Stock control, barcode printing, day-end reports and creditors — the features that actually matter when picking a point of sale system.
Point of sale software should do more than ring up sales. The best systems manage stock, print barcodes, track serial numbers and give you accurate day-end reports.
Look for complete debtors and creditors systems, stock take controls, and import/export to Excel so your data is never locked in.
Both have their place. Cloud gives you anywhere-access and automatic backups; local keeps everything on your own server. Choose based on your connectivity and how many branches you run.