--- description: Review of Square Payments Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Square Payments | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Mobile Credit Card Processing Software](/directory/4759/mobile-credit-card-processing-software/software) > [Square Payments](/software/374157/square-payments) # Square Payments Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/374157/square-payments Page: 1 / 108\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/374157/square-payments?page=2) > Square Payments is a cloud-based payment processing tool for businesses within the retail, food and beverage and health and fitness industries. Key features include fraud prevention, dispute management, touch-free transactions, automated invoicing and cash flow monitoring. Square Payments’ built-in analytics uses machine learning to track fraudulent activities and monitor transactions in real-time. It can send automatic alerts on suspicious activities. Automatic receipts speed up the checkout processes and ensure a digital record of all purchases is kept. Additionally, this tool comes with an activity dashboard, which consolidates all customer data and provides timely updates on sales and inventory. Square Payments is available on a per-transaction basis and support is provided via documentation, forums, emails, phone, FAQs and video tutorials. The application involves Terminal API and Reader SDK to streamline payment processing and offers integrations with third-party point-of-sale software and service providers including Mailchimp, Ritual, WooCommerce and Intuit QuickBooks. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 2672 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 2672 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Square - **Location**: San Francisco, US - **Founded**: 2009 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Per swipe/dip/tap: 2.6% + $.10 Keyed in: 3.5% + $.15 per transaction Online \& invoices: 2.9% + $.30 per transaction Custom pricing packages are also available. Contact Square for more information. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English, French, Japanese, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - ACH Payment Processing - API - Activity Dashboard - Billing & Invoicing - CRM - Cash Management - Compliance Management - Contactless NFC - Credit Card Processing - Cryptocurrency Processing - Customer Database - Data Security - Debit/Credit Card Processing - Electronic Payments - Electronic Signature - Fraud Detection - Gift Card Management - In-Person Payments - Invoice Management - Mobile Access ## Integrations (30 total) - Acuity Scheduling - BigCommerce - ClinicSense - Craver - DAVO - Ecwid - Fomo - Jotform - Linktree - Mailchimp - Make - MarginEdge - MoeGo - Paymo - Poptin ... and 15 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Mobile Credit Card Processing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4759/mobile-credit-card-processing-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Mobile Credit Card Processing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4759/mobile-credit-card-processing-software/software) - [Payment Processing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4526/online-payment/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Easy and affordable. Its perfect ----- ### "Square Makes Payments and Posting so Easy" — 5.0/5 > **Zachary** | *19 March 2026* | Philanthropy | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We use Square's card readers for attendees to pay for admission to our program events. Never had a problem with the system and it works well in combination with our ERP system. In addition, the reporting features help us easily drop data into Microsoft Excel and manipulate the data. > > **Cons**: Overall, I have little criticism for Square. The system works well, does what it's supposed to do, and transferring money to our bank is easy. > > Square has helped us eliminate the need for physical money at our programing events, since attendees can easily pay with CC. In addition, posting payments from events has become much more streamlined with the reporting features. ----- ### "Overall a Good Experience" — 4.0/5 > **Octavia** | *19 March 2026* | Online Media | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: I enjoy the ease of use, and how fast the program works. It allows for easy payment, including tap to pay payments. > > **Cons**: There are occasional server issues and payments occasionally fail. The app occasionally has issues starting up/with logging in. > > I have an overall positive experience with square payments, despite the occasional server outages. I would recommend it ----- ### "Great Product\!" — 5.0/5 > **Summer** | *4 December 2025* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Myself and several other busnieness owners I know all love Square\! Its incredibly simple yet efficent at receiving payments. I enjoy the secure features that it has such as the needed code connected to your cell phone number in order to get into the account. I havent had any issues in the past few years of using it and am incredibly pleased. > > **Cons**: I have no issues, concerns or complaints about Square\! It worked great the past several years of using it\! > > Myself and several other friends and business friends enjoy using the Square software in our business. It makes collecting payment from customers incredibly easy and is more legit and secure than Venmo or PayPal. Allowing credit card payments opens up more potential customers from any type of business. ----- ### "Dejavoo Device" — 4.0/5 > **Rhonda** | *2 March 2026* | Executive Office | Recommendation rating: 2.0/10 > > **Pros**: Great pricing for the Dejavoo device. The fee are alot lower for use when customer pay with credit cards > > **Cons**: That it will not hook up to our High speed internet, The device is to old. The device keeps turning off the wifi. > > Stax has great customer service. The dejavoo is a very easy device to use, very self explanatory, and easy to process payments. ----- Page: 1 / 108\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/374157/square-payments?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/374157/square-payments) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data