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Square vs Shopify POS: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about point of sale system for small retail — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. Square is named in 21 of 30 answers (70%); Shopify POS in 20 (67%).

Square

70%

named in 21 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 90% of answers
Gemini: named in 30% of answers
Perplexity: named in 90% of answers

Shopify POS

67%

named in 20 of 30 answers

How they rank against everyone else

Square
70%
Shopify POS
67%
Lightspeed Retail
57%
Clover
43%
PayPal Zettle
20%
SumUp
20%
Helcim
17%
Loyverse
17%

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.