Alternatives
Why owners look beyond Shopify POS, the options worth comparing and how to switch without losing a day of sales.
✓ Installed by our team and supported by phone. Rates and equipment are quoted to your business.
Merchant Fund Express offers Clover POS and credit card processing through our partnership, with on-site installation, training and phone support.
Shopify POS alternatives come up when the shop, not the website, has become the main business. Owners with a small online catalog but a busy counter often want stronger in-person tools, staff roles and on-site support, and are willing to sync the website through an app rather than run the store on it.
The alternatives below are grouped by who they fit. If you want a full POS that is quoted to your business, installed on site and supported by one team, Clover through Merchant Fund Express is the option we offer.
Shopify POS is the in-person side of Shopify. Its site says it works best for businesses that sell both in person and online, keeping inventory, payments and customers in sync, with options like buy online, pick up in store and ship from store.
It tends to suit pop-up and market sellers who mainly sell products, not services or food.
Today: Shopify sells integrated hardware for counter and on-the-go selling. Shopify Payments is the built-in processor; Shopify notes that full hardware and Shopify Payments benefits are only available in select regions. If you keep your Shopify website, ask how inventory will sync before you change the counter; products can be exported and loaded into Clover.
Plan the data first. Export items, modifiers, taxes and customer records before you cancel anything, and write down open gift card balances so they can be honored after the switch.
| Option | Who it fits | Read more |
|---|---|---|
| Clover through Merchant Fund Express | Most of your revenue is in person and you do not run a Shopify online store. | Clover vs Shopify POS |
| Lightspeed | Businesses that want to choose their processor separately from their POS. | Clover vs Lightspeed |
| Square | Very small or brand-new businesses that want to sign up online and start the same day. | Clover vs Square |
| PayPal Zettle | Businesses that already run their money through a PayPal business account. | Clover vs PayPal Zettle |
Clover through Merchant Fund Express is a good match when several of these are true:
Choose the slowest day of your week for the cut-over, and avoid the end of a month when you are reconciling.
Before any hardware moves, you get a plain-English review of your statement and a written Clover quote.
Items, modifiers, taxes, tips and staff logins are set up before the hardware arrives.
Installation is on site: we place and test each device, build your items and modifiers with you, connect printers and drawers and run a practice sale with every person who will use the system.
Merchant Fund Express offers Clover through its partnership. We do not publish a price list, because the right setup and rate depend on your volume, your card mix and how many stations you need. Call (305) 384-8391 and we will review a recent statement for free, then quote Clover to your business.
Facts about Shopify POS summarize its own public pages and named announcements as of October 2026. Products and terms change; confirm details with Shopify POS before you decide. Merchant Fund Express is not affiliated with Shopify POS.
It depends on how much you sell online. If the website is the main business, Shopify POS keeps one inventory. If the shop is the main business, Clover installed by us often fits better, and products can be loaded from a spreadsheet export.
Yes. Items can carry SKUs and barcodes, counts update as you sell and reports show what moves.
The Merchant Fund Express team installs on site, builds your items, connects your printers and drawers and trains your staff, then stays available by phone.
Yes. Send or read us a recent statement and we will walk through it with no obligation.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
