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$0/mo with VoVi Payments (2.79% flat, or we match your rate). Bring your own processor: $99/mo per location. Either way, 30 days free, no credit card.

Already on a lower rate? Send a recent statement and we'll match it.

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$0/mowith VoVi Payments
0 featuresheld back for a paid tier
No contractand no minimums

Outside the US?

Same POS. Use your own card machine. $99/mo per location, 30 days free. Start now.

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This edition keeps books in USD. Configurable tax rates are added at checkout; foreign cash can be recorded with an exchange rate. Local-currency accounting and country-specific fiscal reporting are not included.

"Free POS" usually means one of four things

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which kind of free you're being offered. Three of these end with a monthly invoice.

1. Free for 14 or 30 days

A trial. You migrate your whole catalogue, train your staff, and a month later the card on file gets charged. The software was never free — the onboarding effort was just prepaid by you.

2. Free until you need a real feature

The register is free; inventory counts, staff permissions, commissions or multi-location reporting live one tier up. Retailers usually hit that wall in month two, right when switching costs are highest.

3. Free with the hardware you must buy

Software is bundled with a proprietary terminal, sold or leased to you. The subscription moved into the hardware line, and now you can only run the POS on the box they sold you.

4. Free, funded by processing

The provider earns on card payments instead of software fees, so the software is $0/month while you use its integrated processing. This is VoVi. The trade you're making is a processing rate — so the rate should be simple and stated up front.

So how does VoVi stay free?

One sentence: we earn a flat 2.79% on Visa, Mastercard & Discover — 3.5% on American Express — when you take a card, and nothing when you don't. Already on a lower rate? Send a recent statement and we'll match it.

What you pay us monthly

$0

for the software — permanently

  • Every feature, no tiers to climb
  • Every location, no per-store fee
  • Unlimited products and staff accounts
  • Free whether you sell $0 or $80,000 this month

What we earn instead

2.79% flat

on card payments processed through VoVi — or the rate you already pay

  • Interchange and network fees already included
  • Cash, check, gift card and store credit: free
  • No monthly minimum to hit
  • Slow month? We earn less. That's the deal.

What "every feature" actually includes

There's one version of VoVi. This is it — on the free plan, on day one.

The register

Fast search and barcode scan, negotiated pricing with a minimum-price floor, discounts, split tender, layaways, gift cards, store credit, refunds and parked sales.

Inventory that adds up

Ledger-backed stock per location, transfers between stores, purchase orders with low-stock suggestions, daily counts and a full change log.

Your team

PIN unlock per seller, access levels, clock in and out, commissions, sales competitions and a live "who's at work" view.

Customers

Profiles, purchase history, loyalty points, coupon codes and gift cards — built in, not sold as an add-on.

Every location, one screen

Regions, per-location settings, end-of-day reports, profit and loss, cash-drawer over/short, and instant alerts for big sales, voids and low stock.

Any device you own

Runs in the browser on a tablet, laptop or phone and installs to the home screen like an app. No proprietary terminal, no lease.

What a free POS still costs you

Two line items, and we'd rather you read them here than find them later.

  1. Card processing

    A flat 2.79% on card-present Visa, Mastercard & Discover sales taken through VoVi, and 3.5% on American Express. On $20,000 of card sales that's $558 — and it replaces both a software subscription and a separate processing bill.

  2. A card reader

    You'll need a supported reader to accept cards. That's hardware you own, not a lease, and we'll help you pick the right one during onboarding. Everything else runs on devices you already have.

  3. That's the list

    No setup fee, no per-terminal fee, no charge for extra users, extra products or extra locations. If we ever add something paid, it won't be a feature you already had.

Is a free, processing-funded POS right for you?

It's a strong fit if…

You run anything from a cart or pop-up to a brick-and-mortar store or a multi-location chain; you're paying $99–$140 per location for software today; you take a healthy share of cash; or you're opening more locations and refuse to pay per store.

Do the math first if…

You process very high card volume at an already-low negotiated rate. At that point the flat $99/month plan with your own processor is usually the cheaper door — and it's the same software.

Not yet, if…

Same POS. Use your own card machine. $99/mo per location, 30 days free. Start now. This edition keeps books in USD. Configurable tax rates are added at checkout; foreign cash can be recorded with an exchange rate. Local-currency accounting and country-specific fiscal reporting are not included.

Free POS system questions

Is a free POS system actually free, or is it a trial?
It depends entirely on the provider — see the four kinds of free above. VoVi's software is $0/month on the integrated-processing plan, with no feature gates or per-location software fee. We earn a flat 2.79% — or the rate you already pay, if it's lower — when you process a card through VoVi, and nothing when you don't.
What features are missing from the free plan?
None. There's one version of VoVi and every store gets all of it — register, inventory, purchase orders, customers, loyalty, gift cards, layaways, store credit, commissions, scheduling, end-of-day reports and multi-location reporting. There's no premium tier to upgrade to.
What does a free POS system still cost me?
Card processing at a flat 2.79% for card-present Visa, Mastercard and Discover sales through VoVi, and 3.5% on American Express — cash, check, gift card and store credit sales cost nothing — plus a card reader if you want to take cards. VoVi runs on tablets, laptops and phones you already own, so there's no terminal to buy or lease.
How do you make money if the POS software is free?
Card processing. A flat 2.79% on Visa, Mastercard and Discover — American Express is 3.5% — that already includes the interchange and network fees other providers itemize into confusion. If you'd rather keep your existing processor, VoVi is a flat $99/month per location instead — every feature included, no percentage to us.
What if I already pay less than 2.79%?
Then we match it. Send a recent processing statement and we'll match your current effective rate on card-present Visa, Mastercard and Discover — the real rate you pay once your provider's monthly, statement and per-transaction fees are counted, not the headline number on the first page. Most statements come in higher than the owner expects. The software stays $0 a month either way.
Is there a contract or a minimum?
No contract, no monthly minimum, no cancellation fee. Your data is yours and exports to CSV any time.
Is the free plan limited by number of locations or staff?
No. Locations, staff accounts and products are unlimited on the free plan. If you run 20+ locations, the savings calculator stops being useful and it becomes a phone call — the software is still $0/month.

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