Epicor Propello is a cloud-based retail management system designed for independent retailers, featuring point of sale, inventory management, pricing, and analytics capabilities.
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Lightspeed Retail
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Lightspeed 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.
Lightspeed had consistent issues with the software being down and little to no support. It also didn't have easy functionality to receive orders via a mobile device. Epicor Propello's team is very receptive to feedback and has made changes we suggested.
Overall, it is a solid system and we are much happier than our previous POS. Inventory is very easy to update and manage. We utilize the sales forecasting and order point calculations to run our suggested orders, and that saves a ton of time. Promotions are very easy to set up and utilize and run reports on. It really lacks in reporting. All of the data is there, however I can't easily run or view YOY sales, total sales $, etc etc, either by individual item or brand. There also is little to no consideration for brand name. Being in retail, brand is important to use. So the fact it's not even a search filter and you cannot run any sort of brand report is frustrating and time consuming because again, the data is there, the user just needs to export and manipulate it on their own.
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.
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.
MOBILE APP or better mobile browser capabilities. I can view things from my phone but it is not easy and I have to rotate orientations several times to get the information on my phone
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.
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.
Lightspeed had consistent issues with the software being down and little to no support. It also didn't have easy functionality to receive orders via a mobile device. Epicor Propello's team is very receptive to feedback and has made changes we suggested.
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
