PayPal Zettle vs. SkyTab POS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
SkyTab POS
Score 8.1 out of 10
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SkyTab POS (formerly Harbortouch POS) delivers a touch-screen point of sale system that will streamline your business operations and automate your management activities. SkyTab is a product from Shift4.
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$39
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$69
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Offerings
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PayPal ZettleSkyTab POS
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Best Alternatives
PayPal ZettleSkyTab POS
Small Businesses
Square POS
Square POS
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Square POS
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle
Score 7.9 out of 10
Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprises

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User Ratings
PayPal ZettleSkyTab POS
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
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Likelihood to Renew
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Usability
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Availability
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Performance
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Support Rating
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Implementation Rating
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Ease of integration
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Product Scalability
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Vendor post-sale
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User Testimonials
PayPal ZettleSkyTab POS
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Harbortouch is a powerful and robust POS system. After using other methods and training on a couple of different designs, Harbortouch is far ahead of the rest regarding functionality, ease of use, and error-free transactions. It has an excellent reporting tool that is easy to use and "item" editing features that make using the system quick and easy. As checkout is in process, and the customer keeps changing their mind, or the cashier makes errors, the system makes it very quick and easy to edit to keep the transaction in process.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Solid robust system
  • Easy use from entering to editing
  • Great reporting
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Cons
  • 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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  • Harbortouch as well as many other "large" companies these days could use improvement in the customer service/technical department.
  • An easy reset button would be nice for the occasion the card reader locks up
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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
Adding skus was down for 1hr one day, otherwise have never experienced an outage.
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Performance
Everything is very fast. Adding products, selling products, processing cards, and receiving funds.
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Support Rating
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
It went very smoothly.
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Alternatives Considered
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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We currently use Harbortouch and TouchBistro at our restaurant. We were going to switch to just using TouchBistro because Harbortouch's customer support and technical team were having trouble believing we were having ongoing issues with our system. Unfortunately, it took us telling Harbortouch that we were leaving them for them to get to the root of the system's problems. Finally, they worked three days straight to fix all of the issues. We decided to keep both systems for now as Harbortouch has a much more robust system. Still, each uses different credit card processing companies, so hopefully, we can avoid downtime during our three-month, hectic tourist season. Now that Harbortouch fixed all of the issues, their system is much more robust and powerful.
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Scalability
Have not run into any limitations as of yet, with 500 SKUs entered and counting.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Harbortouch makes each transaction very quick and easy so we can keep up during busy times to keep the orders flowing.
  • Harbortouch has a good online system so customers can order online during our busy times when we are too busy to keep up with the phones.
  • Harbortouch allows us to handle more orders during busy times than other systems we experimented with.
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