Owwel next to QuickBooks, Zoho, Odoo and Sage

Intuit discontinued QuickBooks Desktop Point of Sale in October 2023 and points retailers to a separate system for the till.

The till is part of Owwel, on every plan, joined to stock, staff and the daily close, and it keeps selling offline.

It is built around the ledger, not the counter: there is no end of day close where the cash is counted and each payment channel is checked.

Owwel's daily close compares counted cash and every mobile money, bank and card channel with what the day's trading says, and flags any difference that evening.

Each separate company is its own subscription, so a second business means a second bill.

Up to 3 branches on Growth, 10 on Professional, and 5 businesses with unlimited branches on Enterprise, each branch in its own currency, under one login.

Mobile money such as M-Pesa comes through third party connectors rather than as an everyday payment channel.

Each mobile money till or paybill is a payment channel of its own, chosen at the till and reconciled every day.

Accounting, inventory and the point of sale are separate products (Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory and Zoho POS), each with its own plan, connected by integrations.

One system and one price: the till, stock, expenses, the team and the reports share the same records from the first sale.

Staff attendance and HR live in yet another app.

A badge kiosk for attendance, shifts per weekday, a staff portal and service ratings are part of Owwel's Professional plan.

It is built for general business, not for a branch closing its till each evening.

The daily close, stock checks with the whole team counting from their phones, and a minimum price per product are built for the shop floor.

It is priced per user, per month, so every cashier and stock counter adds to the bill.

A flat yearly price per plan with team members included, and people helping with a stock count need no user licence at all.

Running several companies in one database needs its more expensive Custom plan.

Branches are on every plan, and Enterprise covers up to 5 businesses with unlimited branches.

Most businesses need an implementation partner, and independent estimates put setup in the thousands of dollars and weeks of work.

Set up in an afternoon: import the catalogue from Excel, open the till and close the first day balanced, without a partner.

It is accounting first: the point of sale is basic or comes from third party add-ons.

The point of sale is the centre of Owwel, with barcode and camera scanning, held sales, split payments and offline selling.

Users report entering counter sales as invoices because there is no till built for customers paying on the spot.

Counter sales ring through a real till, with receipts on a thermal printer, and update stock and the day's balance as they happen.

There is no daily till close with cash counted and each payment channel checked.

The daily close checks cash and every channel each evening and keeps a record of every balanced, short or over day.