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Partake vs Square

Square sells point of sale, payments, and hardware to many kinds of businesses, including restaurants and retail, with tee sheets available through partner apps. Partake is built for golf courses: the tee sheet, food and beverage POS, and golfer site run on one system, with member charges through Golf365.

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Sources for the Square summary:[1][9][3]

Partake and Square, item by item

The rows follow our buyer checklist. Partake answers come from our product facts. Square answers cite public pages from Square, or say “Ask the vendor” where we couldn’t confirm it.

Partake compared with Square
What to comparePartakeSquare
Tee sheet and online bookingStaff tee sheet with online booking on the course site, a waitlist, standing times, and rates by season and player type.Through third-party tee sheet apps in the Square App Marketplace, such as Easy Tee Golf.[3]
Food and beverage POSPOS on an iPad or in the browser for pickup, delivery, tabs, tables, and events, with comps, voids, and split checks by seat.Restaurant POS with coursing, table and seat management, floor plans, and handheld devices.[1]
Kitchen displayKitchen display mode routed by station, with meal courses that fire automatically or manually.Square KDS, with prep station routing and an expeditor mode.[2]
On-course ordering to the tee timeGolfers order from the golfer site for pickup, to a table, or to their tee time. The order lands on the same POS board.An online ordering profile for pickup and delivery. Ask the vendor about delivery to golfers on the course.[4]
Group ordering and split checks onlineGroup orders from a share link or a table QR code, split by Pay my items, Split evenly, or Host covers.Split checks by item, by seat, or in equal payments at the POS. Ask the vendor about group ordering online.[1]
Member chargesCharge the member account from the POS with member lookup and reciprocal clubs, through Golf365.House accounts that customers settle through Square Invoices.[5]
Food cost and purchasingPartake Costs: vendors, purchase orders, AP invoices, inventory counts, and a food-cost dashboard from recipes and sales.Ingredient cost tracking with Square Recipes (listed as beta in Square support), which calculates cost of goods sold from recipes.[6]
Guest CRM and email/textGuest profiles with booking and order history, plus email campaigns and text messages.Email and text message marketing, with the Square Customer Directory.[7]
AI assistantAI manager answers questions from live data and asks before it changes anything. A remote MCP server connects your own AI tool.Square AI answers questions about your business data. The page labels it beta.[8]
PaymentsStripe: cards online, Apple Pay and Google Pay, cards on file, and Stripe Terminal readers in person.Square payments in person and online, including Tap to Pay on iPhone.[9]
Accounting integrationQuickBooks: map GL accounts and sync sales, orders, payouts, and member charges.QuickBooks Online through the Square Connector by QuickBooks app.[10]
Course-branded golfer siteCourse-branded site on your own domain for booking and ordering. There is no app to download.A branded online ordering profile with custom colors.[4]

Where Partake is different

  • The tee sheet is part of Partake

    Golfers book online against the same sheet the shop runs, with a waitlist, standing times, and rates by season and player type.

  • Food to the golfer’s tee time

    From the golfer site, an order can go to the golfer’s tee time on the course. Staff see where it goes on the same POS board.

  • Member charges through Golf365

    Staff look up the member and post the check to their account through Golf365, including reciprocal clubs.

When Square may be a better fit

Square serves many business types, from restaurants and retail to beauty and services, with hardware from handhelds to kiosks, an app marketplace, and published per-device pricing for Square KDS. A small course with a single snack bar or pro shop that wants self-serve setup, or one pairing Square with a separate tee sheet app, may find Square a better fit.[1][2][3]

Switching to Partake

The plan and timing are set with each course on the first call.

  1. Step 1

    Talk to us

    Tell us how the course runs today, which outlets you have, and which Partake products you want.

  2. Step 2

    Map your setup

    Work through menus and modifiers, your tee sheet schedule, player types, and rates with our team.

  3. Step 3

    Set up hardware

    Plan the iPads, card readers, printers, and kitchen screens each outlet needs.

  4. Step 4

    Train staff

    Walk the shop, servers, and kitchen through the screens they will use every day.

Frequently asked questions

Is Partake an alternative to Square at a golf course?
Yes. Partake replaces the food and beverage POS and kitchen display, and runs the tee sheet and golfer site in the same system. Compare the checklist on this page and ask both vendors to walk you through a normal day.
Does Partake integrate with Square?
No. Partake is not an integration with Square. Partake’s integrations are Stripe for payments, QuickBooks for accounting, and Golf365 (EZ Links) for member charges.
Can Partake charge a member’s account?
Yes. Staff look up the member at the POS and post the check to their account through Golf365, including reciprocal clubs.

Sources

  1. Square: Restaurant POS system and software (accessed 2026-09-23)
  2. Square: Kitchen display system (accessed 2026-09-23)
  3. Square App Marketplace: Easy Tee Golf (accessed 2026-09-23)
  4. Square: Online ordering system for restaurants (accessed 2026-09-23)
  5. Square: House accounts for restaurants (accessed 2026-09-23)
  6. Square support: Track ingredient costs with Square Recipes (accessed 2026-09-23)
  7. Square: Marketing (accessed 2026-09-23)
  8. Square: Square AI (accessed 2026-09-23)
  9. Square: Payments (accessed 2026-09-23)
  10. Square App Marketplace: QuickBooks Online (accessed 2026-09-23)

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