Lightspeed POS

4,4 (124)
Point of Sale, Online POS & ePOS System, Restaurant Software

Overall rating

4,4 /5
(124)
Value for Money
4,3/5
Features
4,2/5
Ease of Use
4,4/5
Customer Support
4,4/5

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Jason
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great POS system for small retailers

Reviewed on 2021/05/24

I'd recommend Lightspeed to anyone. I've used the cloud-based platform in a baby boutique and a home/gift shop. It's served us well in both settings. All our employees have been able to use the system without difficulty and the analytics have given us an advantage in managing operations.

Pros

Back-end setup is pretty simple and user interface for point of sale is easy and forgiving. Our '72 year old non-computer literate' retail associate was able to master it in no time. Customer support is also top notch.

Cons

There are a few small issues - refunds are a multi-step process, and setting up the ecom website didn't feel as intuitive as it could be. (I did talk with customer service about this. They agree the process could be streamlined and are in the process of rolling out a new setup process shortly.)

Emma
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great system

Reviewed on 2018/09/28

Pros

Great easy system to use. Easy to change payment methods and products and downloading and updating on excel also possible. Just starting to sync with Xero so that’s good too. Customer support really has improved massively since we started using it 2 years ago. I would recommend as a good all rounder.

Cons

Reporting in close detail has been a tricky one but with Kounta insights it seems to be improving although I think it’s still work in progress.

Emily
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10

Too Much Work

Reviewed on 2021/06/03

Liked the idea of the loyalty program but it was too fiddly to set up and maintain, so that ended up being a massive waste of resources.

Pros

Lots of different bells and whistles and the developers are willing to work with you to customize a solution.

Cons

Too much work to stand up and too much work to keep running. The system crashed all the time and has to be constantly updated, revitalized, refreshed, and worked on in the back end.

Bradie
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Awsome POS system! Easy for staff, easy for management. Outstanding customer service!

Reviewed on 2018/04/04

Pros

Can manage from anywhere. Easy to update products on prices on the spot. Great reporting and crm. Love that you only have to use functions that you require.

Cons

I would like to be able to view only POS from device which is not assigned as register. Also, not sure if already available, but we would like to be able to process gift certificates through the till easily.

Leanne
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Kounta for Cafe Use

Reviewed on 2017/03/12

We have found Kounta to be excellent for our cafe. Staff need no maths skills to operate it easily. the addition of photos makes product selection fast and accurate.

The only thing to watch is disgruntled staff that have been removed from rosters........they can sabotage the system by changing or deleting things. My advice, once they have been given notice immediately remove their access to Kounta and give them other duties until their time has been completed.

Pros

Overcomes the issue of staff not being able to read or do any math.
Provides multiple copies of invoices so that service can easily be tracked.
Allows lots of options to modify products which gives each client an individual experience.

Cons

Takes ages to set up if you have hundreds of products and options......but it is worth doing.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10

Terrible Integration with XERO

Reviewed on 2018/07/17

Pros

Daily monitoring of the sales
History of sales figures
taking the orders at the till although couple of times it started to update in the busy time without asking

Cons

- Updating without asking on busy times in front of customers
- Frequent disruptions
- Very poor integration with XERO, multiple times we had to export the reports manually and recently they changed the whole thing and the reports of three months did not export to XERO and it's very complicated to setup and retrieve the data. Customer service and support was poor as well
- It's very expensive and not value for money

Gazebo
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Absolutely fantastic product, team, and set up.

Reviewed on 2017/02/14

While originally using a completely outdated and problematic POS system, we were put in touch with the team at Kounta. They were explained as being the most genuine team in the business, but always on hand to help and with a system which really spoke for itself.

Not only was the recommendation totally correct, I am now the one spreading the word of just how simple the transition was, and how happy we are with the product.

Not only is it a really easy system to set up and organise, especially with the helpful team over at Tech Panty - a shout out to Andy who is such a 'yes-man' and always on the problem solving case - , we were completely changed over on such a tight time limit with absolutely no stress from our end.

We've been up and running for a few weeks now, and staff members who were completely dedicated to the old systems are now totally sold on the new system Kounta has provided. It is an easy system to set up, use on a day to day basis and fills all of the reporting tick boxes you can have.

The fact that these teams have worked in hospitality really shows through the product; it's set up like it has been trialed for a number of years with all issues that could have arisen already ironed out.

10/10.

Pros

The ease of use, and the simplicity of the screens.

Cons

Nothing.

Geoff
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Count on Kounta

Reviewed on 2017/04/05

Kounta is the best point of sale.
I have set up five different POS systems since 2000 and Kounta is by far the best and most flexible.
Our business could not have grown as quickly, successfully or efficiently without it.
Absolutely love the production printing set up. Nothing compares.
Team this with Tyro EFTPOS and it's a total winner for fast bar service.

Pros

Production printing and cloud operation

Cons

Needs a cash-out facility

Glen
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Works well and very simple to use.

Reviewed on 2018/07/09

Ease of use. Good reporting.

Pros

It's ease of use is the most compelling feature. The reports are reasonably comprehensive too. Great for a hospitality start-up.

Cons

There are occassional troubles with printing, where the software somehow loses the fixed IP address of a printer. This is usually temporary, however. It's need to be connected to the Internet is also a con. Whilst it works a little offline, it does become unusable quickly.

Santie
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The best customer service and support I have experienced!

Reviewed on 2019/02/11

I am new to the hospitality industry and there is so much to learn and I need to learn fast. Kounta's excellent customer service and support has helped me tremendously to streamline my sales and to look professional. With so much to learn in the beginning, it was comforting to have a friendly voice always on the other side of the phone to assist me , and all the staff at Kounta have always been very patient with me (when I don't understand). Service like this is rare, and I absolutely appreciate it. I will always be loyal to this Company and will recommend it to everyone. Kounta has a fantastic product and they have the support to match it in order for you to utilize your products to the fullest and get value for your money. Thank you for a great product but even greater customer service and support!

Pros

The support and customer service. It is no use to have an excellent product and the user don't know how to use it. Kounta matches their excellent product with excellent support.

Cons

I have not anything negative to say about this product.

Jun
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Buggy and lack of support

Reviewed on 2017/09/07

Worst POS system ever. I would give zero stars if I could.

Service was dismal and a lot of bugs with the program. It seems like the program was half completed when it was released.

While it might perform at a satisfactory level when the business is relatively small and not as busy, this software clearly cannot handle when we have over 100 covers per service as there was no bugs during our quieter service period.

Absolute waste of money and time. Only consolation I have is that I can use the reuse the hardware with other POS system as it was just iPads and cash register.

Little follow up with the problems we had and when they did contact us, 90% of the time they were unable to resolve the issue. We had double prints of orders resulting in wasting and also missing prints of kitchen orders resulting in angry customers and damage to our reputation.

If you are looking to get Kounta because it is cheaper, don't bother. We were happy to get rid of it.

Pros

Simplicity of the features and simple pricing structure. We were able to view all the reports remotely.

Cons

Buggy and full of errors especially during a busy restaurant service. Reports were insufficient and support was also unable to resolve the issues we were having.

Karen
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

We love kounta!

Reviewed on 2017/02/25

Running a sweet shop can be very busy with lots of products. We love kounta - it works for us and we find the reports and sales by information invaluable!

Pros

It's capacity to review a day's sales or last week/ year!

Cons

Stock management
Grouping of goods
No integrated weighing scales!

Kathryn
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Kounta Online POS

Reviewed on 2017/03/15

Looking for a POS system for our new business we looked into quite a few. Kounta has been one of the easiest to use. Simple product additions. Great customer interface and fool proof back office. Syncs perfectly with our accounting software. Makes doing business so much easier

Pros

Its simplicity.

Cons

Needs to have addable categories for individual business needs

Anton
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Kounta took care of everything we needed effortlessly.

Reviewed on 2018/03/26

Up and running quickly with great support.

Pros

Simple Setup, Easy to train staff to use. Staff were familiar with the software and were happy to jump in and take orders at busy times. Instant reports are really great!

Cons

Cloud based software will always let you down when you're flat out busy. Murphy's Law! Maybe some way to operate and upload at the end of each day would be an answer.

Olivia
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Absolutely easy to use, friendly and fast service

Reviewed on 2018/03/19

Pros

Functionality and easy to use. Effective reward system, our customers get rewards and they can see their points accruing

Cons

it won't just take phone numbers to allow changing profiles, with so many email promotions these days, not many customers want emails. If you can manipulate the points with just a phone number that would be great

NICOLE
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Kounta is by far the best software i have used.

Reviewed on 2017/03/09

Simple, functional, easy for any age to use, amazing features. I find Kounta really easy to use and they have simplified it enough for my mum to use as well. she isn't overly tech savvy!

Pros

i like the flexibility and ease of the functionality

Cons

i would like afterpay or zip pay to be available. i feel like we are loosing a lot of business because these arent available.

Chewie
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Kounta POS

Reviewed on 2015/02/03

I love Kounta and think it is and has every potential to be the most easy to use and efficient POS system on the market.

Pros - VERY well priced and the customer is growing their business along with the growth of Kounta as the updates arrives. It is a simplified well and truly easy to use software. That is the best selling tool for any small businesses to digest and implement asap.

Cons - As Kounta gets busier, the online support I find is starting lag a bit. 2 years ago when I was a customer, I used to get a response to my questions within minutes. Now as a Kounta Partner more like anywhere from 1 hour to next day. Updates usually also seem to come with glitches so seems like more testing needs to be done prior to launching the update.

Overall a great software for small business owners and now its time to allow the software to be integrated into bigger venues that requires more functions!

Response from Lightspeed

Hi Chewie
Thanks for the honest feedback as a long time Kounta user this is great for us to learn from. We're working hard to ensure an improving all round experience for customers and partners alike as we grow!

Ari
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Bar Saracen

Reviewed on 2018/08/05

Overall, I am very happy with KOUNTA and I believe such systems are the future for the hospitality industry.

Pros

The software is fine, it is a POS it doesn't do anything better than a server based 'traditional' system. The positives of KOUNTA are the tablet based interface, competitors such as IMPOS are too lazy to adapt the CRT system to tablet; the ease of instigating changes, the price; and importantly the support and expertise of the technical staff at KOUNTA .

Cons

There is an instability in the system ie the seeming loss of functions such as printing, and the delay in synchronising between tablets.

Ufuk
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

So far so good

Reviewed on 2018/04/20

Already listed in my response.

Pros

User friendly, easy to use, accessible, great support, great features. Set up was quick to get the system up and running to be able to generate sales, and we haven't had any glitch to date.

Cons

There still are some options we're missing, but ideally would like to have. Our products do come with quite a few options, and it's time consuming to browse through those options. As much as it's partly to do with getting used to the system and the how we structure the system, I believe a lot can still be done and made accessible by Kounta to enhance usability.

Maria
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  • Industry: Food Production
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

FANTASTIC ADDITION TO OUR POP-UP SHOP

Reviewed on 2018/09/03

Used for our Pop-Up store but now considering if we should change our current system to this - staff loved the ease of it as well

Pros

We've just finished running a month long Pop-Up shop and used Kounta on our Albert Merchant terminal device - easy to load & manage items and ease of functionality made it a fantastic addition and didn't take up a lot of space as a normal cash register - other merchants were impressed by it as well as they had never seen it being run on a merchant terminal

Cons

We didn't find any cons with the software

Hiro
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Newbie that you should consider

Reviewed on 2021/04/28

Good customer service and they answer all your question. They are new incomer in restaurant POS. But they keep add new features and integration.

Pros

Plenty integration, keeps adding. Good feature, but needs improvement. Nice user interface, so it does need plenty time for training.

Cons

Cloud based, make sure you have a stable internet. The redundancy is not stable during long time outage. They are using network printer, so if you are busy environment, the printer may not able to handle it.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Kounta makes POS easy

Reviewed on 2018/01/11

Pros

Kounta is simple to use, and mostly easy to configure. Being in the cloud alleviates the need for backups and facilitates easy changing of products or prices from any device any time.

Cons

Some functions are a little quirky. There are also some add-ons that should ideally be part of the core product such as more advanced reporting/analysis. Also creating sandpit copies of the company to test a complete redesign before implementing would be advantageous.

Jay
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  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

great product, epic online support via chat, always help me out any time of day. c

Reviewed on 2018/02/16

Pros

The support is amazing, we really love the features and the extra add ons tht are free are amazing. The integration is also great and getting better by the day

Cons

option sets and variants are hard to get your head around. that whole process of creating a special could be made into a much better user experience/workflow 'i want to make a combo special' - select this, then that, then this for example. The nesting and linking is very hard.

Tracey
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Kounta - so easy to use

Reviewed on 2017/03/10

We switched to Kounta from another cloud based POS system around 6 months ago. We are very happy with change and glad we made the move. The support team are great and always get back to you. The reporting isn't as good as our old POS however the team are working on this to deliver a new level of reporting in the near future.

Pros

Ease of Use
User Interface
Webinars & Customer Support

Cons

Reporting is limited.
Don't like that you have to assigned a printer to each new product

Romain
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

So easy, efficient support

Reviewed on 2019/03/31

Glad we moved to this POS system and better in terms of accounting that it has ever been for us. It is really functional and all team from different ages found it great and easy to work with

Pros

Easy to use, easy to set up. Quick answers from support team and menus wntwred overnight with precision

Cons

Nothing at the moment despite using it for 5 months across 2 outlets