Compare Square Appointments and Square Point of Sale
Square Appointments will work for any business that needs appointment scheduling capabilities and a point of sale system. You can access Free, Plus, or Premium features and tools, depending on your business requirements.
Pricing
| Square Point of Sale | Appointments Free | Appointments Plus | Appointments Premium | |
| Monthly Price | Free | Free | $40 per month, per location | $90 per month, per location |
| Location | Unlimited | One | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Number of Staff | — | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Square Reader In-Person Processing Fees |
Sellers who signed up on or after 30 May 2024
1.6% per in-person transaction Sellers who signed up prior to 30 May 2024 1.9% per in-person transaction |
Sellers who signed up on or after 30 May 2024
1.6% per in-person transaction Sellers who signed up prior to 30 May 2024 1.9% per in-person transaction |
1.6% per in-person transaction | 1.6% per in-person transaction |
| Square Stand In-Person Processing Fees |
Sellers who signed up on or after 30 May 2024
1.6% per in-person transaction Sellers who signed up prior to 30 May 2024 1.9% per in-person transaction |
Sellers who signed up on or after 30 May 2024
1.6% per in-person transaction Sellers who signed up prior to 30 May 2024 1.9% per in-person transaction |
1.6% per transaction | 1.6% per transaction |
| Square Register In-Person Processing Fees | 1.6% per transaction | 1.6% per transaction | 1.6% per transaction | 1.6% per transaction |
| Manually keyed-in or Card on File | 2.2% per transaction | 2.2% per transaction | 2.2% per transaction | 2.2% per transaction |
For payments taken online, by invoice or keyed in manually, see card-not-present processing rates. Custom pricing is available if you process more than $250k per year in card sales — contact our Sales team to learn more.
For more information regarding processing fees, check out our Square Appointments and Square Point of Sale pricing articles.
Afterpay and Square Appointments
With Square Appointments and Afterpay, customers to pay for in person transactions in four instalments over six weeks. Merchants get paid in full – immediately.
Learn more about Afterpay and Square.
The fee to use Afterpay in-person or online is 6% + 30¢ (excl. GST) per sale on all Square hardware. Afterpay rates are fixed and do not vary by subscription type, hardware, or custom pricing.
You can go to Payment Methods to enable or disable Afterpay at any time.
Note: The setting for In-person payments with Afterpay is global and applies across all Square products that can also take Afterpay payments in-person. This includes other online platforms such as Square Point of Sale, Square for Retail, Square for Restaurants and Virtual Terminal. There isn’t a way to enable/disable Afterpay only for Square Appointments at this time.
To see if you are eligible for Afterpay, visit our In-Person eligibility.
Major Features
See the chart below for a comparison of features between Square Point of Sale and Square Appointments.
| Feature | Square POS | Square Appointments |
| Accept payments | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Sales and reporting | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Accept tips, issue returns and apply discounts | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Manage and sell inventory | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Digital receipts | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Next business-day transfer | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Third-party app integrations | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Cloud-based calendar | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Individual staff calendars | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Booking website | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Automated email/text message reminders | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Recurring Appointments | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Social media booking integrations | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Cancellation/no-show fees | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Processing time | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Resource management | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Commission tracking | ✖️ | ✔️ |
| Square Advanced Access | Available as add-on | Included for Premium subscribers |
| Square Shifts Free | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Shifts Plus | Available as add-on | Included for Premium subscribers |
| iOS App | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Android App | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Square Stand compatibility | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Square Register compatibility | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Square Terminal compatibility | ✔️ | ✖️ |
| 9 am–5 pm, Mon-Fri Support | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| 24/7 English support | (not included) | (not included) |
If you're interested in learning more, you can try Square Appointments Plus or Premium features for free for 30 days.