| Features | POS Basic | POS PRO | POS Multi-Store |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW Save time with Faster Performance: 10 x faster startup time & faster workflows9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEW Allows better screen readability with improved visual design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEW Improved Keyboard Shortcuts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEW Multi-Task by working on different parts of the program (i.e. sales receipt, checking reports, etc.) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEW Sorting in Key Workflows such as: Ring a Sale, Received Items, Returned Items | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NEW Support for backing up files with sizes greater than 4 GB | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Seamless credit card processing with QuickBooks Payments8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Answer a few simple questions to start | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use a bar code scanner to ring sales | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Set up a payments account (Merchant Account) that lets you accept credit cards right in your software2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Includes over 50 built-in sales, customer and inventory reports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create and save customized reports quickly | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ring up sales on your smartphone or tablet (iPad®, iPhone®, Android™) 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sync sales & Inventory information from mobile device with QuickBooks Point of Sale software | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transfer sales data to QuickBooks Financial software6,7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatically track inventory as you sell and receive items | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import inventory items from Microsoft® Excel®1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Track customer contact and purchase info | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import customers’ files from Microsoft Excel1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create customer letters easily with Microsoft Word® integration4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Synch customer data and accounts receivable with QuickBooks Financial software6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use data from the Customer Center to improve your business decisions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import vendor information from Microsoft® Excel® | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create and manage staff access to Point of Sale system | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Allows discounts, returns, store credit and gift receipts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Track petty cash payouts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access built-in tutorials for common tasks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Includes practice file for exploring without affecting your own business data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Track work and sales orders | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Include pictures of inventory items | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Track multiple vendors, UPC codes and serial numbers | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Track employee hours and sales commissions | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Send time cards to QuickBooks Financial software for payroll processing 5,6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Customize price tags, receipts and more | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Generate purchase orders automatically at pre-set inventory levels | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Built-in tools to update prices and create discounts across products and departments | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Track layaways | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Increase traffic and sales by using built-in tools to create promotional pricing of specific items | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Capture “ship-to” addresses for creating mailing lists and labels | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ship and track packages using Shipping Manager 5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Set up a Rewards Program to increase sales and reward customer loyalty | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Drill-down capability for sales and inventory by store location | ✓ | ||
| Access to sales and inventory reports for each store location and at the “Company” level | ✓ | ||
| Consolidate multi-store data into one file | ✓ | ||
| Track inventory transfers between stores | ✓ |