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Loyalora vs renting the software.

A loyalty register where every balance is the sum of its history, with points straight from your till.

Competitor prices on this page read between 2026-09-03 and 2026-09-26, each row dated, each one read on the vendor's own page and linked in Sources.

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The subscription math.

Yours Loyalora $59 once · self-hosted · your data on your server Buy once
Rented Smile.io Essential $15 per month (Standard $79/mo, Growth $199/mo, Plus $999/mo annual, Enterprise on request); a free tier covers 200 monthly orders [1]

4 months of Smile.io costs what Loyalora costs once.

What Smile.io does that we don't. Smile.io runs points, referrals and VIP tiers as a hosted storefront app with branded on-site widgets and multi-language support.
The fine print

How their pricing grows. Smile.io prices by how many orders the store takes each month, so the plan you need is decided by your own growth and the bill climbs with it.

“Usage 1 integration 500 monthly orders 15 specialized reports” Read 2026-08-22.

Who should stay with Smile.io. If you run a Shopify or BigCommerce store and need the loyalty widget embedded in the storefront, awarding points on orders automatically, stay with Smile.io - Loyalora is a counter-side register with no e-commerce integration and no storefront widget.

How we counted. Flat monthly, metered by order volume rather than by seat: Free covers 200 monthly orders, Essential 500, Standard 1,000, Growth 2,500. The $15 figure is the first paid tier - a shop under 200 orders a month should compare against the free plan first. Loyalora is bought once and has no order ceiling of any kind. Plus carries 7,500 monthly orders; the page prints monthly rates only, with no annual figure beside them.

Rented LoyaltyLion Classic $199/month, including 500 orders per month; Advanced and Plus are quote-only [2]

1 month of LoyaltyLion costs what Loyalora costs once.

What LoyaltyLion does that we don't. LoyaltyLion's entry plan includes a branded loyalty page built for you, pre-built earning rules and a Klaviyo integration with ready-made email flows.
The fine print

How their pricing grows. LoyaltyLion's entry plan is $199 a month and still caps the orders it covers at 500 per month; volume above that moves you up the ladder.

“Includes 500 orders per month” Read 2026-08-22.

Who should stay with LoyaltyLion. If you need loyalty emails firing automatically through Klaviyo and a done-for-you branded loyalty page, stay with LoyaltyLion - Loyalora sends no marketing email of any kind, by design and by test.

How we counted. Flat monthly with an order allowance. This is the entry plan, not the top one: $199/mo is $2,388 a year, $7,164 over three years, and the 500-order allowance is included rather than unlimited. Only Classic carries a published figure - the two tiers above it read Custom.

Work out your own numbers.

The rented figures use the cited plan price above; per-seat plans scale by the seat count from that same cited price. This is arithmetic, not a quote.

Also in this category.

Loyverse [3] Free - the loyalty programme is included with the POS at no cost. Add-ons: Unlimited sales history $5 USD/month per store ($50/year billed annually); Employee management $5 USD/month per employee ($50/year); Advanced inventory $25 USD/month per store ($250/year) Honest math: Loyverse's loyalty program is free, so on price there is nothing to break even against and Loyverse wins outright. The case for Loyalora is ownership, not cost - the customer list and points ledger live on their servers. Add-ons meter per store and per employee. Re-read 2026-09-26 in both billing states with a European and a US time zone: both showed the same USD figures (the 2026-09-03 read from this address had shown the numerals in euros).
How their pricing grows. Loyverse gives the loyalty program away with the point of sale and charges for the surrounding add-ons instead, metered per store and per employee.
“Loyverse is free to use, with optional paid add-ons.”
What Loyverse does that we don't. Loyverse ships an entire point of sale around the free loyalty program - multi-store management, inventory, sales analytics and a kitchen display.
If you want a till, inventory and loyalty together in one free hosted account, stay with Loyverse - Loyalora is a points register only: no point of sale, no inventory, no payments.
Square Loyalty [4] No public price - the product page shows a 30-day trial and a sales contact, no figure (verified) Square Loyalty is an add-on to a Square account. Its own product page publishes no price, and the general Square pricing page lists loyalty as a plan feature without a figure for it. No number is printed here because none renders publicly. The previous mechanism quote joined two separate buttons into one string; it now quotes only what is contiguous on the page.
How their pricing grows. Square does not publish a standalone price for Loyalty on its product page; the only routes shown are a free trial and contacting sales.
“Start your free trial”
What Square Loyalty does that we don't. Square Loyalty is wired into the till: customers enroll at the point of sale, through the Square site or from an invoice, and points can be earned by visit, by spend or by item.
If you need points attaching to a card tender at the till automatically, stay with Square - Loyalora records points against a customer record and processes no payments at all.

Why owning beats renting here.

One payment

No per-month, per-seat or per-location fees: the license does not expire.

Your data

Your data sits on a server you choose; customer records are not held in a vendor's cloud unless you put them there.

No plan ceilings

Records, users and usage are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.

If the vendor stops

It keeps working if the vendor doesn't: no one can switch your copy off, and keeping it up to date is in your hands.

The fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply. The product page lists what Loyalora deliberately doesn't do.

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Sources

  1. Smile.io: price checked 2026-09-03, source“Essential For stores gaining traction and growing loyalty $15 per month, monthly billing”
  2. LoyaltyLion: price checked 2026-09-03, source“Classic Best for brands starting loyalty with minimal effort Custom $199 / Month Includes 500 orders per month”
  3. Loyverse: price checked 2026-09-26, source“Loyalty program Reward customers and encourage repeat visits. Free ... Unlimited sales history ... $5 USD/month per store ... Employee management ... $5 USD/month per employee ... Advanced inventory ... $25 USD/month per store ... [Annual] $50 USD/year per store ... $50 USD/year per employee…”
  4. Square Loyalty: price checked 2026-09-03, source“Try Square Loyalty free for 30 days.”

Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown.

Loyalora, owned.
Points and stamps for your shop, earned at the till, with no monthly fee.
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