PayPal Zettle vs Square for Retail
On the evidence we track, PayPal Zettle leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for retail pos. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
PayPal Zettle
LeaderA payment acceptance system combining a free mobile app with optional hardware. Charges a percentage fee on each transaction with no monthly subscriptions or long-term contracts.
Square for Retail
Cloud-based retail management system that integrates checkout, inventory, online sales, and customer data across multiple store locations and sales channels.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
PayPal Zettle
Leader1.75% per transaction. Free app. Hardware from £29.
- Card Payments1.75% per card/contactless transaction
- Card and contactless payments
- Cash payments
- Gift card management
- Inventory management
- Sales reporting
- +1 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- WooCommerce
PayPal Zettle
Leader- Adobe Commerce
- BigCommerce
- ePages
- ExtendaGO
- HIOPOS
- JTL-POS
- Lightspeed
- modified-shop
- nopCommerce
- Pickware
- plentyPOS
- PrestaShop
- roc.Kasse
- Shopify
- Shopware
Square for Retail
- Uber Eats
- QuickBooks Online
- Wix
- Jotform
- Shippo
- SKU IQ
- Thrive Inventory
- Bookkeep
- INFI
- Stream
- KioskBuddy
- OpenTable
- Resy OS
- Web Accessibility
- Whoosh
- SmarterSign
- SyncPenguin
- Trustpilot
- Printful
- Kliken
- Poptin
- Weglot
- Fomo
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.