Customer payments and payroll timecards
Square
Accept estimate deposits and invoice payments through Square. Send approved employee hours to Square Payroll.
Integrations
Portara works withthe tools you already use.
Connect payments, payroll timecards, job schedules, and job photos and videos without giving up the systems your business already relies on.
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You control which accounts are connected.
Integrations
Connect payments, calendar sync, and job photo and video storage
Payment processor
Choose which connected processor to use for customer payments
Square
SStripe
ConnectedConnected
Google Drive
Store job note photos and videos
Connected
Google Calendar
Sync confirmed job schedules
Ready
Square Payroll
Send approved hours as timecards
Square selected
Customer Payments
Deposits and invoice payments
Four useful connections
Each integration has one clear job.
Portara connects the parts of the workflow that should move automatically, while keeping the customer job as the main record.
Customer credit card payments
Stripe
Use your Stripe account to collect estimate deposits, invoice payments, and other customer payments.
Confirmed job schedules
Google Calendar
Create and update calendar events when Portara schedules are confirmed.
Job photos and videos
Google Drive
Store uploaded job photos and videos in a Portara Media folder inside the connected Google Drive.
Square and Stripe
Use the payment processor that fits your business.
Connect Square, Stripe, or both. When both are ready, choose the preferred processor Portara should use for customer payments.
01
Estimate deposits
The customer approves the estimate and pays the requested deposit online.
02
Invoice payments
Customers open the invoice link and pay the balance through the selected processor.
03
One preferred processor
Choose Square or Stripe for customer payments when both accounts are connected.
04
Payment recorded
The successful payment returns to Portara and becomes part of the job’s money history.
Google Calendar
Confirm the schedule. Put it on the calendar.
Choose the Google Calendar Portara should use. When a job schedule is confirmed, Portara creates the calendar event and keeps the connected event up to date.
Select the destination Google Calendar
Sync confirmed job schedules
Include the job date, time, name, and location
Update or remove the connected event when needed
Google Calendar
Confirmed schedules sync automatically
Hillside residence
Saturday, August 16 · 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Aug
16
Hillside residence
Portara Job · Google Calendar
1840 Hillside Drive
Updates stay connected to the Portara schedule.
Square Payroll
Approved hours become Square timecards.
Link Portara employees to their Square team members. After a manager approves the time, send the pay period to Square without entering those hours again.
Track
Employee records hours
Approve
Manager checks the entry
Match
Employee is linked to Square
Sync
Approved timecard goes to Square
Google Drive
Job photos and videos stay in your Google Drive.
Connect the business Google Drive account to enable job photo and video uploads. Portara stores the files in a dedicated Portara Media folder and keeps them available from the job.
Portara Media
Google Drive folder
Connected to the Hillside residence job notes
Questions, answered
Connect what Portara should handle.
Direct answers about payment processors, Square Payroll, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and QuickBooks.
Which payment processors work with Portara?
Portara supports Square and Stripe for customer payments. When both are connected, the business can choose its preferred processor for estimate deposits, invoice payments, and other customer payments.
Does Portara connect with Square Payroll?
Yes. Approved employee time entries can be synced to Square Payroll as timecards. The employees must be linked to their corresponding Square team members before syncing.
What does the Google Calendar integration do?
When a Portara schedule is confirmed, it can automatically create or update the corresponding event in the selected Google Calendar.
What is stored in Google Drive?
Photos and videos uploaded to Portara job notes are stored in a Portara Media folder in the connected Google Drive account.
Can I disconnect an integration?
Yes. Administrators can disconnect Square, Google Calendar, or Google Drive and remove the connection from Portara settings.
Does Portara integrate with QuickBooks?
Portara does not currently offer a direct QuickBooks integration. Financial and payroll reports can be exported as CSV or PDF when information needs to move into another workflow.
Keep the tools. Connect the workflow.
Use Portara with the payment, payroll, calendar, and storage accounts your business already has.
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