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A touch-screen point-of-sale (POS) system operates on tablets and handheld devices, typically via an app. The biggest advantage of using a touch-screen or tablet POS is a streamlined interface for faster checkout. Plus, touch-screen devices are more portable than cash registers or hardwired countertop POS systems, allowing for mobile sales capabilities.

The best tablet and touch-screen POS systems are affordable, easy to use, and have key business management features like inventory management and sales reporting.

**A Shopify Ecommerce subscription ($29-$299 per month) is required to use Shopify POS. So, your monthly price is a combination of your Shopify plan and POS subscription.

Square is the ideal touch-screen POS solution for most small businesses, especially since its free plans include many features for a single location, perfect for a new retailer, food truck, or cafe. Advanced features available in the affordable Plus plans at $60/month are ideal for quick-service restaurants (QSR), larger retailers, and sit-down restaurants.

Based on our evaluation, Square leads our recommended touch-screen POS systems, earning a total score of 4.65 out of 5—the only software that scored perfect marks for touch-screen-specific features. While the lack of additional payment processing options and limited customer support kept Square from gaining a perfect score, its modest payment processing fee—combined with excellent features included in its free version—provides exceptional value, making Square the best touch-screen POS, the best iPad POS, and the best overall POS systems for small businesses.

Add all your items to Square so that employees can check out customers more quickly by simply clicking an image of each item on the touch screen. You can add your inventory manually or import in bulk using a spreadsheet. The free version of Square has surprisingly strong inventory management—including categories, variants, modifiers, and low-stock alerts—although you’ll need to upgrade to the paid version of Square for Retail to print barcodes, create purchase orders, and view detailed inventory reports.

While the Square POS offers great value to startups, it might not be the best option once your operations grow. You will need a better inventory and reporting management tool if you begin maintaining complex inventories and multiple locations. For this, you will find Lightspeed the better option, with its more sophisticated inventory management feature, highly customizable reporting function, and better multilocation management tools. Additionally, Lightspeed offers a more flexible payment processing option, which means you can shop around for better transaction fees.

It can sort through items with searchable tags, automatically add to your inventory by scanning barcodes, check supplier lists, and draft purchase orders straight from the platform. All these make Lightspeed highly effective in handling thousands of unique SKUs, which also makes it our top choice for POS inventory management.

Based on our evaluation, Lightspeed earned a score of 4.32 out of 5 with outstanding marks for its top-of-the-line inventory management and analytic tools and ease of use. It fell behind Square in terms of pricing, because while the monthly plans are within our pricing threshold, access to offline transaction processing, additional registers, and mobile card readers are an additional cost, making large POS setups quite pricey.

Lightspeed Retail offers the most advanced inventory management of any touch-screen POS on this list. It’s equipped to handle hundreds or even thousands of unique SKUs thanks to handy features like the ability to tag items with searchable terms. Plus, Lightspeed Retail uploads vendor catalogs, making it easy for businesses to reorder stock whenever it runs low. Most other POS systems don’t have built-in product catalogs or features to manage purchase orders directly.

Lightspeed includes more than 60 built-in reports covering inventory, sales, and customer behavior. While this alone is more than most POS systems will offer, the “Pro” plan also lets you build custom reports using any data points in the system.

*A Shopify Ecommerce subscription ($29-$299 per month) is required to use Shopify POS. So, your monthly price is a combination of your Shopify plan and POS subscription

Shopify is the best POS solution for online retail businesses that want to expand to in-person sales. As one of the world’s leading ecommerce platforms for small businesses, Shopify allows you to create an online store and manage both your online and in-person sales from the same system. This keeps your inventory, sales, and customer data synchronized at all times.

Furthermore, you can use Shopify to sell on Amazon, eBay, Facebook, and Instagram—truly managing all your sales channels from one platform. While each Shopify account does come with a free POS app plan to help you get started, it’s important to note that key POS features can only be accessed by upgrading to a paid plan.

Our evaluation earned Shopify an overall score of 4.31 out of 5, receiving a perfect score for ease of use and top marks for pricing and general features. Shopify’s omnichannel selling tools create the perfect platform for easy business expansion. However, its lack of offline payment processing and need for upgrading to a paid plan in order to access key touch-screen POS features, such as digital signature capture, prevented Shopify from earning a higher score and landed it right behind Lightspeed.

With Shopify’s POS Pro add-on ($89 per month), you get a much more advanced inventory system than what you’ll find from Square, as Shopify enables you to create purchase orders and track incoming shipments. You can use a barcode scanner to confirm the items received and automatically add them to your inventory.

Shopify’s CRM tools in the baseline plan offer only basic features. You can create simple customer profiles and automate emails to send order updates, digital receipts, and post-purchase promotions. More dynamic CRM features can be accessed through integrations.

Like most touch-screen POS systems, you can create employee user accounts and have employees clock in/out to track their hours and monitor performance. However, Shopify does limit the number of user accounts you can set up on basic and standard plans.

Shopify Lite allows you to sell in person through the POS Lite app, or add a buy button on other websites. And while this plan does not allow you to build your own online store, you can still access in-store inventory and customer profiles, offer customer discounts, and access back-office functions—such as product management, order management, and reporting.

Instead, consider Square for Retail, which is our recommended retail POS. Plus, it comes with a basic native ecommerce feature and easy-to-use store builder in its free plan. It also offers a free card reader with each Square account.

Toast takes the lead when it comes to touch-screen POS systems for full-service restaurants. Its top-of-the-line order and table management features are designed to keep servers in constant communication with the kitchen, while handheld terminals ensure that servers are immediately notified whenever orders are ready or if an item is 86ed from the menu.

Also, the touch-screen KDS allows the back-of-house staff to keep track of all orders—whether they come from the dining room or from a third-party delivery app—and send notifications back to the waitstaff. And, all hardware, even the KDS, is industry-grade and built to withstand the heat of the kitchen.

Toast also offers detailed inventory management, an array of touch-screen hardware options, and flexible ordering tools—making it the best overall touch-screen POS for restaurants.

Toast Go is a mobile POS terminal that allows your servers to accept dine-in and take-out orders and process card payments anywhere in the restaurant. (Source: Toast)

Many users like how Toast improves communication between front-of-house and back-of-house staff. When servers are using Toast’s handled tablets, menu item quantities are updated in real time, so they’re aware of 86s before taking a customer’s order. Likewise, servers are given a notification as soon as a course is out of the kitchen and are reminded about where it’s headed. Toast is also the only POS on this list that offers fully contactless ordering, allowing customers to order and pay from their smartphones.

As a touch-screen POS, the biggest drawback for Toast is that it uses proprietary hardware, which not only takes away the flexibility of this type of POS system but also drives up the cost of running your business. This ties you to a possible long-term contract and to Toast’s in-house payment processing solution, preventing you from getting the best deals on transaction fees. For a restaurant POS that runs on iPads, consider Square for Restaurants.

In the News: In March 2021, Lightspeed acquired Vend, giving Vend clients access to Lightspeed’s payments, ecommerce, and loyalty solutions. That means that now, if you become a Vend client, all of the branding will be Lightspeed Retail X series, though all of the Vend POS features and much of the user interface have remained the same.

Vend is an excellent option for brick-and-mortar retailers looking for a touch-screen POS that offers built-in customer and loyalty management with its Advanced Plan. Very few POS systems include loyalty programs, store credit, and layaway functions in their POS plans–it is typically an add on. Combined with its offline processing features and its ability to integrate with third-party processors and offer multiple payment options, Vend is a solid option for retailers.

Vend earned a score of 4.02 out of 5, with perfect scores for general features and ease of use. For touch-screen features, Vend scored well on device flexibility, electronic signature capture, and customizable digital receipts availability. On the other hand, the software lost points for pricey subscription plans and limited features in the basic plans, subsequently preventing Vend from performing better in our ranking.

Real-time inventory tools are available from its basic plan. It allows users to upload and edit products in bulk, track variant bundles, and set custom low stock alerts and automatic reordering. It also lets you build a centralized catalog that can be accessed directly from the POS, back office, and mobile for easy management of multiple locations.

Every Vend account comes with integrated payment processing that lets customers pay with all major credit and debit cards via swipe, tap, dip, sign or contactless technologies. You can choose to integrate with any of Vend’s integrated payment options (see comparison table for full list), or you can opt for Lightspeed Payments for Vend. By choosing Lightspeed Payments for Vend, not only will you get a lower monthly rate on your POS subscription, you will also receive a free contactless payment terminal, guided set-up, and a predictable flat rate pricing model.

While Vend has some great features, it does have a rather expensive baseline subscription ($119), and its base plans don’t include key features such as loyalty, custom reporting, and an ecommerce integration. This raises the question of Vend’s value-for-money, particularly for small business owners. So, if you prefer a touch-screen POS with more included tools at a lower price point, consider Lightspeed.

Mindbody is a fantastic tablet POS system for appointment-based businesses with small inventories. Mindbody includes a custom-branded app that your customers can use to view your schedule and then book and purchase appointments, rooms, or classes. The software also includes reporting tools, an AI appointment management system, a fully integrated Virtual Wellness platform for virtual appointments and classes, and lead management tools.

While Mindbody is a fully loaded option when it comes to appointment scheduling and management tools, it scored a 3.81 out of 5 on this guide. Mindbody does have top-notch CRM capabilities, an easy-to-use interface, and great customer reviews. However, it lost points due to its high price point, its primitive retail POS capabilities, and limited inventory management tools.

Run the Mindbody Business app on any iOS or Android device and pair that with either Mindbody’s POS equipment or any other compatible devices. (Source: Mindbody)

Sell goods and services, create inventory, track your stock, and take your sales anywhere with a mobile card reader and the Mindbody app. While perfect for simple sales and inventory tracking, Mindabody’s retail POS capabilities are limited, and you should consider Square POS plus Square Appointments if you have larger retail needs.

For businesses that need both retail and appointment management tools, our suggestion is to pair Square POS with Square Appointments so you can get the functionality of both a retail and appointment POS system without needing to integrate a third-party platform.

In this review, we compared popular software that offers outstanding touch-screen POS solutions based on price and features. The best touch-screen POS systems should provide offline processing, capture digital signatures, and have device compatibility and access to mobile card readers.

We also considered general POS features, such as payment processing flexibility, remote and multilocation features, and the level of inventory and business management tools available in baseline plans. Finally, we considered our retail experts’ opinions based on their personal knowledge of each software.

All things considered, Square emerges as the best touch-screen POS for small businesses based on our evaluation criteria, receiving the highest overall score from our grading system for touch-screen POS software (4.65 out of 5). Our scoring system ranked our top 15 choices according to what we would personally recommend based on our experience testing different software and working with small businesses that use POS systems every day.

We evaluated each software’s pricing plans for subscription options under $75 per month, as well as pay-as-you-go or free-forever opportunities. We awarded points for systems that allow for unlimited inventory listing and transaction processing. Finally, we awarded high marks for POS systems that provide users with the most flexible card processing options.

In general, business owners look for efficiency in POS systems, which requires features that are both easy to scale and highly customizable. Therefore, we want to highlight touch-screen POS solutions that can accept a wide variety of payment options and provide the necessary functions needed depending on the subscription. We also evaluated each system’s key POS features and checked how many of these tools are included in the baseline plans.

This section measures each POS system’s touch-screen features and weighs them against business requirements. We gave high marks for providers that offer offline transaction processing and the most compatibility with mobile card readers and different touch-screen devices. We also awarded points for features unique to touch-screen systems, such as digital signature capture and the ability to issue customized digital receipts. Finally, we recognized systems that provide unlimited device connections that can help process transactions faster and ring in more sales.

Touch-screen POS systems should be easy to operate. We made sure that we highlight web-based and/or cloud-based solutions so that your data can be synchronized and accessed from every connected device. We also gave extra points for systems that provide round-the-clock support.

While there are a definitive number of business types, each business owner’s approach to growth is unique. The many different types of POS systems in the market are designed to offer a variety of features to match combinations of business concepts, size, objectives, and growth strategies. Whether your primary goal is to manage a vast inventory, handle multichannel sales, boost your loyalty program, or improve the quality of your table service through tableside ordering, a touch-screen POS system will help you get the job done efficiently.

If you aren’t sure yet where you need to be investing your money, the free POS tools offered by Square provide a great jumping-off point. Square offers just about everything a small retail shop or restaurant will need to get started, and it can scale with you. To try Square for free, click the button below.

Touch screen point of sale (POS) software plays a key role in running an efficient retail operation. However, it can be difficult to sort through the many available programs to find the right touch POS system for your type and size of store. Luckily, we put in the hard work of researching these solutions, so you don’t have to. Our expertise allows us to match retailers with the right software based on their type of store, size and unique requirements. We are committed to saving retailers valuable time, and costly mistakes.

There are many different types of POS systems, and of course touch screen is one of the primary deployment models. For these programs, the keyboard is an eliminated or secondary piece of hardware, as most or all of the use comes through an intuitive touch-sensitive interface. The software is customized to your store and products and is designed to be quick and easy to learn, since retailers have one the highest employee turnover rates of any industry.

There’s a very wide variety of touch screen POS systems and shopping for one can be a bit overwhelming. To simplify the task before you and help make sense of all the products you encounter, it’s helpful to think of all the various systems as belonging to either of two general groups. We use a similar approach and group touch screen POS buyers into one of two types:

Small POS buyers. Businesses with one to a handful of locations typically want a straightforward POS system. These buyers generally use their POS systems to ring up customers, update inventory and provide basic reports. Some of these systems also provide CRM capabilities that can be used to develop marketing and buyer incentive programs. They can also offer varying levels of accounting functionality.

Importantly, these systems are also some of the easiest to use. This can be an important selection factor for stores that can’t spend much time training managers how to use the new system or getting sales staff up to speed on how to handle and process each order. Touch screen POS systems designed for smaller businesses will typically have the simplest, and often the most user-friendly, interfaces.

Enterprise POS buyers. These buyers may be outgrowing their starter POS packages and are looking for more robust solutions. Alternatively, they may have an advanced POS package that simply isn’t well aligned with the workflows of frontline sales staff. They may be looking for a simpler system on the frontend, to improve speed and efficiency during check-out, but one that has more advanced and multi-site reporting and planning capabilities on the backend.

These solutions are typically targeted to larger retailers with multiple and/or very large stores, and include robust multi-location reporting capabilities and features like centralized pricing controls, merchandise planning and warehouse or transportation management. Not every enterprise solution will have all of these features, so consider carefully which features you want, and use those criteria to narrow down your search. Enterprise buyers should also consider any integration requirements carefully before making a purchase decision. They may have, for example, an important customer database that they plan to continue using. In cases like these, all new POS systems under evaluation should be double-checked to ensure compatibility with the database files and formats.

The benefit of a touch screen POS is the intuitive design and high efficiency. New employees can learn the software extremely easily, since everything they need is just a couple of touches away, and once learned gets all purchases and/or orders registered very quickly and communicated to whoever else needs the information. In turn, this reduces checkout times, which increases sales and lowers costs of doing business.

Of course, training is a huge issue, and not all touch screen POS systems are created equal. So be sure to consider usability as you’re considering systems, to make sure the learning curve for new employees will be as low as possible.

Mobile POS. Since many retailers conduct sales at tradeshows and other events, mobile POS applications are growing in popularity. Of course the iPad is a natural touch screen mobile POS application, but there are others designed to process payments and access inventory/sales data remotely.

Software as a service (SaaS).Not too long ago, a touch screen POS system would have required an on-premise installation. But with the explosion of the iPad, touch-sensitive desktop computers and other tablet devices, there are a whole range of solutions that are now designed for a Web-based deployment model. For these, the software and data are housed on a remote server, with the touch-sensitive user interface being the only on-premise use requirement. This could be a tablet device or a dedicated piece of hardware that you buy or lease from the software vendor.

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Regardless of the type, they all come with state-of-the-art point of sale software intended to facilitate the payment processes your business deals with daily. The POS system cash register is a device that can be installed instead of the typical cash register. It is equipped with a bar code scanner, a receipt printer, and programmable keyboards. It also comes with a double-sided display, one for your employees and one for your customers. They are a great fit for restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets, bars, and more.

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When considering a touch screen POS system, there are many options to choose from. The most basic criteria involve the size of the monitor and the technology it utilizes.Size: monitors range in size from 12-inch to 23-inch and larger, with 15 inch monitors being one of the most popular choices.

Type: You"ll have a choice between a cathode ray tube (CRT) and liquid crystal display (LCD) touch screen monitors. While both have flat displays, LCD displays typically have better resolution, are more energy efficient, and take up less space. CRT touch screens are generally less expensive, though.

When it comes to buying a touch screen POS system, you can select from a broad range of brands. If you already have a POS system that you"re happy with, it is possible to just purchase a touch screen POS monitor. There are also complete touch POS systems that include all of the components you need for a single station or multiple stations. Another option is to mix and match hardware and POS systems software. Whatever option is best for you, the prices below will give you a better idea of what it will cost. Keep in mind that these are just estimates. For a more accurate price quote, please fill out our short form to get connected to POS system dealers in your area. It"s free.

An all-in-one touch screen POS combines a touch screen monitor with a POS computer (you still have to buy the printer, scanner, and other hardware) and costs approximately $1,500 to $2,500.An all-in-one 15" Elo-touch with a 1.5 GHz process, 512 Mb RAM, and 80 GB hard drive costs around $1,500.

A point of sale system that comes with all or most of the hardware and software you need costs anywhere from around $1,500 to $12,000 and up.Complete single station restaurant POS systems cost around $1,500. A system at this price might come with a POS computer, LCD touch screen, thermal printer, magnetic stripe reader, and a cash drawer.

A 2 station point of sale touch screen system costs approximately $3,250. At this price, you can expect to receive 2 POS computers systems, (2) 15" flat panel touch screen monitors, 2 receipt printers, 2 magnetic card swipe readers, 2 keyboards, 2 mice, and much more.

A 4 station touch screen delivery POS system costs around $7,000. A system at this price should come with 4 POS computers, 1 back office computer, (4) 15" touch screen flat panel LCD monitors, (1) 17" flat panel LCD back office monitor, 1 cash drawer, 4 thermal receipt printers, 1 dot matrix kitchen printer, and much more.

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As computer display technology advances and user preferences evolve, the use of wide touch screen monitors is gaining popularity. Unlike traditional monitors that served simply as display screens, touch screens are interactive, responding to light taps from a fingertip or stylus instead of input from a keyboard or mouse. As people have become accustomed to this technology on their smartphones and personal tablets, it is a natural progression to use it in computers for retail and restaurant environments, such as point of sale (POS) systems and kiosks.

A wide touch screen monitor features a screen that is mounted in more of a landscape orientation than traditional rectangular POS or kiosk layouts. This wider horizontal format provides greater visibility of displayed information, which can lead to improved worker productivity in many environments. Let’s take a look at the benefits that are causing increased demand for wide touch screen monitors and the features to look for when upgrading your all-in-one POS system.

Increased Productivity: With a wide touch screen monitor, users can view more information or data at once, providing greater ease of use for certain applications or environments. For example, servers in a restaurant can see more of the menu and complete orders with fewer clicks and less scrolling through the options. Touch screens are also intuitive and faster to operate than trying to input data with a traditional keyboard or mouse. Less time placing orders and completing the payment process means servers have more time to upsell customers and focus on customer service. Faster checkout also increases throughput as well as customer satisfaction.

Ergonomics: Real estate or rental space for retailers and restaurateurs is one of the biggest cost centers, especially in larger metropolitan areas. Many owners are forced into smaller restaurant or retail footprints, meaning space is at a premium. The wide touch screen format is ideal for environments where footprint and ergonomics are important. The wide touch screen format allows you to use that valuable counter space to display impulse items for sale or utilize limited space for complimentary POS peripherals. Wide touch screen monitors can also be mounted, so they can fit wherever your workplace needs them to be.

Cleanliness: The pandemic has made businesses of all types more mindful of the importance of sanitizing work and technology equipment. A wide touch screen that comes in a bezel-less, true flat design also makes it easier to clean high touch surfaces. Many all-in-one POS systems are now often semi-ruggedized making them able to withstand constant wipe downs and cleaning. In addition, many POS systems and mobile devices are now being designed as anti-microbial solutions reducing the spread of germs and microbes from user to user.

Improved Aesthetics: For most businesses, image is important, especially in high-end retail or hospitality. The simple lines and uncluttered appearance of a wide touch screen monitor will provide your business with the modern, sleek look that customers expect. Your establishment will appear more up-to-date and tech-savvy, which will further improve customers’ perceptions.

Superior Performance: If you are going to invest in a wide touch screen, don’t forget about performance. Make sure that your selection has the latest microprocessor chip set. You’ll also want to pay attention to processing speed, since the unit will need enough horsepower to handle the most demanding applications. Newer wide touch screen monitors also have the latest technology for reducing power consumption, resulting in lower utility bills. Finally, look for the capability to support the latest operating systems (OS), including Windows 11, Windows 10 IOT, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro, and Linux.

With advantages ranging from greater productivity to a compact footprint, wide touch screen monitors are an excellent solution for businesses to adopt. If you’re ready to upgrade, there’s one more factor to consider: the provider. You want to select a technology partner with not only the right product but also knowledge of your industry and the unique needs of your business.

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