QuickBooks POS Feature Comparison
How does RetailEdge 8.2 Point of Sale software compare to QuickBooks Point of Sale software? This is a question we get every day. The quick answer is that RetailEdge gives you more for less.
- Lower Starting Costs. The initial cost of RetailEdge is 1/2 to 1/3 the cost of comparable Quickbooks POS software versions.
- Lower Operating Costs. RetailEdge includes features like loyalty programs, gift cards and gift registry with no additional fees. We offer a choice of credit card processors that should always give you lower rates than Intuit's merchant services used with QuickBooks POS. And we offer affordable software maintenance plans starting at only $5 per month.
- US Based Technical Support. QuickBooks uses overseas call centers. Our technical support staff is located right here in the US and use RetailEdge every day to ring in sales and log customer activity just like you would.
- Affordable scalability.With features like RetailEdge Island and our multi-location synchronization engine RECON you have affordable options run your business remotely and scale as you need. With more hardware options, you can pick and choose what hardware works best for you.
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| RetailEdge 8.2 Point of Sale Software | QuickBooks Point of Sale Software |
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| Basic | Pro | Multi-Store |
| GENERAL FEATURES | ||||
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| First Workstation/Lane Price
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$450.00 | $1,099.95 | $1,599.95 | $1,799.95 |
| Additional Workstation Price (affordable scalability)
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$225.00 | $1,099.95 | $1,599.95 | $1,799.95 |
| Technical Support
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FREE unlimited phone support for 90 days(1) | 30 Days | 30 Days | 30 Days |
| SALES FEATURES | ||||
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| Credit Card Processing
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Processes using PCCharge. Gives you the flexibility to use the processor YOU choose | Requires QuickBooks Merchant Service | ||
| Tracks Item Availability (accounts for quantities on Open Orders and Layaways) |  |
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| INVENTORY FEATURES | ||||
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| Serial Numbers | Tracked In Inventory and Sales | Entered on sales receipt and customer orders. POS does not track serial number of items in inventory | ||
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| Portable Data Terminal Physical Inventory Control Device | Supports PDT device updates for Sales, PO Entry, Transfers, Receiving and Inventory | Inventory Updates Only | ||
| Class, Department SKU and User Field Based Tax Exemptions | |
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| Alternate Lookups per item | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Case Lot Tracking and Splitting | |
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| CUSTOMER FEATURES | Track Unlimited Customer interests | |
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| Store Credit Tracking | |
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| House Charge Accounts | Full Support of Payment, Invoicing and Statements | Requires QuickBooks to track customer account balances, limits and available credit within the point of sale | ||
| Customer Images | |
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| Gift Cards
Cost Saving Feature
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Fully Integrated into Program. No added fees | Requires Gift Card Service account through QuickBooks POS | ||
| Loyalty Program
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| PURCHASE ORDER FEATURES | ||||
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| Automatic purchase order generation | Based on sales history or multiple reordering levels | Based on single reorder level | ||
| Reordering Levels | Multiple minimum/maximum reordering levels for seasonal reordering | Single Item Reordering Level | ||
| NETWORK WORKSTATION | ||||
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| Supported number of workstations per location | Unlimited | Limited to 10 | Limited to 10 | Limited to 10 |
| Supports Disconnected Operation with Import/Export (For Off-Line Sales and Purchase Order entry) | |
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| DEVICE FEATURES | ||||
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| Support for many different devices, scales, bar code
printers, receipt printers, displays, cash drawers.
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Virtually Unlimited. Uses OPOS to allow support for most Point of Sale peripherals | Limited to QuickBooks Point of Sale Peripheral Package | ||
| CREDIT CARD PROCESSING | ||||
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| Credit Card Processing with PC Charge | |
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| Credit Card Processing with MercuryPay (Direct program integration) | |
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| Payment Processing Inc (PPI) Agreement for FREE
processing software and the best credit card processing fees in the industry.
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| MULTI-LOCATION FEATURES | ||||
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| Track Unlimited number of locations | |
N/A | N/A | Limited to 10 |
| Multi-Store Data Transfer | Fully Automated. Full Synchronization. All data synchronized to all stores. Gives you the ability to manage your customers, inventory, sales and ordering from any location. |
N/A | N/A | |
