The world’s best retailers and restaurants choose Lightspeed
Discover why top businesses at ~144,000 locations around the world* choose Lightspeed over competitors.
One platform. Endless possibilities.
Whether you run a bustling restaurant or a high-volume retail store, Lightspeed gives you the tools to scale. Stop wrestling with disjointed systems and start managing your entire business—from inventory to payments—in one place.
Lightspeed Retail vs. the competition
Lightspeed Retail vs. Shopify POS
Lightspeed Retail delivers enterprise-grade inventory management and customer relationship tools without forcing you to piece together multiple apps or pay for add-ons.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Square
Square may work for basic retail needs, but Lightspeed Retail provides the sophisticated inventory management and customer engagement tools growing retailers demand.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Clover
Clover works well for payment processing, but Lightspeed Retail offers a comprehensive commerce platform that scales with multi-location retailers.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Retail Pro
Retail Pro offers solid on-premise solutions, but Lightspeed Retail delivers cloud-based flexibility, omnichannel capabilities, and modern tools that today's retailers need.
Lightspeed Retail vs. the competition
Lightspeed Retail vs. Shopify POS
Lightspeed Retail delivers enterprise-grade inventory management and customer relationship tools without forcing you to piece together multiple apps or pay for add-ons.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Square
Square may work for basic retail needs, but Lightspeed Retail provides the sophisticated inventory management and customer engagement tools growing retailers demand.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Clover
Clover works well for payment processing, but Lightspeed Retail offers a comprehensive commerce platform that scales with multi-location retailers.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Retail Pro
Retail Pro offers solid on-premise solutions, but Lightspeed Retail delivers cloud-based flexibility, omnichannel capabilities, and modern tools that today's retailers need.
Since switching to Lightspeed
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TreadZ sped up purchase order processing by 10x, reducing a 3-4 hour task to just 10 minutes.
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Furniture Bank of Central Ohio reduced the time spent on staff training from 2-3 days to under one shift.
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WOODstack cut inventory management time by 50%.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. the competition
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. Toast
Toast offers solid restaurant features, but Lightspeed Restaurant provides deeper analytics, hospitality integrations, and personalized support that helps restaurants maximize profitability.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. TouchBistro
TouchBistro works well for independent restaurants, but Lightspeed Restaurant delivers the advanced analytics and multi-location capabilities that growing restaurant groups require.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Square
Square offers simplicity, but Lightspeed Restaurant provides the robust reporting, inventory management, and hospitality integrations that serious restaurateurs need to scale.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. Clover
Clover handles payments well, but Lightspeed Restaurant offers the comprehensive analytics, inventory management, and hospitality features that full-service restaurants demand.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. Micros
Micros serves enterprise restaurants, but Lightspeed Restaurant delivers comparable power with better payment integration, personalized support, and hardware flexibility—at a fraction of the cost.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. the competition
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. Toast
Toast offers solid restaurant features, but Lightspeed Restaurant provides deeper analytics, hospitality integrations, and personalized support that helps restaurants maximize profitability.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. TouchBistro
TouchBistro works well for independent restaurants, but Lightspeed Restaurant delivers the advanced analytics and multi-location capabilities that growing restaurant groups require.
Lightspeed Retail vs. Square
Square offers simplicity, but Lightspeed Restaurant provides the robust reporting, inventory management, and hospitality integrations that serious restaurateurs need to scale.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. Clover
Clover handles payments well, but Lightspeed Restaurant offers the comprehensive analytics, inventory management, and hospitality features that full-service restaurants demand.
Lightspeed Restaurant vs. Micros
Micros serves enterprise restaurants, but Lightspeed Restaurant delivers comparable power with better payment integration, personalized support, and hardware flexibility—at a fraction of the cost.
Since switching to Lightspeed
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Wander the Resort saved 23 hours weekly on payment reconciliation.
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Bar 404 saved 6-7 hours on managing inventory and an additional 1.5 hours every time they update the menu.
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Maynard saved over two hours daily by automating delivery orders and streamlining supplier management.
