Renting vs. Buying: 5 Things To Understand

 

Hardware

Common hardware components include:

 

PDQ Machine (aka

Cash Drawers

Thermal Receipt Printer

Keyboard

Touch screen monitors

Barcode scanner (for retail environments)

Scales (for grocery stores)

Software

Common software features include:

 

Stock control

Purchase and order processing

Loyalty programs

Managing promotions

CRM system integration

Ability to coordinate stock and with ecommerce website

Ways to get an EPOS system

There are two ways to get an EPOS system. Either you can choose to buy or rent one. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach.

 

Renting vs. Buying: 5 Things To Understand

Renting has little to no upfront cost, but is usually more expensive in the long run compared to purchasing, but only if nothing goes wrong with the system.

Rental agreements will often include some sort of service and maintenance package, which means you will be able to get support should something go wrong.

Buying a system means you can use whatever supplies you’d like with it, whereas as some rental agreements will require you to purchase supplies from your rental company.

Purchased systems can generally be customised to exact requirements (for a price of course) whereas a rented system tends to be more off the shelf.

Rented systems can be more easily upgraded than purchased ones as you can simply swap one machine for another or add extra machines as needed.

Thus there is no right solution for every business. If you’re a new business just trying to get off the ground a rental agreement can make the most sense as you can’t be 100% sure of your needs going forward.

 

However, if your business has been trading for a few years and is relatively stable you may wish to benefit from the lower cost of ownership from buying a machine.

 

How Much Do hospitality EPOS Systems Cost?

Hospitality EPOS system prices vary widely based on what features you need. Simple, previously owned machines, can start from as low as £500 to buy. However, most new systems are priced between £1,200 and £2,000 for off the shelf models.

 

Bespoke solutions can easily top £5,000, if you need more advanced features.

 

If you’d prefer to rent you can expect to pay at least £20 per week (£85 a month) per machine for basic models and 2-3X that much for high-end ones.

 

Cost of Supplies

Most businesses will use their EPOS system to print customer receipts. Thus you should factor the cost of both Till rolls and ink. For high turnover businesses such as pubs this can easily mount up to £20-£30 extra just on EPOS supplies per month.

 

So how do you pick the right system?

Well you can either spend time contacting each supplier in the UK manually or you can let us do that for you. Fill in his form and our system will match you with suppliers who supply the system you need.

 

Read more:

 

– Suppliers

– Prices

– EPOS for specific businesses

– Supplies