Octopos v/s Shopify POS
Shopify is the gold standard for selling online, and its POS keeps your store and website in lockstep. But it was built for ecommerce first — the counter is the afterthought. Selling by weight, accepting EBT, and running loyalty all mean stacking paid third-party apps, each its own subscription and point of failure. Octopos was built behind the counter by an operator who ran three stores for ten years, so your register works like a store register, not an ecommerce add-on.
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ONE SYSTEM. TOTAL CONTROL.
Built for your store. Theirs was built for someone else's.
Grocery without the app stack
EBT, scales, bottle deposits, and loyalty are built into Octopos. On Shopify, each of those is a separate third-party app — more subscriptions, more setup, and more that can break mid-rush.
Sell by weight, natively
Produce, deli, and bulk items weigh and price correctly out of the box. Shopify needs a paid sell-by-weight app to do what a grocery POS should do on day one.
Built by someone who ran the store
Gunjan Patel ran three of these stores for ten years — then sold all of them to build Octopos. Every workflow exists because he needed it behind his own counter, not because a product team guessed.
What operators say after switching.
We loved Shopify for our website, but running the store meant paying for a weight app, an EBT workaround, and a loyalty app on top. Octopos just had it all built in.
Owner (Birchwood Natural Foods)
The day our internet hiccuped, Shopify checkout stalled. Octopos kept ringing sales offline, and that reliability alone was worth the switch.
Store Manager (Harbor Point Market)
Accepting EBT without bolting on a third-party tool made our whole checkout simpler. One system, one support line.
Owner (Calle Ocho Mercado)
We loved Shopify for our website, but running the store meant paying for a weight app, an EBT workaround, and a loyalty app on top. Octopos just had it all built in.
Owner (Birchwood Natural Foods)
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from operators comparing Octopos and Shopify POS.
Already on Shopify POS? Here's what
switching to Octopos looks like.
We handle the heavy lifting — from setup to training — so you can get up and running without disrupting your business.
We migrate your data
Your product catalog, vendor list, customer records, and transaction history come with you.
We configure your setup
Payment types, register layout, loyalty program, hot keys, user permissions.
You go live with support
Your team is trained in under 30 minutes.
Ready to run your store on a POS built by someone who ran one?
See how Octopos helps you manage checkout, inventory, pricing, and customers — all in one system.
