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PHP Point of Sale vs PayPal: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 13th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 2,021 reviews from Retail POS System users.
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
For Retail
5.0
Payment Processing
4.2
Inventory Management
4.8
Sales Reports
4.8
Point of Sale (POS)
4.9
% Fit
Feature ratings
For Retail
4.7
Payment Processing
4.6
Inventory Management
4.1
Sales Reports
4.6
Point of Sale (POS)
4.3
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews342
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.7
4.7
User reviews25,455
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
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Free trial
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We target small/startup business who need a cost effective solution to manage inventory and sales.

PayPal caters to small business, eCommerce platforms, marketplace, enterprises, or developers and offers payment processing solutions.

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pros & cons
1 / 4
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Nischala R
Payroll Manager
4.0

Nischala R.: Hi. My name is Nischala. My job title is Payroll Manager and Admin, and my company size is 140 hairstylists. It is a franchisee of a hair salon. And I rate four out of five to the PayPal, and five is the highest. So I use PayPal as a payer as well as the receiver. I am pretty active volunteer, so we receive PTO payments from the school community. We receive the... I do some kind of Christmas gift card for bus driver, those kinds of things. So I am at the receiver ends also, and most of the invoices, what we receive for the hair salon industry, we have an option of PayPal payment. So for my professional payment work, we use PayPal as a payer, one of the option for payment. I feel that it doesn't have the login problem in the sense that forgot password is not required. We can log in as one time code, which has made my life easy in the sense that I do not download apps and so the login issue has been taken care. And whenever I make the payment, I see the options of do you want to pay by PayPal balance and do you want to pay by the bank account, which is connected to the PayPal and also the credit card, which person might have with the PayPal account. So I like the connectivity issue. We don't have to remember the password, we don't have to download any app, and it has the internal options for the payment. I know that we have lots of options for the payment nowadays. One thing which I don't like, when it gives me the first option, do you want to pay by the PayPal balance, I do not know the amount, what is in the PayPal. So I know that if I have $50 and I am buying something $100, that $50 can be paid by PayPal and $50 via the bank account connected. But I really want the amount which is in the PayPal balance to be visible without going through the app or clicking so many options.

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PHP Point of Sale

Top Features
35/50
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Barcode Recognition
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Customer History
  • Data Synchronization
  • Multi-Currency
  • Price/Margin Management
  • Product Catalog
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • API
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Cash Management
  • Commission Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Discount Management
  • eCommerce Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • For Retail
  • Gift Card Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Replenishment
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Loyalty Program
  • Multi-Location
  • Order Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Pricing Management
  • Promotions Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Receipt Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Retail Inventory Management
  • Retail Management
  • Returns Management
  • Returns Tracking
  • Sales Reports
  • Stock Management
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PayPal

23/50
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PHP Point of Sale
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
PayPal
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
PHP Point of Sale
  • By PHP Point Of Sale
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2010
PayPal
  • By PayPal
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1998
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