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Square alternative for jewelers

Square is simple and has a free plan, but it prices by the item and processes cards in eight countries. Here is how it compares for a jewelry shop that sells by the gram.

By the Smart Jewelry POS team, Islamabad · Updated 31 October 2026

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Choose Smart Jewelry POS if

You sell gold and diamonds priced by weight, not by tag
You are in a country Square doesn’t serve
You need customer and vendor balances in gold
You buy old gold or sell wholesale in pure grams

Choose Square for Retail if

You are in one of Square’s eight card-processing countries
You sell low-value, fixed-price items in volume
You want card hardware and processing from the same provider

Side by side

Smart Jewelry POS vs Square for Retail, feature by feature

What matters when you sell gold by the gram, compared with Square for Retail as of October 2026.

Smart Jewelry POS compared with Square for Retail, as of October 2026
Feature	Smart Jewelry POS	Square
Price by weight, wastage and making	Yes Built in: net weight, wastage (%, grams, ratti/tola), making	Not documented
Live gold rates by karat	Yes Built in: bullion fetched automatically, karat rates with your markup	Not documented
Stones per piece (type, carat, rate)	Yes Per stone: type, pieces, carat or gram, rate per carat, piece or total	Partly General item options; not jewelry-specific
Customer & supplier balances in gold grams	Yes Cash and pure-gram ledgers for customers and suppliers	Not documented
Labour/Kaat and vendor terms	Yes Labour/Kaat schemes in ratti, per 10 g or %, In/Out	Not documented
Old gold buying, trade-in and melting	Yes Appraisal, trade-in, melt batches, raw metal stock	Not documented
Works in any country (your currency, units and tax)	Yes Any currency, grams or tola, two tax rates, your tax numbers, tax-ready export	Partly Hardware and card processing in 8 countries only
Online store with checkout	Partly Public catalog to share; no online checkout	Yes Yes, through Square Online
Built-in card processing	Partly Records card, bank and cheque payments; use your bank’s card terminal	Partly Yes, in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, UK, Ireland, France, Spain
Starting price	$7 a month (PKR 2,000), every module included	Free plan; Plus ~$49 per location/mo

Competitor details from public sources as of October 2026; check each vendor for current features and prices. “Not documented” means we found no public documentation of a built-in feature; it may be possible with add-ons.

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The real difference

Free to start, if your country and your prices fit

Square’s strength is simplicity: a free plan, clean hardware and payments in one place. That works in its eight card-processing countries and for items with one price.

A jewelry shop outside those countries, or one that sells by weight, has neither. Smart Jewelry POS works in any country with a browser, prices in your own currency, and calculates each piece’s price from weight, wastage and making at the day’s rate. Card payments taken on your bank’s terminal are recorded on the bill with split payments, and unpaid amounts post to the customer ledger.

Card processing countriesAs of Oct 2026

Square8 countries

US, Canada, Australia, Japan, UK, Ireland, France, Spain

Everywhere elseNot supported by Square

Smart Jewelry POSAny country

Fair to Square for Retail

Where Square for Retail is strong

Square’s retail POS, known for a free plan and simple card hardware in its supported countries. It is a good product, and for some shops it is the better fit:

A free plan to start, with paid tiers for more features
Simple, well-designed card hardware
Payments, POS and online selling from one company

Pricing as of October 2026

Square for Retail

Square for Retail has a Free plan; Plus is listed at about $49 per location per month and Premium at about $149.

Smart Jewelry POS

Starter $7 · Professional $15 · Growth $25 a month. Every module included, 5-day free trial with no card. See pricing.

Switching

Moving from Square for Retail in four steps

Export your products
Download your product list from Square for Retail as a spreadsheet.
Fill our template
Add metal, karat, gross weight, wastage, making and stones. We help with large catalogues.
Import with photos
Upload the sheet and a ZIP of photos named by SKU. Every row is checked before anything is created.
Tag and sell
Set today’s rates, print tags from the Pending Labels queue and start billing.

Questions

Square for Retail vs Smart Jewelry POS FAQ

Is Square good for jewelry stores?

Square for Retail suits shops that sell fixed-price items and take cards in one of Square’s eight countries. Gold priced by weight and karat, wastage, making, vendor ledgers and old gold buying are not documented as built-in features.

Can I use Square in my country?

Square’s card processing and hardware are available in eight countries: the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the UK, Ireland, France and Spain. Smart Jewelry POS runs in a browser in any country.

Square has a free plan. Why pay for Smart Jewelry POS?

Square’s free plan covers selling and basic inventory. Smart Jewelry POS costs $7 a month and includes weight-based pricing, live gold rates, stones, customer and supplier ledgers in gold, old gold buying and over 35 reports.

Can I still take card payments with Smart Jewelry POS?

Yes. Take the card on your bank’s terminal and record it on the invoice as a card payment, alongside cash, bank transfer or cheque on the same bill.

Sources and disclosure

Smart Jewelry POS is our product. Square for Retail is a trademark of its owner; we are not affiliated with it. Competitor details come from these public pages as of October 2026; tell us at the contact page if anything has changed and we’ll correct it.

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