mPower vs Cloud Retailer
Two established names in liquor store POS. Here’s how they compare today.
At a Glance
| Feature | mPower | Cloud Retailer |
|---|---|---|
| Built exclusively for liquor stores | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI capabilities | ✓ Learns your store | ✗ |
| Multi-location management | ✓ Transfers, consolidated reporting | ✓ |
| Case break / pack tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Age verification (built-in) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web back office | ✓ Modern interface | ✓ |
| Mobile / handheld app | ✓ | Limited |
| Dual pricing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invoice processing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transparent pricing | ✓ | ✗ Contact for quote |
Where We’re Different
AI that learns the way you run your store
Cloud Retailer offers profit margin alerts and standard reporting. mPower’s AI goes further: it learns your specific patterns, generates reorder suggestions based on real velocity, watches for margin erosion across your catalog, and lets you set rules in plain language. It’s the difference between getting an alert and having a system that thinks alongside you.
Modern tools, actively developed
mPower’s web office and handheld apps reflect modern software design — fast, clean, and built for the way people actually work today. Cloud Retailer has been around for 18+ years, but longevity and active innovation aren’t the same thing. mPower is shipping new capabilities regularly, not maintaining an aging platform.
Deeper multi-location tools
Both systems handle multiple stores. mPower goes deeper with inter-store transfers that factor in inventory across locations, consolidated purchasing that rolls up demand from every store, and location-level pricing that lets you adapt to each market.
Independently owned. Beverage is all we do.
Cloud Retailer is owned by a software holding company that manages products across multiple retail verticals. mPower is independently owned and answers to one group: liquor store operators. Every feature we build, every support call we take, every update we ship is for beverage retail. That focus doesn’t get diluted across other industries.
Where They’re Strong
Long track record. 18+ years in the space. Camera integration for loss prevention. Stable and established.