Square (by Block) provides payments, point-of-sale, and commerce tools for businesses, with APIs for catalog, orders, and checkout.
Best for: Payments and point-of-sale for businesses.
Founded
2009
HQ
Oakland, CA
Used by
Retail and service businesses.
paymentsposcommerce
Key features
Card payments
POS hardware & app
Catalog & orders
Invoices
API
Pros
- Easy to start
- Great for in-person
- Transparent pricing
Watch-outs
- Less developer-deep than Stripe
- Fees on each sale
Integrates with
POSE-commerceAPI
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