Yottled: The Best Square Alternative | Side-by-Side Comparison

Looking for Square’s alternative for payment processing or as a business management software? Consider the following key differences between Square and Yottled to make an informed decision.

Square is a more than a decade-old company with the primary business of enabling small businesses to set up an eCommerce platform and integrate payment processing. It also started offering facilities like online booking, CRM, scheduling, etc. for small service businesses.

Yottled is a relatively new organization with a thriving start-up spirit. It started in 2021 and already has a client base of 1,000+ businesses in the beauty, wellness, and fitness industry. It works on a mission of providing super easy software for non-technical business owners. 

Here are some key differences between Yottled and Square.

	Feature	Yottled	Square
1	Pricing	Free for businesses. All features., Unlimited locations & employees.   $0.99 to final users (your clients). Pricing explainer	1) Free 2) Plus: $29/month, per location 3) Premium: $69/month, per location
2	Appointment booking	Yes	Yes
3	Recurring appointments	Yes	Yes
4	Multiple time zones	Yes	Yes
5	Multiple locations	Yes, unlimited locations	Only with Plus and Premium plans. Each location costs additional money.
6	Automated text and email reminders	Yes	Yes
7	Custom availability	Yes	Yes
8	Block personal time off	Yes	Yes
9	Block time off before and after each appointment	Yes	No
10	Multiple staff appointments	Yes	Only with Plus and Premium plans. Each staff member costs additional.
11	Google Calendar sync	Yes	Only with Plus and Premium plans.
12	No-show protection (with advanced payment options, cancellation policies, and refund policies creation)	Yes	Only with Plus and Premium plans.
13	Daily appointment limit	Unlimited	Each plan has daily appointment limits
14	Online booking website	Yes	Yes
15	Book Now button	Yes	Yes
16	Individual employee accounts	Yes	Only with Premium plan
17	Flat-rate staff commissions	Yes	Only with Premium plan
18	Track earned commissions	Yes	Only with Premium plan
19	Multiple wage rates	Yes	Only with Premium plan
20	Earned commissions reports	Yes	Only with Premium plan
21	Employee scheduling	Yes	Only with Premium plan
22	Auto-created customer profiles	Yes	Yes
23	Customer notes	Yes	Yes
24	Import existing customers	Yes	Yes
25	Appointment and sales history	Yes	Yes
26	Card on file	Yes	Yes
27	Swipe cards in person with a physical PoS	Yes	Yes
28	Professional invoices	Yes	Yes
29	Instalment facility (Afterpay)	No	Yes, with an additional cost
30	Discounts	Yes	Yes
31	Prepayments	Yes	Yes
32	eGift cards	Yes	Yes
33	Physical gift cards	No	Yes, with an additional cost
34	Documents and files upload in CRM	Yes	Yes
35	Email marketing tools	Yes	At an additional cost
36	Text marketing tools	Yes	At an additional cost
37	Membership selling	Yes	Unknown
38	Contact forms, Intake forms, Surveys	Yes	No, need to integrate with JotForms or similar apps
39	Tip Tracking	Yes	Only with Premium plan

If you’re looking for a Square replacement for your business, consider these points and make a conscious decision.

Pricing

Yottled is free for businesses. All features are included and everything is unlimited. It charges a convenience fee of $0.99 to your customers when they make a paid transaction using Yottled. In other words, businesses don’t need to pay anything to Yottled; it is the end users of those businesses that pay the convenience charges when they check out. Check out this Pricing explainer.

Square has 3 pricing options.

• Free
• Plus: $29/month, per location
• Premium: $69/month, per location

Features and Usage

We have already provided side-by-side comparison of features in the starting of this article.

The summary is that Square provides a large number of features as add-ons or with its premium plans. While, with Yottled, everything is free. All features are included. Also, Square charges the rates per location and also has a cap on the employees you can add to one account. While, with Yottled, you get as many workstations as you want for multiple locations and employees. All for free, without any hidden cost. If you have multiple location businesses or more than 5 employees, Square will be a highly expensive software for your business.

Payment Processing Fees Elimination Option

Yottled gives the option to shift payment processing fees to your final customers. With this option, businesses save on an average of $1k to $15k per month. Here’s a case study on how customers save money by shifting from Square to Yottled.

Yottled also

• Povides a free physical point of sale (PoS) machine.
• Allows you to take online payment, and also in-person payment through card swiping, cash, check, and digital wallets.

Square itself is a payment processor and has different rates for various types of payment methods. You don’t get an option to transfer these fees to customers. Businesses must bear this cost themselves.

Conclusion on Why Yottled is the Best Square Alternative

Yottled is free software for businesses while Square is a highly expensive one. Although Square offers certain features for free, you need to upgrade it to use many other features that a business requires on a daily basis. Square will cost around $500 to $1,000 per month to bigger businesses with multiple branches and a large number of employees. Yottled is free for all sized businesses, with all features included and everything is unlimited. With Yottled, you’ll get an option of shifting payment processing fees to the end customers and additionally save $1k to $15k per month.