Lightspeed POS

Lightspeed is a cloud-based point-of-sale and commerce platform whose /pos/ homepage is titled "Point of Sale (POS) System & Software" and whose product surface is organized around Retail POS, Restaurant POS, and Golf course management software, with multi-location reporting, eCommerce, payments, and an investor-relations public record on the NYSE and TSX (ticker LSPD), according to the official Lightspeed website.

For retailers, the platform is described as "future-proof your business with Lightspeed's POS software. The one-stop commerce platform that helps your business simplify, scale and thrive" and the retail product includes inventory management, eCommerce, B2B catalogs, supplier network, and analytics. For restaurants, the restaurant POS product includes Order Anywhere for delivery and pickup, multi-location restaurant POS, restaurant-specific hardware bundles, and integrations with delivery aggregators. The golf product includes tee sheet management, golf POS, online booking, and a pro shop module. Payments processing is integrated through Lightspeed Payments (US, Canada, Europe).

Procurement checklist for Lightspeed: confirm the current published price on the official retail and restaurant /pricing/ pages, validate the modules you need (Retail, Restaurant, Golf, eCommerce, B2B, Supplier Network, Payments), check the multi-location and reporting tier you require, and verify the hardware bundle compatibility (terminals, receipt printers, cash drawers, kitchen printers). For MENA buyers, validate the available cloud region (US, EU, AU, UK, CA, FR, BE, NL, NO, CH, MX) for data residency, confirm the local payment methods supported, and verify the available language support. All information above is sourced from lightspeedhq.com (/pos/ homepage, /pricing/ pages, and footer) as of July 2026.

Vendor profile

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is a Canadian point-of-sale and commerce platform founded in 2005 and headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LSPD, and operates three core product lines — Lightspeed Retail, Lightspeed Restaurant, and Lightspeed Golf — per the vendor's corporate filings. According to the official lightspeedhq.com/pos/retail/pricing page, Lightspeed Retail is published in three pricing tiers: Basic at $89 per month, Core at $149 per month, and Plus at $289 per month, with an additional Enterprise tier available by quote; card-present processing on Lightspeed Payments is a flat 2.6% + $0.10 per transaction across all published retail tiers, and using a third-party processor can incur an additional monthly fee of up to $400. The platform also offers a 14-day free trial. G2 reports a 4.0/5 average rating across its Lightspeed Retail reviews page. (Information sourced from the official Lightspeed Retail pricing page and the G2 vendor profile, as of mid-2026.)

Lightspeed's Restaurant product line — formerly Upserve, which Lightspeed acquired in 2020 — operates as a separate POS offering for full-service and quick-service restaurants, and Lightspeed's Golf product line serves the golf-course and pro-shop vertical. Per the official lightspeedhq.com site, Lightspeed Payments is the vendor's in-house payment-processing service, with card-present rates at 2.6% + $0.10 and card-not-present rates at 2.6% + $0.30, and a $0 long-term contract required. The platform supports iPad-based front-of-house terminals, kitchen display systems, table management, floor plans, online ordering, gift cards, and loyalty programs. Lightspeed also offers a customer-facing eCommerce (Lightspeed eCom) module that can be added to retail merchants, and the platform publishes integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, Mailchimp, and various shipping carriers. G2 reports a 4.0/5 average rating for Lightspeed Retail across its verified reviews. (Information sourced from the official Lightspeed product pages and the G2 vendor profile, as of mid-2026.)