Shlomi Lavi /
May 13, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Spirits 2000 or Lightspeed Restaurant?
Spirits 2000 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Lightspeed Restaurant, and Lightspeed Restaurant is rated higher (90/100) than Spirits 2000 (88/100). Spirits 2000 offers users more features (12) 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:
Spirits POS Vs. Lightspeed
Spirits POS:
The award-winning Spirit™ POS system is the result of our continued pursuit of delivering the most powerful, robust and intuitive system on the market. The system is designed to take advantage of client/server technology with built-in reliability and scalability. Our Fail Safe register technology enables unparalleled protection of critical d...
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...
Who is more expensive? Spirits 2000 or Lightspeed Restaurant?
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 Spirits 2000 and Lightspeed Restaurant.
Spirits 2000 price starts at $8,500 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Spirits 2000 is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Retail & POS software. Lightspeed Restaurant price starts at $39 per month , When comparing Lightspeed Restaurant to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Retail & POS software cost.
Bottom line: Spirits 2000 cost is around the same cost of Lightspeed Restaurant.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared Spirits 2000 Vs. Lightspeed Restaurant based on some of the most important and required Retail & POS features.
Spirits 2000: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounting Management, Bar Code Scanning, Credit Card Processing, Customer History, Customer Management, Discounts, Employee Management, Gift Cards.
Lightspeed Restaurant: Sales Management, Retail & POS, Point of sale, Supplier Management, Inventory Management.
Target customer size
The software is a viable product for small single-location liquor stores as well as large multi-
location stores, due to its ability of managing multiple registers at the same time. 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.