KORONA POS vs. Lightspeed Retail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
KORONA POS
Score 9.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
KORONA POS is a cloud-based point of sale system for retail stores, ticketing operations, QSRs, wineries, and more. The software is built for specific industry niches, allowing it to adjust to specific workflows. Owners and managers can access data from any location, adding flexibility to all business operations. All data and customer information is stored in remote servers to maintain complete security. KORONA POS comes with…
$59
per month
Lightspeed Retail
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
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.N/A
Pricing
KORONA POSLightspeed Retail
Editions & Modules
KORONA POS Core
$59
per month
KORONA POS Retail
$69
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)
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KORONA POSLightspeed Retail
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans start at $59/month with optional additional modules for ticketing, franchises, and food & beverage.
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Community Pulse
KORONA POSLightspeed Retail
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KORONA POSLightspeed Retail
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Enterprises

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User Ratings
KORONA POSLightspeed Retail
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.7
(13 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
KORONA POSLightspeed Retail
Likelihood to Recommend
KORONA POS by COMBASE
The software has reliable stock management system that enables my team to add new stocks and search for any product easily. It has solid loyalty management system that adds new customers and selectively rewards loyal clients. It has employee governance dashboard that enables our enterprise to allocate shifts and monitor attendance.
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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.
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Pros
KORONA POS by COMBASE
  • Enhancing smooth inventory operations.
  • Provision of latest sales and stock data analytics.
  • Generation of comprehensive sales reports.
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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.
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Cons
KORONA POS by COMBASE
  • I have experienced smooth service delivery
  • The learning curve was complex for the first few days but I have been familiarizing with each feature with solid support from the support staff.
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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.
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Usability
KORONA POS by COMBASE
KORONA POS has streamlined retail operations across all the enterprise stores. It has solid payment processing system that has managed revenue for the last one year without any challenge. It generates real-time insights that enables my team to observe customer behavior and come up with strategies that aligns with their shopping preferences.
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Lightspeed
User friendly, Administrator can control what cashiers have access to.
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Support Rating
KORONA POS by COMBASE
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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
KORONA POS by COMBASE
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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
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Return on Investment
KORONA POS by COMBASE
  • Increased sales and balanced retail operations has enhanced positive ROI.
  • We have recorded efficient growth from increased flow of customers based on service delivery transformation.
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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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ScreenShots

KORONA POS Screenshots

Screenshot of the layout and design for cashiersScreenshot of KORONA sales reportingScreenshot of Product stock receiptScreenshot of ABC retail analysis for entire product catalog