The self-hosted Shopify POS alternative
Vendra — Self-hosted POS & inventory engineered so overselling is impossible. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Shopify POS every month.
Shopify POS Basic "Starting at €27EUR/month" (€1/month for the first 3 months); Grow from €74; Advanced from €384; Plus from €2,100/month on a 3-year term; POS Pro add-on €79 EUR/month/location Vendra is $59.00 once, runs on your own server, and never invoices you again.
How Shopify POS pricing grows with you
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 2026-08-30
What Shopify POS does that we don't
Shopify POS is the omnichannel benchmark: one catalogue across the web store and the till, with Shopify Payments and hardware from the same vendor.
“cloud-based POS software, multi-location support, and omnichannel features” — their own page
Who should stay with Shopify POS
Stay with Shopify POS if you already sell online with Shopify and want the till on the same catalogue, 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. Full honest limitations are on the product page.
Why owning beats renting Shopify POS
- One payment. No monthly, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. It never lives in Shopify POS's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records and users are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset or price-hiked out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up, and apply updates yourself — see the product page for honest limitations, and the full Vendra vs Shopify POS comparison.
Sources
- Shopify POS — price checked 2026-08-30 —
source “'Starting at €27EUR/month' ... '€1/month for the first 3 months' ... 'Starting at €74EUR/month' ... 'Starting at €384EUR/month' ... 'Starting at €2,100EUR/month on a 3-year term' ... '€79 EUR/month/location'”
Competitor prices change — 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.