Compare Lightspeed Restaurant and webPOS - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 12, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Lightspeed Restaurant or webPOS?

webPOS is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Lightspeed Restaurant, and webPOS is rated higher (92/100) than Lightspeed Restaurant (90/100). webPOS offers users more features (19) than Lightspeed Restaurant (6).

Looking for the right Retail & POS solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Lightspeed Vs. effortlessE, LLC

Lightspeed: Retailers and restaurateurs liven up communities with their businesses. At Lightspeed our goal is to make small businesses run smoothly. We pride ourselves on creating easy-to-navigate point of sale products for retail stores and restaurants. Our tools are specifically designed around the realities of business owners managing single to multiple loc...

effortlessE, LLC: Solutions. That is how webPOS was created. As a successful eCommerce solution provider we had a loyal client following using our powerful shopping cart solution. But our loyal clients wanted more! We were asked daily for a solution for the retail "brick and mortar" stores that some of our clients operated. They wanted a web based POS (Point o...

Who is more expensive? Lightspeed Restaurant or webPOS?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Retail & POS software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Lightspeed Restaurant and webPOS.

Lightspeed Restaurant price starts at $39 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Lightspeed Restaurant is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Retail & POS software. webPOS price starts at $30 per location/month , When comparing webPOS to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Retail & POS software cost.

Bottom line: webPOS is more expensive than Lightspeed Restaurant.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Lightspeed Restaurant Vs. webPOS based on some of the most important and required Retail & POS features.

Lightspeed Restaurant: Sales Management, Retail & POS, Point of sale, Supplier Management, Inventory Management, Barcode Scanning.

webPOS: Accounting Management, Age Verification, Bar Code Scanning, Consignment, Credit Card Processing.

Target customer size

The typical customers that enjoy using Lightspeed Restaurant are entrepreneurs and business people within the small business (10-200 employees) to medium-sized (500 to 1,000) relying on IT services, data processing and hosting and other related services, particularly the field of retail, hospitality and POS. and webPOS's target customer size include: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business.

Lightspeed Restaurant

ITQlick rating
(4.4/5)

starts at $39 per month

Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud-based, comprehensive point of sales (POS) system helping the users in managing the staff, serving the customers and monitoring performance, so they can ensure that the guests re...

Categories: Inventory Management, Work Order Management, Supplier Management, Product management.

webPOS

ITQlick rating
(3.2/5)

starts at $30 per location/month

WebPOS is a web-based point of sale software that is hosted on the cloud. The WebPOS is a comprehensive e-commerce solution provider with integrated features such as inventory management which provides a real-t...

Categories: Retail & POS.

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Lightspeed Restaurant: 6 Features

Sales Management
Retail & POS
Point of sale
Supplier Management
Inventory Management
Barcode Scanning

webPOS: 19 Features

Accounting Management
Age Verification
Bar Code Scanning
Consignment
Credit Card Processing
Customer History
Customer Management
eCommerce
Employee Management
Gift Cards
Inventory Management
Mobile POS Capability
Multiple Payment Forms
Price Lookup
Print Receipt
Receipt Notes
Reporting
Sales Commissions
Shipping/Delivery Setup
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
Software review
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Lightspe...
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$39 per month
Functionality
19
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webPOS
ITQlick rating
3.2/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
5/10
License pricing
$30 per location/month
Functionality
20
Review
ShopKeep...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2.4/10
License pricing
$49 per month
Functionality
11
NetSuite...
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
96/100
Pricing
7.8/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
20
Rezku
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
96/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$99 per license
Functionality
16
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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.