ClientLoop vs Square
Square makes it easy to take a payment. ClientLoop adds review requests, email and text marketing and customer financing up to $25,000*, with no monthly fee for the CRM.
Side by side
Square is a strong way to take payments. Here’s what a service business pays and gets on each, against Square’s Free plan.
ClientLoop
Square
WHAT YOU PAY
Software plan
Card payments
Bank payments
Customer financing, cost to you
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Card payments and Tap to Pay
Bank payments
Customer financing
CRM and customer records
Scheduling and online booking
Quotes and invoices
Automated reminders and follow-up
Two-way texting
Email marketing
Review requests
Sources: Square pricing from squareup.com. Updated October 2026.
Why switch
What changes when payments, financing and your CRM live in one account.
Review requests included
On Square, review requests need a paid plan. Ours come with the CRM.
Marketing included
Square’s email and text marketing need Plus or Premium, $49 or $149 a month per location.
One flat card rate
3.25% flat, against 3.4% for Square online and on invoices.
Financing with no MPA fee
A financed sale costs you the same as a card sale. Afterpay on Square runs 7%.
Bigger jobs, paid over time
Customers pay up to $25,000 over 3 to 60 months*, after a soft credit check.
Bank payments at 0.75%
Customers pay from their bank at 0.75%, against 1% on Square’s Free plan.
Payments, financing and a CRM with no monthly fee, in one account.
Questions
How is ClientLoop different from my current CRM?
Can I bring my customers over?
Does it work with QuickBooks?
How do I see what I’d save?
