Clover comparison
A factual side-by-side based on each company's own pages as of October 2026, written for owners deciding where to process.
✓ 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.
Key facts
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Clover and Elavon both let a business take card payments, but they are built for different owners. Elavon is a merchant services and payment processing company. Clover is a full point-of-sale platform from Fiserv with its own hardware, software and app market, and through Merchant Fund Express it comes quoted to your business and installed on site.
In short: Elavon suits businesses that want processing from a large, bank-connected processor Clover through us suits owners where you want a Clover POS installed on site with staff training.
Elavon provides merchant services and payment processing for small businesses and enterprises, with in-person, online and mobile payments, gateways, reporting and access to capital through a partner. Its industry list ranges from restaurants and retail to hospitals and public sector.
Elavon offers point-of-sale payment acceptance and mobile options, including the Talech POS for payments on the go. Elavon processes the payments.
Elavon lists access to capital through a partner and 24/7 customer support, and it works with software vendors, financial institutions and independent sales organizations as well as directly with merchants. Many small businesses meet Elavon through their bank.
| Elavon | Clover through Merchant Fund Express | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Merchant services and payment processing company | Restaurants, retail, services and mobile businesses on one platform |
| Hardware | Elavon offers point-of-sale payment acceptance and mobile options, including the Talech POS for payments on the go. | Clover devices we offer: Station Duo, Station Solo, Mini, Flex, Flex Pocket, Kitchen Display 14 and 24 inch, and Kiosk |
| Payments | Elavon processes the payments. | Processed by Fiserv, Clover's parent company, on a merchant account set up for your business |
| How you get it | Through Elavon directly, through its partner banks or through software partners. | One call to Merchant Fund Express: review, quote, configuration and installation |
| Pricing | Not listed here; check Elavon directly | Quoted to your business after a free statement review |
Ask Elavon for your agreement terms and any equipment you must return, then schedule the Clover install.
Before any hardware moves, you get a plain-English review of your statement and a written Clover quote.
Setup happens with you in the room: devices where they will really be used, your items in the words your staff use, every payment type tested and a short training session for each shift.
After launch, you call the same team that installed you. Most first-week requests are small: a button moved, a tip amount changed, a report explained.
We start with what you pay and how you sell today. After a free rate review, we quote the Clover devices and processing that fit, ship them configured and install them on site with your staff in the room.
Facts about Elavon summarize its own public pages and named announcements as of October 2026. Products and terms change; confirm details with Elavon before you decide. Merchant Fund Express is not affiliated with Elavon.
Elavon is a merchant services company. Its careers pages are hosted by U.S. Bank.
At Merchant Fund Express, yes. We review it for free and explain each line before quoting Clover.
Our team installs on site, builds your items, connects your printers and drawers and trains your staff, then stays available by phone.
Yes. English and Spanish support are available by phone, on site and during staff training, so the person who opens on Monday can learn it in the language they work in.
Sometimes. We review what you have and tell you what can be reused, what is worth replacing and what you should check in your contract before deciding.
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.
