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Rapid POS vs PayPal: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 6th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 3,834 reviews from Point of Sale users.
% Fit
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Payment Processing
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Electronic Payments
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Sales Reports
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Order Management
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Inventory Management
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% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Payment Processing
4.6
Electronic Payments
4.6
Sales Reports
4.6
Order Management
4.4
Inventory Management
4.1
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews10
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.2
4.7
User reviews25,440
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
Price starts from
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One-time payment
Free version
Free trial
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Free version
Free trial
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Museums, Hardware and Building Supply Stores, Garden Centers, Gun Stores and Shooting Ranges, Grocery and Specialty Food Stores, Yogurt and Candy Shops, Jewelry Stores, Dispensaries, Feed and Tack

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

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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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Access Controls/Permissions
207
Important
Accounting Integration
388
Important

Rapid POS

Top Features
49/50
  • Restaurant POS
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Barcode Recognition
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Commission Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • CRM
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customizable Reports
  • Discount Management
  • eCommerce Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Employee Management
  • Gift Card Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Management
  • Layaway Management
  • Loyalty Program
  • Multi-Location
  • Offline Access
  • Ordering Automation
  • Order Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Promotions Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Retail Inventory Management
  • Retail POS
  • Returns Management
  • Sales Order Management
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Stock Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
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PayPal

22/50
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Rapid POS
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
Rapid POS
  • By Rapid POS
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1985
PayPal
  • By PayPal
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1998
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