--- description: Review of Rain POS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Rain POS | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Headless eCommerce Platforms](/directory/4080/headless/software) > [Rain POS](/software/471672/Rain-Point-of-Sale) # Rain POS Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/471672/Rain-Point-of-Sale Page: 1 / 7\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/471672/Rain-Point-of-Sale?page=2) > Rain is an all-in-one point-of-sale, website, and marketing system for small to midsized retailers. Music, dive, sporting goods, paddle, craft, sewing, quilting, and clothing boutiques will find Rain is an excellent fit for their stores. Features that separate Rain from the competition include POS/Website integration, integrated email \& text message marketing, class management with online signup, rental management, invoicing with online payments, service \& repair tracking, and consignment management. Multi-store capable, Rain’s real-time POS and web store are integrated through a single database, ensuring inventory levels are always accurate in-store and online. With access to Wi-Fi or a mobile hotspot, employees can check or update inventory, make sales, process rentals or work orders from anywhere inside or outside of their store. Rain POS is PCI and DSS security compliant, and provides secure cloud backups. Retailers have user management and permission controls to grant employees only the level of access needed. Additional features include unlimited users, CRM, rewards program, coupons, gift cards, reporting, vendor catalogs at no additional charge, serialized inventory, purchase orders, unlimited SKUs and QuickBooks integration. > > Verdict: Rated **4.1/5** by 134 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.1/5** | 134 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Rain Retail Software - **Location**: Springville, US - **Founded**: 2008 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing Details**: Contact Rain Retail Software for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Canada, United States ## Features - Accounting Integration - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Barcode/Ticket Scanning - CRM - Catalog Management - Consignment Management - Cost Tracking - Credit Card Processing - Customer Accounts - Customer Database - Customer Management - Customisable Reports - Customizable Fields - Data Import/Export - Data Security - Discount Management - Electronic Payments - Electronic Signature - Email Marketing ## Integrations (3 total) - Avalara - ShipStation - TaxJar ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support ## Category - [Headless eCommerce Platforms](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4080/headless/software) ## Related Categories - [Headless eCommerce Platforms](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4080/headless/software) - [Inventory Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4490/inventory-management/software) - [POS Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/210/web-based-point-of-sale-software/software) - [Retail POS Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4562/retail/software) - [eCommerce Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4340/ecommerce/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Inventory for retail and web is integrated. > > **Cons**: They are in Utah, so sometimes they are not available for support when my shop is open. Reporting could be better, more flexible. Getting changes or additional features is a slow process. > > I found Rain to be overall a good package for a small retail operation. You don't have to have extensive computer experience, but with all software, the quality of its performance is proportional to the quality of the data (i.e. product information) you put in. ----- ### "Great System for Small Business" — 5.0/5 > **Tee** | *15 October 2021* | Arts & Crafts | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: As a small business it is difficult to manage technology without an IT Department. I wanted to take my business online and struggled to find a solution that was affordable, easy to use and had good customer support. RAIN not only met my goals but exceeded them. Their customer support is what sets them ahead of their competition. > > **Cons**: There are a couple of features I wish they would improve on. The most important to me are Customer Rewards. It doesn't allow online orders to use their rewards and the accrued reward is a dollar amount they can spend when I need it to be a % off. > > By going to a cloud based system I am able to keep inventory updated when I am at a trade show or selling product online. The integration with Notions Marketing is a time savor. I no longer have to manually add price, description or photos. Everyone comes over when I place my order with Notions. The ability to download data to excel, make changes then upload it back to Rain is simple and makes mass updates seamless. ----- ### "The future of how small businesses survive" — 5.0/5 > **Miles** | *9 February 2018* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Feature laden\! and they are still developing more music store specific features\! One customer data base, one inventory database. Integrated POS system, integrated Wed Store, integrated repairs system. Then add on: integrated short term rentals, rent to own with auto pay, layaway, email marketing abilities, gift card ability, coupon ability, push products to Reverb ability, create and save quotes under a customer name, track store account balances and apply to transactions, purchasing lists by vendor populated with qty triggered items and with and easy receiving and item costs updating. Outstandingly responsive customer service\! > > **Cons**: Still waiting on the private lesson feature =( But it is in development and it sounds like it will be finished Spring of 2018. Would be great to see invoicing against a quote so I could do school business with schools requiring a PO number on an invoice for payment. > > Using this system allows you to provide a customer experience on par with, or even better than, what is expected from a successful business in the 21st. ----- ### "Rain/LikeSew vs GoDaddy" — 4.0/5 > **Molly** | *13 September 2021* | Textiles | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: LikeSew is more precise at managing my inventory and handling the day-to-day business of running my fabric store than GoDaddy ever was. I now know exactly how much inventory I have on hand and it's value and what categories it falls into. > > **Cons**: There could be some improvements in the email marketing program and the inventory receipt areas. > > I am glad I took the plunge, put in the work, with the help of friends, and moved the shop over to Rain/LikeSew this past summer. It was worth the hard work and effort. I can now offer my customers specials and appreciation programs, keep up with inventory and manage files more efficiently. ----- ### "Excellent for Music Stores\!" — 5.0/5 > **Travis** | *19 December 2020* | Music | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We've had a great experience thus far using the Rain point of sale program. The initial training was extremely in depth and helped us grasp all of the features before implementation. We love the product integration with Reverb.com and the fact that our inventory remains cohesive across online and in-store platforms. Online \& phone support is quick \& helpful. Rain has also been very helpful designing and updating our website, which is tied into the point of sale. They are constantly improving, updating and listening to customer suggestions to make their product even better. > > **Cons**: One feature that is extremely helpful in our industry (music store) but missing from Rain, is a Maintenance Agreement/Service Contract module. We were disappointed it was not available when we switched to Rain, since we used that feature daily with AIMsi. We have found some halfway workarounds in Rain, but would like a more robust integrated module. Ideal features would be: MA identifier on serialized instruments in Work Orders module, ability to auto-send renewal emails to customers when their annual MA is expiring, MA batch operations for large inventories of instruments (many of the schools we service have 200-400 instruments that we maintain on MA's annually). > > Overall we have been extremely pleased with our choice to switch to Rain in 2018 for our point of sale and website. The product is incredibly user friendly, can be used on any device (not tied to a license on one desktop machine like other systems) and support is great. One area other shops have asked us about is QuickBooks exports. We don't use that much, but other stores seem to be very reliant on those exports, which they say are lacking in Rain. Again, not a direct complaint from me, but one that I hear about on industry forums \& from direct messages. We were a somewhat early adapter of Rain in our industry and are relatively connected in our industry \& repair organization, so we seem to field a lot of inquiries about the program. We have recommended the product to quite a few other shops and want to make sure that it fits their accounting needs as well. ----- Page: 1 / 7\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/471672/Rain-Point-of-Sale?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/471672/Rain-Point-of-Sale) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data