Clover POS
Clover POS is cloud-based point-of-sale software and hardware for food trucks, with tools for taking payments, handling orders, tracking inventory, and manag…
What Clover POS is
Clover POS is cloud-based point-of-sale software and hardware for food trucks, with tools for taking payments, handling orders, tracking inventory, and managing a business. Merchants can track sales and ingredients in real time to support preparation and planning. Offline Mode lets food trucks keep taking payments when Wi-Fi or cell service drops; transactions process after reconnection. Clover processes cash, credit, debit, and smartphone payments. Quick-service plans include online ordering features such as an online menu page and pickup and delivery order types. Clover lists integrations including QuickBooks, Shopify, Woo, Magento, Yelp, and payroll tools; accounting integrations sync sales, refunds, taxes, and tips. Starter, Standard, and Advanced plans are listed, but their prices are not shown. Starter lacks customer features including a database, promotions, loyalty, private feedback, and Clover gift cards; Standard and Advanced include them. Subscription fees vary by business type, processing fees are separate, and agreements are generally non-cancelable and not eligible for refunds. The product supports Android, iOS, and web; a 90-day trial without SaaS subscription fees is available to eligible merchants in selected business types, subject to time limits and eligibility.
Good
- Tracks sales and ingredients in real time
- Offline Mode accepts payments during connectivity drops
- Processes cash, credit, debit, and smartphone payments
- Quick-service plans include online ordering features
- Available on Android, iOS, and web
Watch out
- No free plan
- Starter omits customer database, promotions, loyalty, feedback, and gift cards
- Processing fees are separate from subscription fees
- Agreements are generally non-cancelable and ineligible for refunds
Who it suits
Clover POS suits food-truck merchants seeking payment, order, and ingredient tracking tools, including offline payment capability. It may also fit businesses that need online ordering or integrations with listed services.
Verdict
Clover POS combines food-truck sales and inventory tools with online ordering and an offline payment mode. Check which customer features are included in the plan and account for separate processing fees and the subscription agreement terms.
Plans and prices
From Clover POS's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Priced on request | Mini POS with 8-inch screen · Restaurant Growth Plan · 24/7 live support · cash drawer and receipt printer |
| Standard | Priced on request | Station Duo with 14-inch merchant and 8-inch customer screens · Restaurant Growth Plan · 24/7 live support · cash drawer and receipt printer |
| Advanced | Priced on request | Station Duo · handheld Flex · Restaurant Growth Plan · 24/7 live support · cash drawer and receipt printer · mobile ordering and payments |
| Basic retail setup | $14.95 a month | Basic POS software; hardware extra · monthly |
| Quick-service restaurant package | $60 a month | POS software bundled with restaurant management tools; hardware extra · monthly |
| Full-service restaurant package | $90 a month | Full-service restaurant POS and management platform; hardware extra · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Clover POS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounting
- Clover says its accounting integrations sync sales, refunds, taxes, and tips, and its app page lists transfers of daily sales to QuickBooks or Xero.checked 4 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- Production REST integrations use OAuth 2.0 with expiring access and refresh tokens plus permission scopes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Bookkeeping integration
- Clover says it synchronizes sales, refunds, taxes and tips with accounting software as transactions occur.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Contract rollover
- At the end of a subscription term, equipment can be returned or purchased; otherwise the rental continues at the same monthly charge.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Customer loyalty
- Built-in tools support rewards, promotions and customer communications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation depth
- Documentation covers sandbox accounts, APIs, OAuth, permissions, webhooks, Android development, device versions and app-market publication.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Food-truck offline payments
- Food-truck devices can queue card transactions during Wi-Fi or cellular outages and submit them after reconnection.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hardware range
- The product line includes Go, Compact, Flex Pocket, Flex, Mini, Station Solo, Station Duo, Kiosk and Kitchen Display System devices.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Clover lists integrations and services including QuickBooks, Shopify, Woo, Magento, Yelp, and payroll tools.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- Its food-truck page says merchants can track sales and ingredients in real time to help with preparation and planning.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Inventory and employee tools
- Clover devices include software for inventory, employee scheduling and customer rewards.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: added fees
- Reviewers report that paid add-on apps, hardware costs and recurring charges can make Clover expensive.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: advanced inventory pricing
- A G2 reviewer says advanced inventory and cost-of-goods tracking requires a substantially more expensive plan.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: contracts and cancellation
- Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly complain about difficult cancellations, long contracts, termination charges and continued billing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: reliability
- GetApp reviewers mention bugs, device crashes and update-related problems that interrupt operations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: support quality
- GetApp reviewers frequently report long holds, transfers, weak follow-up and unresolved support cases.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Offline payments
- Clover says Offline Mode lets food trucks continue taking payments when Wi-Fi or cell service drops, with transactions processed after reconnection.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Clover Network, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- Crunchbase states that Clover was acquired by First Data Corporation; Fiserv is the current parent through its First Data acquisition.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Developer platform
- Clover describes its platform as open to third-party developers building apps and integrations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Device operating system
- Clover devices use a Clover-hardened custom Android operating system, so apps must be compatible with that Android environment.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Mobile platforms
- Clover says its Clover Go app is available for Android and iOS phones and tablets.checked 4 Oct 2026
Money
- Limit: hardware cost
- TechRadar reports Clover hardware prices above many competitors, including a $199 Go reader and $749 Flex.checked 15 Oct 2026
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