Lightspeed is a cloud-based point-of-sale and payments platform for retail, restaurant and golf businesses. The retail product combines POS, inventory management, built-in eCommerce, wholesale ordering and reporting. Its AI layer, Lightspeed AI, answers questions about sales and inventory and can draft actions such as purchase orders and stock transfers once the merchant approves them. Pricing on the retail page is for Lightspeed Retail (X-Series).

POS & Payments Platform: sell in person and online from one connected platform

Key features

Retail POS: cloud-based, 1 register included on every plan
Inventory management: products, variants and stock across channels, plus purchase orders and landed costs
Lightspeed AI: builds reports from your data and, with approval, drafts purchase orders, stock transfers and price/product updates
AI Doc Import: draft POs from a scanned or uploaded supplier invoice (add-on on Basic and Core, included on Plus)
Wholesale and NuORDER catalog: wholesale network, 5M+ product catalog, PO sync with the POS
Built-in eCommerce connected to POS inventory
Integrated payments: 1.5% card-present rate shown on every plan
Insights: forecasting, order recommendations, custom and scheduled reports
Mobile Scanner app for iOS and Android: stock counts, inventory tracking, order fulfillment
Retail API, Workflows, custom user roles, SSO
In-store and online loyalty
Lightspeed Capital: cash-advance financing, select regions only

Strengths

One platform covering POS, inventory, eCommerce and payments
Large partner directory (accounting, eCommerce, marketing, shipping, loyalty)
Published SOC 2 Type II coverage and PCI attestations of compliance for core products
AI actions require merchant approval before they run
Published tiered pricing with a free trial

Best for

Independent retailer that wants one system for in-store and online inventory
Multi-location retail operator that needs centralized stock, reporting and transfers
Retail buyer who orders from wholesale brands and wants POs synced to the POS
Store owner who wants AI help with reporting and purchase order drafting

Integrations

QuickBooks Online (native, deep, tool)
Xero (native, deep, tool)
Shopify (native, deep, tool)
BigCommerce (native, deep, tool)
WooCommerce (native, deep, tool)
NetSuite (native, deep, system)
Sage Intacct (native, deep, tool)
Mailchimp (native, basic, tool)
Klaviyo (native, basic, tool)
Homebase (native, basic, tool)
Gusto (native, basic, tool)

Pricing

USD 89 / month - 14-day free trial

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