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An entrepreneur buying a cash register system asks whether the price is shown before a quote request, what the cheapest monthly fee is, whether the contract is binding and whether the system can be tried first. These decide 50 p out of 100.
Score shows how the company does on our comparison criteria, on a 0–100 scale. Rankings cannot be bought.
Basic metrics · 67.4
+ The only point-of-sale system in the comparison that discloses the starting price openly: Basic 19 €/month with no binding contract period
Basic metrics: 67.4, rank 2 · ▲ 1 place
Basic metrics · 76.8
+ Public monthly prices (Retail Basic 89, Core 149, Plus 289 $/month) and an open transaction fee of 2.6% + 0.10 $
Basic metrics: 76.8, rank 1 · ▼ 1 place
– Contract commitment: The contract term is not mentioned on the pricing page; the page only has annual and monthly billing.
Basic metrics · 56.3
+ A domestic, fully cloud-based point-of-sale system (Solmio-kassa Oy, Tampere) that discloses its business ID (Y-tunnus)
Basic metrics: 56.3, rank 3 · no change
– Trial before purchase: A trial or demo is not mentioned on the price list page or the front page.
Basic metrics · 53.3
+ A Finnish software house with a stock-exchange background (Solteq Oyj) that clearly states the owning company
Basic metrics: 53.3, rank 4 · no change
– Contract commitment: The pricing page mentions only flexible subscriptions; no contract period is stated.
Basic metrics · 52.9
+ Finnish point-of-sale system specialised in the restaurant sector (Restolution Oy), which states the owning company and its business ID (Y-tunnus)
Basic metrics: 52.9, rank 6 · ▲ 1 place
– Cheapest monthly price: The price is not published on the point-of-sale system page or on the front page.
Basic metrics · 53.0
+ Established domestic operator (Oy Winpos Ab, Vaasa) that discloses its owning company and the Winpos group
Basic metrics: 53.0, rank 5 · ▼ 1 place
– Cheapest monthly price: The price is not published on the cash register system page or the front page; the pages ask for a quote.
Weights are fixed. All companies are measured on the same scale. Read the full methodology.
| Buying motive | What is measured | Scale | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price is shown before purchase QUESTIONCan I see the price before I contact the seller? | Is the price published on the company's website? | Prices published = 100 points, only some prices published = 50, no prices = 0. | 20 p |
| Cheapest monthly price QUESTIONWhat does the cheapest cash register software cost per month? | The cheapest published monthly price figure as such (does not necessarily include devices). | 19 or fewer = 100 points, 100 or more = 0, directly proportional in between. | 14 p |
| Contract commitment QUESTIONDoes the contract bind you for a long time? | Shortest published contract period. | No fixed term = 100, 24 months = 40, 36 months = 0. | 10 p |
| Trial before purchase QUESTIONCan I try the system before making a purchase decision? | Is it possible to try the system yourself. | Free trial = 100, only a demo presented by the seller = 40, not mentioned = 0. | 6 p |
| Basic metrics | Digital quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score | Basic metrics × 0.5 | 50 p |
We scored 6 point-of-sale (POS) systems used in Finland on 20 metrics. The key question for a small business owner: is the real monthly price and the transaction or device cost revealed without making contact, what does the POS integrate with, where is the sales data located, and can you get out of the contract before you tie the shop to one system?
Monthly price publicly displayed without contacting (25), transaction or card fee and device cost stated (15), integrations with accounting and online shop stated (15), owning company or business ID (Y-tunnus) stated on the site (15), supported payment methods listed (10), cloud or on-premises solution and data location stated (10), contract term and cancellation stated (10)
Transparency is 30% of the basic metrics, i.e. 15% of the total points · these metrics make up its 100 points · the full formula and the other pillars
How to read the comparison correctly: Half of the points come from buyer's questions, i.e. things the buyer finds out before deciding. The other half measures how openly the company publishes its prices, terms and contact details. Clear differences in points indicate a genuine difference: one tells you the price immediately, another only after logging in. Close scores should not be read as a ranking order, because every measurement has a margin of variation. The measurement accuracy and the full calculation formula are open in the methodology.
Customer experience is brought into the assessment separately. We also collect customer feedback and customer experiences about companies through separate surveys. The survey results will be added to the overall assessment later.
The monthly price is often hidden behind a quote request. Only some providers state the price openly online: Vektori Kassa states a starting price of 19 euros per month with no binding contract period. Most domestic POS system providers (Solteq, Winpos, Restolution, Solmio) price the solution as a quote, because the price depends on devices, number of locations and add-ons. Always ask for an itemised quote showing the monthly fee, device cost and any transaction fee separately.
Device and transaction costs come on top of the monthly price. The monthly price of POS software is only part of the total cost: the touchscreen till, receipt printer, cash drawer and payment terminal are often charged separately, and card payments incur a transaction fee. The international Lightspeed's payment processing states the transaction fee as a percentage publicly, whereas domestic providers often tie the payment terminal to a separate agreement with a bank or payment processor. Calculate the total cost including equipment and transaction fees.
The checkout ties the shop to a single system, so integrations and data location are decisive. A point-of-sale system connects to accounting, the online shop and inventory management, and switching is laborious. Domestic operators offer Finnish-language support and EU data processing; Lightspeed is an international operator whose English-language support is available around the clock. Check the integrations you need, the location of the data and the contract cancellation terms before adopting the system. We show the owning company for each one.
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