Oliver POS vs choPOS: Free Plan Limits, Apps and Cost
choPOS is the better choice if you want to run a real shop without a subscription. Oliver POS’s free plan stops at 20 products and 50 sales a month, and its paid plans cost $89 to $489 a year. choPOS Free has no product, sales, cashier or device limits, and choPOS Pro is a one-off $49.
Weighing more options? Our WooCommerce POS comparisons page links to every head-to-head we have written.
How are Oliver POS and choPOS built differently?
Both keep WooCommerce as the single source of truth: your products, stock, customers and taxes come from WooCommerce, and every sale lands as a normal WooCommerce order.
The difference is the register. With Oliver, you install the plugin, sign up, then pair each device; the plugin creates WooCommerce API keys for that station and the register app talks to your store through the WooCommerce REST API, according to its WordPress.org listing.
choPOS is simpler. The till runs inside your WordPress dashboard in any modern browser, and each cashier signs in with their own WordPress account. There are no devices to pair, no API keys to manage and no separate account to create.
What does Oliver’s free plan include?
According to Oliver’s pricing page in October 2026, Oliver Free gives you:
- 1 outlet, 1 station and 1 staff seat
- Up to 20 products
- 50 transactions a month
- Today’s sales report only
- Oliver-branded receipts
Twenty products is a small catalogue for a shop. choPOS Free has no product, sales, cashier or device limits: a shop with 2,000 products and 3,000 sales a month runs on it without paying anything. Receipts carry your own store details, and reports cover any date range.
What does each one cost per year?
Oliver’s paid plans are billed per WooCommerce site. These are the annual prices in October 2026, in US dollars:
| Plan | Oliver POS | choPOS |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0: 20 products, 50 sales a month, 1 station | $0: no product, sales or device limits |
| Entry paid plan | Starter: $89 a year | Pro Standard: $29 a year, or $49 once |
| Mid plan | Pro: $289 a year | Pro Premium: $59 a year, or $99 once |
| Top plan | Enterprise: $489 a year | Pro Agency: $99 a year, or $199 once |
| Extra staff | $8 per seat per month on Pro | No per-seat charges |
Over three years, Oliver Starter costs $267 and Oliver Pro $867. choPOS Free costs nothing, and a choPOS Pro lifetime licence costs $49 once, with no renewals and no per-seat fees.
How do payments work in choPOS?
choPOS works with any card machine from any bank or processor, in any country. The cashier rings up the sale, takes the card on the terminal, then marks the payment as Card (a POS-only method for external terminals) or as an enabled WooCommerce gateway. Cash with change due and part payments are built in. The sale is saved as a WooCommerce order and stock drops straight away.
Oliver’s integrated card payments centre on Stripe Terminal, so they help only if Stripe is your processor and supports your country.
Why choose choPOS over Oliver POS?
- A free plan you can actually run a shop on. No caps on products, sales, cashiers or devices.
- No subscription. Pro has a lifetime licence from $49, and no per-seat fees.
- Nothing to pair or sign up for. Install from WordPress.org and sell from the dashboard.
- Any card machine, any country. Your bank’s terminal works the same as any other.
- Your own receipts. No third-party branding, with 80 mm, 58 mm and A4 templates, gift receipts, packing slips and kitchen tickets.
- Multi-store in Pro. Branches with their own stock, orders, customers and reports, plus purchase orders, vendors and barcode labels.
For the wider market, see our roundup of the best WooCommerce POS plugins.
Key takeaways
- Both save sales as WooCommerce orders. Oliver is a register app you pair to your store; choPOS runs inside WordPress.
- Oliver Free is capped at 20 products and 50 sales a month. choPOS Free has no caps.
- Oliver’s paid plans cost $89, $289 or $489 a year. choPOS Pro is $29 to $99 a year, or $49 to $199 once.
- choPOS works with any card terminal and charges nothing per seat.
Frequently asked questions
Is Oliver POS free?
Oliver POS has a free plan with limits: 1 outlet, 1 station, 1 staff seat, up to 20 products and 50 transactions a month, with Oliver-branded receipts (October 2026). Paid plans cost $89, $289 or $489 a year. choPOS Free has no product, sales or device limits.
Is choPOS a good Oliver POS alternative?
Yes. choPOS Free has no product, sales, cashier or device limits, prints receipts with your own branding, and works with any card machine. choPOS Pro is $29 a year or $49 once, with no per-seat fees.
Does choPOS need an app or device pairing?
No. choPOS runs in any modern browser inside your WordPress dashboard, on a computer, Android tablet or iPad. Cashiers sign in with their own WordPress accounts; there are no devices to pair or API keys to manage.
Try choPOS on your own store
The quickest way to decide is a few test sales on your own products. Download choPOS Free from WordPress.org, open it in your browser, and see how counter sales look as WooCommerce orders. If you later need branches, purchase orders or barcode labels, the Free vs Pro comparison shows exactly what Pro adds.
