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PHP POS is a hybrid point of sale (POS) solution that helps small and startup retail businesses across various industries to manage their day to day business operations, interact with customers and process financial transactions. ...
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- Used Daily for 2+ years
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I have been using PHP Point of Sale for over 3 years now. I am very happy with the value and...
Pros
Great support, if you have an issue they will take care of you. It is so comforting to know that there is a real person that will help you out when you are in a jam. They are also innovating, they don't rest on there past performance. I always see new features that I am happy they have added.
Cons
I am very happy with it. However, if I had to chose something it would be better accounting for a whole business picture of your performance.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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I don't know how we dit it without PHP Point of Sale
As a small business owner of a dog store and groomer, a web shop and store took up so much of my time. Especially the syncing of the products in the shop and the store, because sometimes I would forget to do that, so people would buy a product online that was sold out in the store.
After many comparisons I chose PHP Point of Sale and from day 1 that it was up and running I felt a lot calmer.
Pros
There is little not to like about this product. It is easy to set up. Has a ton of features, not even all of which we use. And offers so much more compared to other POS systems, truly value for money.
What I especially love is the fact that I don't have to spend extra time on inventory and synchronization between store and web shop. And what I also love is that every new product I create in PHP POS is immediately available in the webshop.
The possibilities are great, the support is great and fast and the program is very easy to use even for people who have never worked with a POS system before.
Cons
Our only problem was with syncing the products. I wasn't aware that all the products were re-entering my webshop, so suddenly there were a lot of duplicates and I had to spend some extra time on them. But that could also have been a stupid mistake on my part.
Reasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
I have installed and tried a few other options before finding this hidden gem. From the moment I installed the trial version, my hands started itching to get started with it. The extensive settings, options and support are just fantastic. With others I would have spent double for all these options.- Used Daily for 2+ years
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A descent tool for small businesses
Pros
We use PHP POS as a costing tool for our ecommerce website which it does fairly well especially for creating product bundles. Relatively easy to use.
Cons
Does a poor job of inventory management when using product bundles, e.g. it doesn't adjust the inventory of the individual products in a bundle. The new price is rather steep.
Top PHP Point of Sale Alternatives
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Supreme Point of Sale
I'm picky when it come to my Point of Sale. This PHP POS is a work of art. It has all the features I wanted plus tons more. Best part, I can turn off the ones I don't need and turn them back on later when I do. Also, the support team is remarkable! They are very quick with their response and answered every inquiry, even the small questions. Overall, great product with a great team behind it. Keep up the great work!
Pros
Best part, I can turn off the ones I don't need and turn them back on later when I do.
Cons
It has tons of features. Some I didn't need... but I can turn off the ones I don't need, so that's not a problem.
Response from PHP Point Of Sale
Thank you so much!
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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We loved it until we developed our own
Great. We loved the easy to use, easy to deploy and syncing features. It syncs to your woocommerce store.
Pros
It is easy to use. It is easy to understand for people who are not used to POS systems. We were able to train new employees on how to use it very quickly. The fact that you can connect several stores online was great.
Cons
Out of nowhere the team behind it decided to make it close source and forcing you to switch to their online SAS option. That didn't work well for us since we have poor internet connection in some of our stores. Therefore we had to develop our own software. The team behind PHP point of sale have since retracted their efforts to make it close source, but it was too late for us; we moved on.
Reasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
Opensource nature. It's syncing capabilities.Response from PHP Point Of Sale
Hi,
Thank you for the review. You are correct that we removed download version and brought it back. We still recommend cloud for most people now that we have offline mode.
We are sorry to lose you as a customer but we still have download and offline mode
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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The best POS software that you’ll ever need
Professional simplicity
Pros
Super simple setup. I first came across this software when it first started long time ago. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] has been very active with its support. Quick and real fast answers to any questions you may have
Cons
There is nothing really I don’t like about this software.
Alternatives Considered
QuickBooks eCommerceReasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
Their online demo showed exactly the features I was looking for- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Love this product!
This product has immensely helped my business, helping it run smooth
Pros
We started a new business with this software and loved it, the setup process was simple and we never have any issues, keeps the store running smoothly
Cons
I honestly don’t have anything I dislike, we really enjoy this software
Alternatives Considered
Wave AccountingReasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
None I could find were like PHP in the way I wanted- Industry: Alternative Medicine
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Very satisfied with PHP
Easy to use as a POS.
Pros
Very thoroughly thought out product and does what we need a POS to do.
Cons
A few options not available, but will be addressed.
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Outstanding service
Migration was a breeze, [SENSITIVE CONTENT] is right on top of things! Learning curve was very minimal and easy to adapt!
Pros
Outstanding local (USA) customer service, migration was very painless and took little to no time! the lay out is neat and easy to navigate. Issues are addressed promptly and effectivly.
Cons
Sometimes if correct wording for repairs isn't used it has a hard time finding them. Can't obtain a work order authorization signature and no before and after function check lists.
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Easy to learn platform with access to customer service at your fingertips. Would highly...
Pros
In my case I love the ability to manage inventory and decide easily when a order for more parts is necessary. By always having parts we are always making money.
Cons
Not being able to use it on your phone or other stations are hard to set up. I wish it was easier to use in other locations.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Robust, intuitive, and cheap for the small business!
I came across phpPOS while researching different POS systems when we were first opening. Suggested by a user on /r/smallbusiness, we were seeking a POS option that allowed us to utilize categorized products for our own stock, consignment based sales, and reporting features. Another caveat we held was that the POS was within our "limited" budget at the time -- phpPOS fit all of those needs, and more.
We purchased, and two years later still use, the stand-alone version of phpPOS which fit our needs perfectly. We only use one register, but all staff have their own unique password protected logins and we can easily backup our inventory, sales history, etc. to an external drive. For larger businesses that require concurrent registers, etc -- you may want to consider the online version instead.
Very happy with phpPOS and would definitely suggest it to other small business folks out there looking for a robust yet affordable POS option.
Pros
- detailed inventory options with categorization
- ability to separate consignment sales and suppliers
- product / service separation
- good reporting options
- can customize with knowledge of php
- extremely affordable
- stand-alone product -- service outages don't affect your sales!
- item-grid compatible with touch-screen (we have too many items, so don't utilize this feature -- but it's there!)
Cons
Very little cons. Never had any major issues, nor had to resort to customer support. The POS is intuitive enough to figure out on its own.
Gift cards can be a little confusing at first.
- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Business Automation
The previous management system was coded by me in dBASE 4.0 which is desktop based. There was no remote access to the database.
In my search to migrate to another platform; my requirements are;
1. Cloud based, remote access via the internet
2. Opensource where I can access the database directly.
3. Easy to customise
I tried and tested many scripts and finally discovered OSPOS and a paid version PHPPOS in 2015. So happy when I discovered the script meets 80% of our needs. I run this against our system for a year before migrating 100% on PHPPOS.
Pros
It is written in PHP with MySql as its database. The core code fits 80% of our business demands. Cloud based allows remote access. With a direct access to the database, I am able to create scripts & reports that help to cover the 20% of our needs.
Cons
1. We need more custom fields in the Expenses module where we can upload pdf, jpg files.
2. The warehouse inventory module is missing. I had to write additional scripts to fill in the missing gap.
- Industry: Retail
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Fantastic software for my firing range!
We went through several demos before deciding on PHP Point of Sale. It's ease of use, and the ability for us to locally host it, and price made it the obvious choice. We've had over 16,000 transactions, 6,500 unique customers in the past year, and haven't had a single problem. Even the upgrade was seamless.
The few times we've had questions, they offered exceptional customer service and has been quick to offer help whenever needed, but so far, we haven't had any issues.
We are running the system on an Atom powered 1U rack server with Windows 7 Pro 4GB of ram and an SSD drive. We run daily backups as part of the daily close out of the register. We have 3 concurrent sessions running all day, and during peak business that runs up to 5 sessions.
Using our own VPN, we have no issue using the system at remote trade shows with a laptop and 3G/4G hotspot. Using just a simple magnetic card reader, we have no issues taking credit cards in the field. The software is EMV compatible with the latest version but we have not implemented that feature yet.
Pros
Easy to install, very stable, and fast (running on dedicated Windows 7 Pro atom machine with SSD)
Cons
Would like to be able to add custom fields to customer database. I know it can be done with a PHP developer, but would be nice if that was an option natively.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Excellent features for the price!
Ability to access the program from any location and device! Customisation, ease of use - everyone can use it even our technologically challenged staff!
Pros
So easy to use, large amount of features including the ability to add photos, edit items in bulk, price scaling/ tiers, control duration of sale prices, emailing a copy of the invoice to customers, CLOUD based - this feature has been my life saver!
Ease of introducing a scanner, till and label printer to the program, excellent customer service who actually take your recommendations seriously and even implement bona fide requests that would serve everyone! Ability to customise. The price is what drew me initially and has kept me using it!
Cons
If somehow it could be integrated into any website to save me doubling up on managing inventory. Other than that at this stage your team has done a fantastic job! I've recommended this to all business owners I meet!
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Easy to use and customizable POS
Overall great for the value, ease of use, and inventory management.
Pros
Ease of use and ability to keep up with customer accounts and inventory.
Cons
Would like better discount options (promo prices and tiers better customization). Would like more inventory and report options as well as more clarity on what each report does.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Good POS but needs to grow with new fuctionality
PHP Point of Sale is a good web based and mobile software that matches well for small and midsize businesses. While the interface is clean and intuitive, the integration features to any major eCommerce platform is non-existent. We use PHP Point of Sale for our brick-n-mortar store, but have to maintain separate inventory from our online ecommerce solution which requires extra time and manpower. I recommend you throughly test the PHP Point of Sale application and see if it meets our needs. I'd like to see more features and functionality deployed and tested at a faster rate. The updates are far and few between. I would recommend to small businesses. When you're at the point of 1000+ skus and you're business grows, you made need to re-evaluate your business needs.
Pros
Interface (Clean and Concise)
Great IPad App / Mobile
Useful Features
Cons
No integration with BigCommerce, Shopify, Magento, or Woocommerce at this time
Product Import (SKU's) need to be enhanced
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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A Happy user of 4 Years of using PHP Point Of Sales
Start using PHP Point Of Sales in my on computer repairs business, been a happy user for most of the time due to the software functionality, stable and easy to use. Also it is on the affordable pricing; as a small business , software pricing is very important. Along these year had been introduce PHPPOS to client, they purchased it and we deploy it for them. Can see PHPPOS is growing into a mature software, our repair business had been grow together with different version of PHPPOS although we are not actively in the forum.
Pros
simple, easy; straight to the point. that is the beauty for a small business usage no fancy not necessary function
Cons
no function of click/drag an item into to create a bundle and just display a final price instead of pre-create a package first then start sell it.
Quotation/ Estimate never show as Quotation, it still show as Sales Receipt
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Better POS then the Giants
Pros
The amount of features compared to the big players in this space for literally a fraction on the price.
Cons
There is more technical information to know, but support is great if you don't have the headspace for it.
- Industry: Consumer Electronics
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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PHPPOS Saves Time and Money
Experience has been great, I have saved a lot of time and money for the business in using this software.
Pros
The ease of use, the great customer support. The software works without all the bloat and high prices
Cons
Haven't found anything I don't like yet, few things I don't use but not in the way
- Industry: Computer Hardware
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Best pos I have ever used
Chris and the team are amazing. When I first got the point of sale it did just about everything I needed. I had one issue and Chris added it in the very next version. I made more suggestions and just about everyone was added. I live in Australia and I have even had Chris call me once to sort out and issue. I got the feeling Chris thought it was was a very important issue to fix which is great to see. I am so impressed by the software that I am currently in the process of maybe selling two more copies to local businesses.
Pros
Features are add quickly on request and the support is fast and really good
Cons
It's based on a tax system that is not local to me but the team made adjustments and added features which to sort this out. I would also like to see less need for a mouse.
- Industry: Cosmetics
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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I have been using PHPPOS since 2014, it allows me to monitor sales and staff from anywhere.
Acessibility from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. I can check on my Items, my employees and see reports of best selling items and so on... Also there is a neat feature that alerts a user to items that are running low. All in all it is a great software, just a bit costly compared now compared to when I first signed up. the price is up by 100% and im not including the extra features like ecommerce support.
Pros
The ability to login anywhere I have access to the internet. I installed the manual version and uploaded it to my web server where I control everything.
Cons
The new pricing is a bit ridiculous to me, Year and every year the price seems to go up.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great POS for Small Businesses
Pros
ease of use, a lot of functionality available but not required for day to day operations.
Cons
what i liked less is that the user interface is very basic
Reasons for Switching to PHP Point of Sale
Price, functionality- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Great, easy to use software that works well. Missing some features but overall it is very good.
The ability to actually OWN the software and not have monthly fees. The ability to have one central database and application for all 7 locations. The ability to modify the source code to fit my needs. The ease of use and the friendly support are all bonuses too!
Pros
This software is easy to use and easy to maintain. One single application with one single database for all locations makes maintenance a breeze. It has integration to Mailchimp, Woo-Commerce, and most of the hardware we already use. It even includes a customer loyalty system! The ability to process sales from any browser connected to the internet is very powerful. The support I have received has been nothing less than stellar. I have gotten most responses within minutes (within business hours), and have yet to have an unresolved issue.
Cons
The reporting system that the software uses leaves some to be desired. I have not gotten experienced enough to see all that it offers, but I wish there were an easier way to make custom reports using SQL queries to select the data. I understand that this feature would most likely go unused by most users, but from a sysadmin perspective I would like more fine-grained control over the data that I am able to select.
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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LOVE LOVE LOVE
We have been using PHP POS for a few years now. I could not be happier with it. It is very easy to use, has great functions and can be used for any type os business.
Their customer service is exceptional. After we had a break in and our computer stolen, they were able and willing to help us while we were in limbo and went above and beyond to get us back online. I cannot say enough great things :)
I cannot say enough great things about this POS. I have done my research and this is the only diverse POS I have come across.
Thank you for the past few years and many more to come.
Thank you for every over the past few years, and the years to come. I highly recipe
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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I was lost until I found you...
I recently took over a bicycle repair shop from my old boss, he was pretty old skool. The cash register was a glorified calculator, record keeping was basically non-existent.
I was seeking to modernize the operation somewhat, after pulling my hair out searching for straightforward non-cloud non-subscription based POS software I finally found PHP PoS.
It's been great.
Additionally, the support is incredible. When I make errors because I'm doing things I shouldn't be the *free* support saves my ass, every time.
Pros
Non-cloud based. No subscription.
UI is reasonably easy to use and understand.
Cross platform A++++ I can't stress how fantastic this is. I really really don't want my pos software chained to a particular propriety platform.
Cons
Inability to create 'work orders' which would be more appropriate to my business of making repairs, making due with suspended sales works but is less than ideal.
