FloristWare vs. PayPal Zettle

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FloristWare
Score 9.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
FloristWare is a POS/CRM system for anyone in the business of selling flowers. It is designed to help retail florists increase sales and profits while saving time and money. The vendor says FloristWare is an "independent" system, meaning that it is not affiliated with any wire service and does not involve the costs or entanglements that typically come with wire service systems. Additionally, the vendor says it is also very different than other independent POS…N/A
PayPal Zettle
Score 7.6 out of 10
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PayPal Zettle (formerly PayPal Here) is a POS and payment processing system that includes either a mobile card reader or a chip reader (hardware), and is powered by the mobile PayPal Here app. Admins can add up to 1,000 users per account, and the app also includes invoicing, reporting, and inventory management features. The pricing structure for payment processing is: 2.7% per US card swipe. 3.5% + $0.15 to key in cards. 2.9% + $0.30 to invoice. 1% for cross-border transfers.N/A
Pricing
FloristWarePayPal Zettle
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Epicor Eagle
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Enterprises

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User Ratings
FloristWarePayPal Zettle
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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7.9
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
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Usability
9.1
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9.0
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Availability
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10.0
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Performance
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10.0
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Support Rating
9.1
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
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10.0
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Ease of integration
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10.0
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Product Scalability
-
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10.0
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Vendor post-sale
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10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
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User Testimonials
FloristWarePayPal Zettle
Likelihood to Recommend
I am not aware of any types of floral businesses, or situations, where Floristware wouldn't be an appropriate choice.
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Despite the time that you have to wait to be able to receive the money for each transaction made through the PayPal Here POS system, I consider that it is a system that has a lot of potential and that, without a doubt, allows companies to obtain a lot of POS system cheaper, no need to pay for a bank POS system that is much more expensive and requires a more complex process to configure and register at the bank branch. I would definitely recommend PayPal Here for any small, medium or large company, it has excellent potential, the reading of the NFC chips is instantaneous and allows each credit or debit card to be recognized immediately and the transaction to be completed in a few seconds. It is a very advanced system, easy to use and very easy to configure, if you are looking for a system that is not so complicated to add a POS to your company, PayPal Here is the best option.
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Pros
  • Tracking daily sales
  • Keeping accounts that bill up to date
  • Emailing customers invoices
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  • Our customers can check out no matter where we are.
  • It is incredibly easy to use. Training new retail employees and volunteers takes almost no time.
  • When we were shopping around for solutions, Paypal Here was very cost effective.
  • Implementation with our current systems went very smoothly. The Paypal support team was great.
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Cons
  • The only thing that I would prefer FloristWare had that it doesn't currently is a one page order entry, but with the endless features it does provide it is just a tiny nuisance.
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  • The fees are a little bit high, although all POS and payment systems do charge fees.
  • Sometimes signing in and getting things to connect through our web store can be a challenge. It is great once it is set up but downloading plug ins and setting up initially is a challenge.
  • We have in-store pick up items that customers pay for at pick up and shipped items which customers pay for through the PayPal Zettle portal at checkout. This was very confusing to set up. I wish there was an easier way to mark items as payment upfront and payment later.
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Likelihood to Renew
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There are no monthly costs, the only expense is the card processing fee which is lower than nearly everyone else out there.
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Usability
I give FloristWare a rating of 10 for usability because I have never had an ounce if difficulty with any of its functions or features.
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The overall usability was good for our organization. We rarely experienced much downtime or errors when using PayPal Zettle for business transactions. Some of our IPhone users had login and security issues a few times. That was the exception to the rule and we have been able to operate consistently for the majority of the time.
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Reliability and Availability
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Adding skus was down for 1hr one day, otherwise have never experienced an outage.
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Performance
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Everything is very fast. Adding products, selling products, processing cards, and receiving funds.
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Support Rating
Support is outstanding, Mark wouldn't allow anything less!
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Support hasn't been needed in the 2 years of using PayPal but I have received calls from the company in the past asking about my experience with the device that was sent to me and they were pretty helpful with advice. Support is all over the internet if needed but for emergencies, so it is best to contact them during business hours.
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Implementation Rating
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It went very smoothly.
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Alternatives Considered
I evaluated at least 5 other options that are popular as a florist POS, I selected FloristWare because all the rest made you invest in their equipment, buy the software and pay additional support fees in the event you have endless issues. FloristWare is one low fee, per month or year. You use your own preferred computer and there are no additional charges in the event that you run into any kind of glitches along the way.
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Square has good software and is relatively easy to use. The Square payment screen is more advanced than the basic model that PayPal uses. However, PayPal was a service that I already used-- and the company made it easy to integrate it into our business. Convenience and ease of use were key.
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Scalability
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Have not run into any limitations as of yet, with 500 SKUs entered and counting.
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Return on Investment
  • FloristWare helps us provide much better customer service.
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  • One positive impact that PayPal here has had on our business is the ability to accept credit card payments which in itself increases our customer basis by 50%.
  • When PayPal fails, we have to pay higher fees to other processors, although I don't have an exact dollar impact.
  • When we struggle to take a payment using PayPal Here it makes our customers uneasy.
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