Clover?

All Clover software has a monthly subscription fee. Monthly fees start at $14.95 and go up to $114.85 per month.

Is Clover cheaper than Square?

It depends on the plan. You should figure out everything you need for your POS system and check the costs of comparable plans on Clover and Square.

What’s the difference between Clover Quick-service and Full-service?

Both the quick-service and full-service plans are geared toward restaurants. However, they each meet the needs of different types of restaurants. For example, the quick-service is set up for restaurants such as cafes or bakeries. Whereas, full-service is set up for large restaurants and bars, given its inclusion of table mapping, bill splitting and open tabs.

What is the best POS for small business?

The eHopper POS is Forbes Advisor’s selection for the best POS system for small business of 2024. It takes our top pick because of its free processing, free hardware and e-commerce integrations, making it ideal for omnichannel businesses or those on a budget.

Lightspeed POS takes our second top pick for best POS systems because of its customer loyalty program. Customers are more likely to stay loyal and spend money if they feel important. Offer your members access to exclusive deals and discounts as well as monthly boxes filled with products they will love.

Clover’s massive amount of third-party integrations make it our third top pick for best POS systems. It integrates with apps, such as DocuSign, Xero, Mailchimp and WooCommerce to expand the functionality of your POS.

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