eHopper vs Open Source Point of Sale

eHopper is a point-of-sale system for small retail and restaurant businesses, with tools for sales, inventory, vendor orders, tax rates and employee management. Its inventory functions support unlimited products and categories, including pricing, quantities and vendor records. Merchants can manage unlimited employee accounts and collect customer information during checkout for outreach. Reports cover sales, inventory, customer information, staff activity and transactions. For restaurants, online ordering syncs orders with the POS for pickup, delivery or dine-in. The service runs on Android, iOS, web and Windows, and the Windows POS can continue operating offline and upload data to a cloud server. eHopper integrates with QuickBooks Online to synchronize sales, inventory and revenue data; the maker's instructions require a Freedom account and a QuickBooks Plus account. Listed monthly plans are Essential Plus at 14.99 USD, Freedom at 24.99 USD, Restaurant at 29.99 USD and OmniChannel at 39.99 USD. Online ordering lists $0.00 fees for gateway, commission, hosting, SSL and support, but a minimum service fee of $29.99 a month may apply if processing does not generate that revenue.

Open Source Point of Sale is a web-based sales and inventory system written in PHP, with MySQL or MariaDB for its data store. It handles stock for items and kits, supports multiple locations, and includes a register that logs transactions, quotations, invoicing, and VAT, GST, customer, and multi-tier taxes. Other operating tools cover expenses, cash up, receivings, gift cards, rewards, and restaurant tables. Users can print or email receipts, invoices, and quotations, and create and print barcodes. Multiple users can have permissions, with reports for sales, orders, expenses, and inventory status. Listed integrations include MailChimp and SMS messaging. The project supports different installation methods and lists PHP 8.2 to 8.4, MySQL 5.7 or MariaDB 10.x, and Apache 2.4 as server requirements. The software is free at free. It uses MIT terms with a requirement to keep its visible footer signature on every page. Security patches cover versions 3.4.2 and later.