Reviews
Toast
Toast stands out as an all-in-one, customizable, and scalable restaurant POS solution. It integrates multiple ordering options with robust inventory and supply chain management. With plans starting at /month, Toast caters to all types of restaurants and budgets, including multi-location businesses. Discover how Toast can streamline your operations and revolutionize your...
Square POS
Catering to restaurants, retail stores, and appointment-based businesses, Square POS is one of the most popular systems on the market – no doubt in part because of its generous free plan, packed with features that are normally found behind paywalls. While Square POS works for most businesses, online-first and omnichannel businesses might find more robust support elsewhere.
Sekure Payment Experts
Despite past hiccups, Sekure Payment Experts has refined its approach and now provides good support and customer service. Businesses on a budget can save with Sekure's zero-cost processing Edge program, plus it offers free equipment and same or next-day deposits at no charge. It’s worth considering, but make sure you carefully review your contract terms before signing.
Lightspeed POS
Lightspeed serves restaurant, retail, and golf businesses, standing out as a feature-rich POS solution with advanced inventory, multi-location, and omnichannel capabilities. It provides e-commerce functionality exclusively for higher-tier plans. This means brick-and-mortar businesses only pay for necessary features. Lightspeed is ideal for established businesses and those...
Swyft Filings
Swyft Filings promises to handle the paperwork for the formation of your LLC, and that’s exactly what it does. Good customer support and an excellent set of features makes Swyft Filings ideal for small business owners. Though there are some extra fees to be aware of, it offers good value for money overall.
Shopify POS
Shopify POS is best suited for omnichannel businesses that sell online and in person. Its solutions allow you to unify sales across all your channels with automatic inventory updates and lets you manage your stock, staff, products, and marketing from one place. However, entirely brick-and-mortar businesses and those in industries other than retail might be better off with an...
SpotOn
SpotOn POS stands out with a POS platform highly customized for retail, restaurants, professional services, salons, and other small to medium-sized businesses. You can easily migrate from another system due to its personalized approach. Its free restaurant and affordable entry-level retail plan make it a good deal, provided you don’t need many add-ons. As for whether it beats...
Epos Now
Epos Now is one of the few POS solutions that provides flexible software compatible with many third-party hardware brands. You can also integrate any payment processor, but long-term contracts may be a drawback. While suitable for small to mid-sized retail and hospitality businesses, large or more complex organizations might find its features limiting.
Copy.ai
Thanks to its wide variety of writing tools for different use cases, Copy.ai is a robust AI writing platform ideal for businesses. It can generate sales copy, create long-form blog articles, and translate your content into multiple languages. It’s not perfect, but it’s worth trying out if you want to elevate your content in minutes.
Harbor Compliance
Though not as popular as some alternatives, Harbor Compliance is a legitimate company handling LLC formation and compliance services. It specializes in industry-specific licensing and offers comprehensive support for nonprofit formation. Combined with its compliance software, Harbor Compliance can save you a significant amount of time. However, it provides less value than our...
Blog Posts
Apple To Acquire Photo-Editing App Creator Pixelmator
Lithuania-based Pixelmator, the firm behind popular photo editing tools, agreed to an acquisition by Apple. The deal awaits regulatory approval, with financial details remaining undisclosed. Pixelmator said that while the regulatory approval is pending, there will be “no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time,” but to...
Google Ad Change Could Impact Millions of Small Businesses
Google is changing its Local Services ads, which appear at the top of Google search results and are an essential marketing tool for many small businesses. Starting November 21st, businesses must have a verified Google Business Profile to run these ads. The new requirement aims to reduce fraud by ensuring that ads come from verified advertisers but may impact millions of...
Northwest Registered Agent vs Rocket Lawyer Comparison [2024]
Northwest Registered Agent and Rocket Lawyer can form your Limited Liability Company (LLC) and serve as your Registered Agent, among other services. They have some features that overlap, but if you take the time to analyze them closely, you'll find some significant differences. I spent weeks comparing them to the slightest detail. Thanks to my academic background in...
Report: Companies Are Firing Gen Z Workers Soon After Hiring
Intelligent.com, an online magazine providing students with higher education rankings and research, surveyed 966 business leaders involved in hiring decisions to explore their attitudes toward hiring Gen Z college graduates. The results show hiring managers find recent college graduates unprepared for the workforce and hard to manage and often fire them quickly after...
Fiverr: AI Is Only as Powerful as the Talent Using it
Freelance platform Fiverr issued its 2024 Generative AI Usage Report. The report draws on responses from 3,300 Fiverr freelancers, unveiling insights on the most used AI tools, AI trends, benefits, and challenges. According to the report, AI usage has reached 63% among freelancers, up by 5% since 2023, with ChatGPT(88%), MidJourney (37%), and Firefly (29%) being the most...
10 Best Project Management Software for Architects [2024 Update]
Most project management software promises comprehensive solutions, but as an architect, you'll soon discover that few platforms cater to your specific demands. In addition to task management, you may need features for complex project planning, budgeting, and CAD integration. Moreover, finding software that combines these features with an intuitive interface and...
Upwork Predicts “A New Era of Work”
Upwork predicts “a new era of work”, shifting focus from on-demand hiring to on-demand outcomes. The freelance platform notes that the concept of a “job” is evolving from routine to fluid, from local to global, and from permanent to contract-based and freelance. Upwork rival Fiverr has published similar findings, suggesting hiring freelancers is on the rise. A few of its...
TikTok Owner Fires Intern for Sabotaging AI Project
ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, says it has dismissed an intern for sabotaging an internal artificial intelligence project, more precisely, “maliciously interfering” with the training of one of its AI models. ByteDance fired them in August. The company informed their university and industry bodies about the incident. “The individual was an intern with the...
How To Accept Credit Card Processing on My Phone [2024]
Whether you own a restaurant, beauty clinic, or even a home repair service, customers expect a seamless checkout experience. Not only does this improve the customer experience, but it makes it easier to get paid wherever your point of sale is. This is why mobile credit card processing is an excellent option for all kinds of businesses – not just those that take payments in the...
Nvidia Could Dethrone Apple as the Most Valuable Company
Nvidia’s shares closed at their second highest ever last week, bringing the AI chipmaker on the verge of stripping Apple of its status as the world’s most valuable company. Nvidia’s stock rose by 2.4% on October 15th to end the day at $138.07, slightly below its all-time high of $140.76 on June 20th this year. In the same month, Nvidia became the world’s most valuable...
Upwork Introduces AI Work Innovator Research Assistant
Freelance platform Upwork launched a new AI-powered tool, the Work Innovator Research Assistant. The experimental tool will help business leaders and freelancers “engage with research in real time, simplifying complex data into digestible and actionable insights that drive smarter, faster business decision-making.” Developed in collaboration with Upwork’s growth...
Squarespace vs Square: The Ultimate Comparison in 2024
Both Squarespace and Square Online offer an abundance of e-commerce features to start and grow an online business. At a glance, they seem to provide comparable features for a similar price, making it difficult to distinguish which option would work best for your business. Square and Squarespace cater to different audiences. Unlike Square, which is only an e-commerce...
OpenAI Introduces New ChatGPT Visual Interface Canvas
AI startup OpenAI has launched Canvas, a new visual interface for ChatGPT designed to assist users with complex writing and coding projects. Canvas opens in a separate window and offers a collaborative environment where users can create and refine text or code with direct assistance from ChatGPT. “People use ChatGPT every day for help with writing and code. Although the...
Wix Studio & Agency Hackers Unveil Agency Forecast Report
Website building platform Wix and one of the largest communities for independent agencies worldwide, Agency Hackers, surveyed over 80 agency leaders worldwide. The Agency Forecast Report covers key trends, challenges, and opportunities in the agency landscape and offers actionable tips and strategies to navigate this dynamic market. Respondents reported an average...
Survey: Most Marketing Executives Feel Negatively About AI
Fiverr unveiled its second annual Marketing Executives report from Fiverr Pro, its premium product for medium to large businesses. In collaboration with Censuswide, Fiverr surveyed 503 US marketing leaders. The report shows growing reliance on freelancers, “AI anxiety” among marketing executives, and greater focus on flexibility, among other trends. As many as 69% of...