Shopify is an e-commerce platform with a POS attached. SageBizet is a counter-first business system with a simple online store attached.
Shopify POS is the better choice for a business whose online store is central and that wants in-store and online sales, payments and inventory on Shopify; SageBizet is the better choice for a counter-first business that wants POS, booking, cash drawer, expenses and customer tabs free during early access.
| SageBizet | Shopify POS | |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | Free during early access: every feature, no per-terminal or per-user fees | Requires a Shopify plan, from $39 a month on Basic (US, as of October 2026); POS Pro adds $89 per location per month |
| Payment processing | None. Records how each sale was paid: cash, card, mobile, other or a customer tab | Built in with Shopify Payments; US in-person rate on Basic is 2.6% + 10¢ (as of October 2026) |
| Hardware | None sold or required; works with a normal receipt printer and any keyboard-style barcode scanner | Shopify card readers and POS Terminal in supported countries; scanners, cash drawers and printers optional |
| Inventory | Stock tracking, adjustments with reasons, low-stock alerts, cost prices and reorder suggestions, included. Shops (Retail businesses) also get size and colour variants, stock by location across branches with transfers, purchase orders with scan receiving, and counts; cafés get purchase orders, recipes and counts | Inventory tracking in Shopify admin with adjustment history; in-store inventory management is listed under POS Pro |
| Appointments and reservations | Included: services, resources, public booking page, walk-in queue and front-desk view | Not a built-in POS feature; available through third-party apps in the Shopify App Store |
| Online store | Basic: items published to the SageBizet marketplace for pickup or delivery orders, paid outside SageBizet | Full e-commerce: your own store, online card payments, shipping and an app ecosystem |
| Offline selling | Till keeps taking sales; they sync when the connection returns | Cash and manual payments offline; offline card payments on compatible readers with daily and per-order limits |
| Reports | Live dashboard, insights vs previous period, profit by item, dead stock and staff performance, included | Shopify reports; professional retail reports listed under POS Pro |
| Staff roles | Owner, Manager, Staff, Accountant and custom roles from 29 permissions, included | Limited staff access on every plan; unlimited staff and roles and permissions with POS Pro |
| Customer credit | Customer tabs with running balances, charged from the till | Simple customer profiles; rich profiles and loyalty insights with POS Pro |
| Platforms | Any modern browser on a computer, tablet or phone; installable as a web app | iOS and Android app only; not available on laptops or desktop computers |
Shopify POS extends a Shopify online store into a physical shop: you need a Shopify plan, card payments run through Shopify Payments, and the POS Pro add-on unlocks staff roles, in-store inventory management and retail reports. SageBizet starts at the counter. Its POS, inventory, booking and cash drawer are the core, and its online store is a simple way to take pickup and delivery orders from the same stock.
There is no import tool from Shopify, so you add your items in SageBizet with prices, SKUs, categories, photos and stock counts. Keep your card terminal for taking cards and record those sales as Card. If you keep selling online on Shopify, remember the two systems do not share stock, so one of them should be your source of truth. See how to start selling online for the trade-offs.
Details about Shopify POS come from its own public pages, checked on . Products and prices change — check the source before deciding.
Free during early access: POS, inventory, booking, an online store and reports included. No credit card, no per-user fees, set up in minutes in your browser.