About Lightspeed Retail

Lightspeed Retail is a complete point of sale (POS) and inventory management tool that simplifies time-consuming tasks like inventory and employee management, so you can focus on taking care of your customers and growing your business. Access detailed sales reports in minutes and easily identify best-selling items or use the built-in customer profiles to provide personalized service that will increase customer loyalty.

Lightspeed Retail Features:

Inventory management
- Easily create product variations such as size, color and material by using the efficient matrix system.
- Combine purchasing, transferring and multiple vendors into one master order.
- Process special orders, layaways and work orders.
- Create, track, and assign serial numbers to products.
- Bundle individual items to sell them as a package.

Free Onboarding & 24/7 Support
- Benefit from a dedicated team who help you get started in a 1:1 session.
- Get live chat, email and phone support with our support heros located around the world.

Employee management
- Intuitive, easy-to-learn interface for your employees.
- Create a simple and logical workflow that suits your business.
- Customizable user permissions give you full control over employees’ access to your system.
- Track sales by employee and access performance reports for your staff.
- Control employee access to information such as refunds, the ability to edit products and pricing, or view sales data.

Reporting
- Track sales and inventory numbers with reports that make it easy to see sales, profits and changes over time.
- Identify opportunities for growth and business improvement.
- Learn which employees are your top performers.
- Get a clear view of your customers’ needs and habits.
- Pull-up end of day reports to access key data that will help you prepare for peak periods and better understand your customers’ needs.
- Access all this data from your device anytime, from anywhere.

Lightspeed Loyalty:
-Highly targeted rewards program with a branded customer-facing web-app to track points. 
-Create automated campaigns via SMS and a drag-and-drop email builder. 

Lightspeed Payments:
-Complete sales and get paid without ever leaving your POS. Game changer.
-Built-in PCI compliance and fraud prevention.

Hardware:
- Integrate your system with hardware such as barcode scanners and cash drawers to reduce checkout times.
- Reduce credit card fraud with EMV.
- Accept all major credit cards and Apple Pay®.

Integrated eCommerce:
- Sell in-store and online with Lightspeed eCommerce
- Get a centralized view of your inventory, customers and sales data across in-store and online channels.

Our network of over 250 integration partners allows you to tailor Lightspeed to your business’ needs

Pricing starting from:

US$79,00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Key benefits of Lightspeed Retail

We're dedicated to building not just the best point of sale, but the best business management tools:

- Desktop & iPad: Process payments on the floor and engage your customers by getting away from the counter.

- Inventory Control: Track your stock, submit purchase orders, and even set up automatic re-order points.

- eCommerce: Extend your retail presence by syncing your existing inventory to your integrated web store.

-Loyalty: Highly targeted rewards program with a branded customer-facing web-app to track points. 

-Payments: everything you need to process sales and get paid in one place.

-Accounting: A seamless integration between your point of sale and accounting software for a painless day at the office.

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Markets

Canada

Supported Languages

Dutch, English, French, German

Pricing starting from:

US$79,00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Features

Total features of Lightspeed Retail: 110

  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Barcode Printing
  • Barcode Recognition
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Barcoding/RFID
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • CRM
  • Cash Management
  • Cataloging/Categorization
  • Channel Management
  • Check-in/Check-out
  • Clock In/Out
  • Consignments
  • Content Management
  • Cost Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customer Management
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customization
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Synchronization
  • Discount Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • For Bakeries
  • For Jewelry Stores
  • For Retail
  • For Small Businesses
  • For iPad Devices
  • Gift Card Management
  • Inventory Auditing
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Inventory Replenishment
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Item Management
  • Kitting
  • Layaway Management
  • Loyalty Program
  • Mail Order
  • Marketing Automation
  • Merchandise Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Commerce
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Location
  • Multi-Store
  • Order Entry
  • Order Management
  • Order Processing
  • Order Tracking
  • Ordering Automation
  • Payment Processing
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Price/Margin Management
  • Pricing Management
  • Product Configurator
  • Product Identification
  • Product Management
  • Promotions Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Real Time Data
  • Real Time Monitoring
  • Real Time Reporting
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reorder Management
  • Repair Tracking
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Retail Inventory Management
  • Retail Management
  • Retail POS
  • Returns Management
  • Returns Tracking
  • SEO Management
  • SKU/UPC Codes
  • SSL Security
  • Sales History
  • Sales Management
  • Sales Orders
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Search/Filter
  • Serial Number Tracking
  • Shopping Cart
  • Status Tracking
  • Stock Management
  • Supplier Management
  • Tagging
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Time Clock
  • Touch Screen
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Website Management
  • eCommerce Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4,2 /5
(911)
Value for Money
4,0/5
Features
4,1/5
Ease of Use
4,2/5
Customer Support
4,1/5

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Rosaline
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  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 11-50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Most complete and easy POS

Reviewed on 2020/09/02

Very easy to use

Very easy to use

Pros

It is easy to use as you can search for the individual items and put items in categories. It also enable us to put in modifier on each item with additional price too

Cons

Very expensive compared to other POS. Only if the report format can be modified to be a little bit more simpler

Steve
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 2-10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A great all-inclusive system

Reviewed on 2021/01/20

Our industry was using a server-based software which was cumbersome and VERY outdated. Switching to...

Our industry was using a server-based software which was cumbersome and VERY outdated. Switching to Lightspeed has allowed me to more easily fulfil online orders, process transactions remotely, and communicate with our customer base more effectively.

Pros

Integration across POS, eCommerce, Accounting, Data Analytics is excellent. We have been able to increase both sales and efficiency with this system. The accounting feature and its daily export to QuickBooks allows me to spend only a few minutes each day keeping books up to date. It certainly makes year-end a breeze. Lightspeed Analytics is an invaluable resource for forecasting and identifying areas of opportunity. Customer support is available 24/7 and if they aren't able to answer my question immediately, I have received a timely follow-up within a day or two.

Cons

There are some work-arounds that I have implemented. It would be nice to have the option for recurring billing and serial number tracking (not just adding a serial number to an item) as well as a better protocol for backordered items on Purchase Orders.

Alternatives Considered

Rain POS

Reasons for Choosing Lightspeed Retail

Easy choice. Transitioning from a local server based software to a cloud based system was the first priority. After seeing what else Lightspeed had to offer, I immediately made the change.

Switched From

AIM

Reasons for Switching to Lightspeed Retail

When I was ready to purchase Rain, the sales team kept putting me off time and time again. If that was indicative of their customer service, I knew it wouldn't be the right fit for me.
Corinna
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  • Industry: Restaurants
  • Company size: 11-50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Worst POS experience ever

Reviewed on 2023/02/20

We used the POS system to complete simple retail transactions. I can not recommend for anybody to...

We used the POS system to complete simple retail transactions. I can not recommend for anybody to use this system in retail.

Pros

I have nothing good to report about this POS system. We recently used this POS for a festival and the system, system support and ease of use was so disastrous that every single trader was unhappy with the system. We have done many festivals, used many different POS systems, but this system was clunky, it took 11 push button steps to complete a transaction and the support on site was literally non-existent. As a consequence, the customers had to wait, and we had to spend valuable time looking at the entries of the system rather than interacting with the customers. At the festival we lost opportunities to talk about our product and we lost sales.

Cons

The system is clunky, unfriendly to use in a mobile setting and not in touch with customer service.

Response from Lightspeed

Hi Corinna,

We would like to sincerely apologize for your recent experience, and we are sorry to hear you were less than satisfied with the services received. It is our utmost priority to provide products and services that allow our customers to focus on running their businesses with ease.

If ever you would like to provide more feedback, please don't hesitate to reach our Customer Success Team via email at [email protected]

Thank you,

Lightspeed Commerce

Natasha
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 11-50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great POS Software for small boutique retail stores

Reviewed on 2022/12/06

Works how we need it to, for what we use it for. Is easy for all employees to learn, use and...

Works how we need it to, for what we use it for. Is easy for all employees to learn, use and reconcile.

Pros

Ease of use for all levels of users. Easy to reconcile the cashouts, data is formatted nicely

Cons

Might not be the best software for a larger retailer with a ton of inventory.

Andrew
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  • Industry: Apparel & Fashion
  • Company size: 11-50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Packs some punch among the punchless

Reviewed on 2020/12/28

We are a 40 year Brick and Mortar AND E-commerce company that carries 1000s of unique skus. Needing...

We are a 40 year Brick and Mortar AND E-commerce company that carries 1000s of unique skus. Needing a software that is heavier than just the POS is essential. Inventory management and the ability to integrate with E-commerce was a non-negotiable for my next POS.
Lightspeed does have some frequent, mostly minor bugs, it is nice that they constantly update and enhance their program. There often seems to be a disconnect between software designers and the retail experience, but this program bridges the data management needed to go with the point of sale functionality.
Product management has been efficient. Customer service has been very helpful via telephone or chat and are always available which is nice. Even better, the amounts of time to need to contact customer service is minimal. After one year of use, I can say I use this program with confidence and I believe it packs the punch needed to handle scale.

Pros

Customer Support is included and accessible
Intuitive
Useful for heavy amounts of inventory
Cloud Based
Accessible via multiple operating systems
Integrated with Cayan for seamless transition from my previous POS
Has extensions that enable enhanced reporting, loyalty and ecommerce integration
Updates are included

Cons

Frequently Buggy
UX issues at times
E-commerce integration is through third party
Advanced Reporting is an additional cost and is still poorly designed and buggy
Long waits for Customer Support
Widespread Outages do Occur

Alternatives Considered

Shopify

Reasons for Choosing Lightspeed Retail

We found limitations in integrations with e-commerce as well as difficulty with the licensing for Retail Pro. Not being cloud computing was very limiting, customer service being an additional fee was frustrating and that same customer service torpedoing our system and the backup was the death knell

Reasons for Switching to Lightspeed Retail

Most cloud POS seemed geared for start up or micro retail. Lightspeed had the best blend of power needed to handle a sizable company as well as the agility to be cloud based and utilize mobile platforms. The ability to have an integration with Shopify as well as the integrated customer support was the perfect nudge to migrate to Lightspeed
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Lightspeed Retail FAQs

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Lightspeed Retail offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$79,00/month
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Lightspeed Retail Lean: $79/month (billed monthy) or $69/month (billed annually) Standard: $139/month (billed month) or $119/month (billed annually) Advanced: $239/month (billed month) or $199/month (billed annually) Enterpise: Please contact Lightspeed directly

Lightspeed Retail has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500

Lightspeed Retail supports the following languages:

Dutch, English, French, German

Lightspeed Retail supports the following devices:

iPad (Mobile)

Lightspeed Retail integrates with the following applications:

7shifts, APPSeCONNECT, Adobe Commerce, Agendrix, Amadeus, Amaka, Ascent360, BevSpot Food and Beverage Management, Bike Rental Manager, Birdeye, Bookingplanner, Booxi, Bounce, CXMEngine, Chowly, City Hive, Cloudbeds, CoverManager, Craftable, DataQlick Apps, Flipdish, Formitable, GolfNow, Google Ads, Gourmetmiles, Growzer, Hexa, Homebase, Hostme, Hubtiger, Incentivio, Kangaroo, Kimoby, Loyal2, MDWare, Mailchimp, Marketman, Meta for Business, OPERA Cloud, Pepper, Perkville, Planday, QuickBooks Online Advanced, ResNexus, Retail Toolkit, Servmetrics, SevenRooms, Shiftbase, SkuVault, Solink, Stitch Labs, SwiftCount, TapMango, Uberall CoreX, WooCommerce, Xero, iZettle, nChannel

Lightspeed Retail offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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