Mac POS Product Comparison Chart
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Mac OS X Point of Sale Product Comparison Chart |
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| Product | Mac POS X | PayGo POS | Platipus Pro Gold | POS•IM | POS/OE | Shopkeeper | Sixth POS | XpertMart |
| Price | $299 | $1,799 | $899 | $1,995 | $5,000 | $695 | $595 | $1,299 |
| Multi-User | $599 | $2,289 (2 seats) | $3,500 | $2,795 (5 seats) | $1,395 | $1,295 | ||
| OS X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Credit Card | AuthPay(3) | AuthPay(3) due 4/1/04 |
$100 module |
NowCharge (Authorize.net) | $750 module | AuthPay(3) eAuthorize(4) sk-Authorize(5) |
No | XpertVerify $200 |
| Accounting Exports | MYOB (beta) | No MYOB (yet) |
$50 module | Yes | MYOB, Quickbooks, MultiLedger | Claimed | None | |
| Supported Hardware | ||||||||
| Receipt Printer | Star SP-212FC $349 | Star TSP 6/700 | $595 | Star TSP600 | Yes (2) | Star TSP6/7/800 (USB or serial), SP3/500 | (7) Star SP212FD TSP6/700 TCP/IP |
Epson TMU200 TMT 88III Samsung SRP-350 |
| Cash Drawer | EP-125KL $140 | MMF | $300 | APG | Yes (2) | APG Vesario ($200) or anything that works with Star Printer |
MMF | MMF |
| Card Swipe Reader | IDTech | $200 | Logic Control Magstrip IDTech USB |
Yes (2) | Any USB (IDTech recommended), MagTek) | No | MagTek Mini USB | |
| Bar Code Reader | Unitech MS210 CCD $229 HHP 3800i $575 |
HHP 3800 | $565 | HHP 3800 | Yes (2) | Z-3080 $152 HHP 3800 $395 |
(7) | HHP 3800 Voyager MS9520 CCD Front 840 Symbol Cobra LS1902 |
| Bar Code Printer | Cognitive Blaster Adv Dynamo |
$595 | Zebra DT 2" | Dymo LabelWriter Avery Labels |
(7) | Zebra TLP 2844 | ||
| Pole Display | Logic Control USB | Serial only! ID Tech Series 1800 Logic Controls PD3200D |
Yes | Logic Control USB | ||||
| Other Hardware | Keyspan USB | KeySpan required for Pole Display | Keyspan USB | Yes | ||||
| Support | quick email response | Install fee $300 + Annual Support Contract $349 + Annual upgrades fee 15% of list price + (# of seats x $139) = TOTAL | Gold = 20%, Platinum = 30% of retail value | 1 yr included | 90 days free $125/yr (single user) |
Online, email, phone | $600/yr, quick email response, online manual | |
| Customization Available? | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Bar Code Generation | $1,000 module | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Inventory Management | ||||||||
| Tiered pricing | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Multiple Vendors for items | Yes | |||||||
| Client Management | ||||||||
| Gift Cards | Yes | Yes | No | |||||
| Customer Loyalty | $250 module | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| Zip lookup (auto fill City, state) | Yes | No | No (planned) | |||||
| Employee Management | ||||||||
| Time Cards | $100 module | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | |||
| Permissions Levels | 10 levels | Yes | Unlimited | |||||
| Commissions | Yes | |||||||
| Technical Details | ||||||||
| Language | FMPro | FMPro | Pascal | FMPro | Java | |||
| Database Engine | FileMaker | FileMaker | Proprietary | FileMaker | 4D | Any ODBC | ||
| Company / Product Info | ||||||||
| Target Business Type(s) | Retail, Mail Order, Service & Repair, Web Sales, Film Processing, Garden Centers | Restaurants, Retail, Apparel | Apparel, Retail | |||||
| Installed Base | 5-10,000 | thousands | 500-1000 | |||||
| Web Store | module (included w/Gold) | Yes | Yes | Built In | ||||
| Phone | 780-460-4238 | 801-546-1616 | 800-622-7670 x13 | 866-460-4238 | 617-233-5919 | |||
| Bundle Cost | $995 | Call for Pricing. | $7,450 | See POSdirect web site | $2,500 (6) | |||
- Only has support via MacAuthorize which is no longer sold
- package deal for $1,700
- Authpay $599 - (Concord ESF.net) - see other mentions below
- eAuthorize - $250 - (Authorize.net, Verisign)
- sk-Authorize - PlugnPay (Visanet/Vital - FDMS (Nashville) - First of Omaha - Nova - Global /NDC - Paymentech)
- Bundle includes: Star TSP 613U, MMF Cash drawer, Magtek Card Reader, HHP 3800i Scanner, Logic Control Pole Display, 50 rolls paper
- No support for USB peripherals
- Thanks to Randi Burton at Posim for updates (9/2006)