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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Compeat, with Ctuit Radar

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACompeat in Austin, Texas offers their restaurant management platforms which combine inventory planning and forecasting with workforce management and controls. Their platform comes in two editions: Advantage for smaller independent and chain restaurants, and Enterprise for large chains. Compeat now includes Ctuit Radar (acquired 2017) as its core operating system, and the foundation for the Compeat Intelligence, Logbook, Labor, Schedule and Inventory solutions that are part of the platform.

    $399

    per month

    Lightspeed Retail

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ALightspeed Retail is a retail PoS system from Lightspeed headquartered in Quebec. Core retail POS features are expanded on higher service tiers with ecommerce option and payments gateway, an accounting system, and a customer loyalty program.N/A
    Pricing
    Compeat, with Ctuit RadarLightspeed Retail
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $399
    per month
    Professional
    $489
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per month
    Basic
    $79.00 ($69.00)
    per month (when billed annually)
    Starter
    $119.00 ($99.00)
    per month (when billed annually)
    Standard
    $139.00 ($119.00)
    per month (when billed annually)
    Advanced
    $189.00 ($169.00)
    per month (when billed annually)
    Pro
    $259.00 ($229.00)
    per month (when billed annually)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Compeat, with Ctuit RadarLightspeed Retail
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Compeat, with Ctuit RadarLightspeed Retail
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    Compeat
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    Would buy again
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    60%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    70%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Compeat, with Ctuit RadarLightspeed Retail
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Compeat, with Ctuit RadarLightspeed Retail
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Compeat
    Compeat is very well suited for large, sit down dining restaurants and can be too much for smaller scale establishments.
    Incentivized
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    Lightspeed
    It is perfect for any small business looking for inventory control, Tracking purchase history, and just an all round easy to use software for retail and beyond. I would not use it if I have only a few hundred items or was a larger company that can afford to build my own POS software.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Compeat
    • It is a reliable accounting system, I like the fact that all transactions are recorded and not possible to change it after it is posted.
    • Inventory is very useful and you can scan items to help with the counting.
    • DSR are pulled automatically from our POS System
    • Bank Reconciliation is pretty easily be done and the bank extract can be imported into the system, Compeat matches transaction automatically.
    Incentivized
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    Lightspeed
    • Lightspeed Retail has great reports that are very easy to read and understand.
    • Lightspeed Retail is great to train new employees on because of its ease of use. There are not lots of different things that you have to learn just basics.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Compeat
    • Reporting Reporting Reporting
    • Customer Service
    • Lack of AUTO IMPORT FEATURE TO ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE
    Read full review
    Lightspeed
    • With a larger SKU assortment size, the software really starts to struggle with doing physical inventory after scanning in a few hundred items.
    • Several times throughout each year Lightspeed went down on us (not our internet connection but actually Lightspeed verified).
    • Special order system could use a lot of modern improvements (ability to schedule ahead of time, etc.)
    • Reports are very basic, and will likely require there Lightspeed Analytics to actually get reports useful for day to day operations.
    • Weak system for receiving purchase orders.
    • Does not handle items and cases for reordering very well. Have used multiple Point of Sale systems in the past 10 years that allow to set reorder points based on single items, but reorder the case automatically, Lightspeed has no support for this.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Compeat
    No answers on this topic
    Lightspeed
    Simply well designed with obvious icons per component, making it easy to interface with.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Compeat
    No answers on this topic
    Lightspeed
    I gave the rating of a 9 because ninety percent of the time when I talk to their support they're very helpful. One of the only real issues I have is there are times where the queue will be 7-9 people deep. When you have an error you don't know how to fix, sometimes this is very troubling. But overall their support is usually quick and friendly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Compeat
    Much better and more willing to "build" a product that works for our company.
    Incentivized
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    Lightspeed
    Lightspeed is faster, sleeker and more modern than our previous POS system. I can’t express enough how easy the online store portion of Lightspeed is - it just intuitive and sometimes, is TOO easy, I feel like I have to be forgetting something. Lightspeed is staying modern and current where our previous POS was not
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Compeat
    • It helps us keep our costs manageable, we can keep our theoretical costs within 1% of our actual costs.
    • Creating shopping lists and par levels makes purchasing less daunting and saves hours in time.
    Incentivized
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    Lightspeed
    • Certainly has saved money on cash-outs/ accounting due to QuickBooks integration.
    • Faster processing through tills means happier customers and more sales per hour.
    • Expensive product at $5K a year has taken away some profitability for this small business. It's way, way over priced.
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