Pricing
No per-cashier fees, no feature tiers, no surprise add-ons. Software, hosting, backups, and competitive card processing — from one partner.
Everything, hosted, per location.
Open as many lanes as a Saturday rush needs — the price doesn't move.
Pair the built-in cash-discount program with our processing and a card sale can net you the same as cash.
Payments, handled
You don't go shopping for a merchant account or bolt on a third-party processor. We set up your card processing directly, at rates that compete with anyone — and it's already wired into the register.
Card processing is provided and set up by ThriftFlow — no separate merchant account to source, and nothing third-party to integrate.
Because we run the processing, we can keep your rates sharp — and the built-in cash-discount program can offset them entirely.
When something needs attention, it's us — for the software and the payments. No finger-pointing between vendors.
How we compare
Generic POS makes you pay per lane and bend the software to fit resale. ThriftFlow is built for thrift, priced flat, and bundles payments.
| ThriftFlow | ThriftCart | Square | Clover | Lightspeed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly software | $50 / store, flat | Per-store subscription | $0 base tier | Monthly plans | Per-register plans |
| Cashier lanes included | Unlimited | Varies | Per-device team fees | Per-device | Priced per register |
| Built for thrift / ReStore | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ generic | ✗ generic | ✗ generic |
| Color-tag markdowns | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Donation receipts & round-up | ✓ | Partial | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Volunteer hours & impact | ✓ | Partial | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cash discount to protect margin | ✓ built in | — | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Layaway & holds with deposits | ✓ | Partial | ✓ | Add-on | ✓ |
| Customer display + round-up ask | ✓ | ✓ | Hardware | Hardware | Hardware |
| Keeps ringing when the internet drops | ✓ offline | ✗ | Cash only | ✓ | Cash only |
| Card processing | Included, competitive, published | Integrated, locked in | 2.6% + 10¢, locked in | Locked to Clover | Or a ~$400/mo fee |
| Contract | Month-to-month | Quote-gated | None | 36-month typical | Annual, auto-renews |
| Try before you buy | Live public demo | No free trial | ✓ | Contract first | Trial |
| Hardware | Any tablet or PC | Web — any device | Square devices | Proprietary hardware | iPad-based |
| Hosting & tested nightly backups | ✓ included | Hosted | Hosted | Hosted | Hosted |
| You shape the roadmap | ✓ community | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Comparison based on publicly available information about each product and typical plans as of 2026; competitors' names and marks belong to their owners. Exact fees, terms, and features vary by plan, region, reseller, and negotiation and can change — this table is a general guide, not a quote. Square's 2.6% + 10¢ is its standard in-person card rate as published; Lightspeed's third-party-processor fee and Clover's typical contract length are per publicly reported terms.
Questions
Yes. One store is $50 a month no matter how many registers you run — one lane or ten. Open extra lanes for a big weekend and close them Monday; the price never changes.
No — and that's the point. We provide and set up your card processing directly, at competitive rates, already connected to the register. One partner for software and payments means one bill, one login, and one number to call.
Your shelf price includes a small service fee that's waived for cash. Card customers cover the cost of card acceptance, so a card sale nets you the same as cash instead of losing a few percent to processing. It's fully posted and disclosed at the register, the compliant way — and on $10,000/month of card volume that's roughly $3,600 a year you keep.
Any modern tablet or PC — ThriftFlow runs in a browser. Add a receipt printer, cash drawer, or scanner if you want them. We supply the card terminal.
You do. Each store runs on its own private, isolated database with nightly encrypted backups. Ask for an export anytime.
Days, not months. We stand up your store, load your departments and prices, connect your terminal, and hand you the keys. Explore the full live demo right now at demo.thriftflowpos.com.
Book a demo and we'll set up your store — software, payments, and support in one.