Square is built around payments and point of sale. Allvio includes POS as one part of a full back office.
Square's strength is payments and checkout: hardware, card processing and a POS experience that's genuinely easy to pick up, with its own set of add-on tools for appointments, payroll and online sales.
Allvio's POS is built to be that same starting point, but with accounting, reservations, online ordering, CRM and payroll already sharing the same catalogue and customer data, so a sale doesn't need to be exported anywhere to become a bookkeeping entry.
| Square | Allvio | |
|---|---|---|
| Core focus | Payments & point of sale | Full business system incl. POS |
| Full accounting (GST/BAS) | Via third-party integration | Built in |
| Reservations | Separate Square product/add-on | Same system |
| AU payroll & STP | Via third-party integration | Built in |
| CRM & campaigns | Limited / add-on | Built in |
| Best fit | Payments and checkout are your main need | You want the till connected to the rest of the business |
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