Shopify POS is the natural choice if your business is commerce-first: online and in-person share one catalog, one inventory and one customer list, with almost no reconciliation.
Pros
- True unified commerce — one backend for web, retail and social
- Excellent product, inventory and customer data model
- Huge app ecosystem and clean, modern hardware
- Month-to-month billing; scales from a market stall to enterprise
Cons
- Advanced retail features require the $89/mo POS Pro add-on per location
- Not built for food service — no kitchen or table management
- Using an outside processor instead of Shopify Payments adds a per-transaction fee
How Shopify POS scores
- Ease of use
- 4.5
- Pricing
- 4.0
- Features
- 4.2
- Support
- 4.0
- Integrations
- 4.5
What is Shopify POS?
Shopify POS is a point-of-sale and payments platform. Unified online + in-person selling for commerce-first brands.
Who Shopify POS is for
Retail and DTC brands that already sell (or plan to sell) online and want in-person to be an extension of the same store rather than a separate system.
Shopify POS pricing
| Plan | Basic + POS Lite | Retail (POS Pro) | Shopify plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $39/mo (Basic plan) | $89/mo per location add-on | $105/mo |
| In-person rate | 2.6% + 10¢ | 2.5% + 10¢ | 2.5% + 10¢ |
| Online rate | 2.9% + 30¢ | — | 2.7% + 30¢ |
| Keyed rate | — | — | — |
| Hardware | — | — | — |
| Commitment | No contract | No contract | No contract |
Shopify POS feature breakdown
| Feature | Shopify POS |
|---|---|
| Payments | |
| Card-present payments | Yes |
| Offline mode | Partial |
| Inventory | |
| Inventory tracking | Yes |
| Purchase orders | Yes |
| Reporting & analytics | |
| Sales reporting | Yes |
| Online ordering | |
| Menu / modifier management | No |
| First-party online ordering | Yes |
| Loyalty & marketing | |
| Loyalty program | Partial |
| Gift cards | Yes |
| Multi-location | |
| Multi-location management | Yes |
| Integrations & API | |
| Open API | Yes |
| App marketplace | Yes |
Our full Shopify POS review
If you run a Shopify store, Shopify POS is close to a default. The same products, inventory counts, discounts and customer profiles power your website and your counter, so omnichannel reporting is just… correct, without a nightly sync.
It is deliberately not a restaurant system, and the genuinely useful retail features — staff permissions, smart inventory, in-store exchanges, low-stock forecasting — sit behind POS Pro at $89/month per location. For a commerce brand that is usually easy to justify; for a pure single-location shop with no website, a dedicated retail POS may fit better.
What users say
“Online and store inventory finally match without us touching a spreadsheet.”
“POS Lite is limiting fast; you will end up on Pro.”
“Staff picked up the register app in an afternoon.”
What’s changed
- September 7, 2026
Refreshed pricing, processing rates and scores for the current quarter.
- June 25, 2026
Re-tested checkout speed, hardware and support response times.
- March 23, 2026
Published our first hands-on review.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a paid Shopify plan to use Shopify POS?
Yes. Shopify POS requires an active Shopify subscription; POS Lite is included, POS Pro is an $89/month per-location add-on.
Can Shopify POS run a restaurant?
Not well. It has no kitchen display, coursing or table management. Use Toast, Square for Restaurants or Lightspeed Restaurant instead.
Can I use a processor other than Shopify Payments?
In many regions yes, but Shopify charges an additional transaction fee (commonly up to 2%) when you do.
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Small-business software writer · former café & retail operator
Jordan ran a multi-location café group before writing about the tools that keep small businesses running.
They focus on day-to-day usability: checkout speed, staff training, inventory and the things that only show up during a rush.