The self-hosted Shopify POS alternative
Vendra: Self-hosted POS and inventory that will not sell below zero recorded stock, even when two tills sell the last unit at the same moment. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Shopify POS every month.
Stop renting Shopify POS.
Shopify POS Irish page: Basic 'Starting at €32 EUR/ month' paid monthly or €24 billed yearly; Grow €92/€69; Advanced €384/€289; Plus €2,100/month on a 3-year term; POS Pro +€79/month per location (+€69 yearly). US page: Basic $39/$29, Grow $105/$79, Advanced $399/$299, Plus $2,300 Vendra is $59 once, runs on your own server, and never invoices you again.
Shopify POS meters by PLAN and then by LOCATION: the plan is the floor, and the retail features most shops want (POS Pro) add €79 per location every month.
“€79 EUR/month/location”, their own page, read 2026-09-26
Shopify POS pairs a Shopify web shop with the till: one catalog across the web store and the till, with Shopify Payments and hardware from the same vendor.
“Built-in omnichannel features”, their own page
Stay with Shopify POS if you already sell online with Shopify and want the till on the same catalog, with card hardware and payments from one vendor. Vendra is a standalone POS and inventory system on your own server; it does not run your web shop and it takes no card payments itself.
What Vendra deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.
Why owning beats renting Shopify POS.
No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.
It never lives in Shopify POS's cloud.
Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.
Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.
The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Vendra vs renting comparison.
Questions about moving off Shopify POS.
Does it process card payments online?
Can I run multiple stores?
Does barcode scanning need special drivers?
MySQL or SQLite?
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- Shopify POS: price checked 2026-09-26, source“[IE, Pay monthly] Basic For solo entrepreneurs Starting at €32 EUR/ month ... Grow ... Starting at €92 EUR/ month ... Advanced ... Starting at €384 EUR/ month ... Plus ... Starting at €2,100 EUR/ month on a 3-year term ... + €79 EUR/month for each POS Pro location ... [Pay yearly] Starting at €24…”
Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.