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Lightspeed Retail POS
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.
General Director
Meyer’s Pet CareFarming, 51-200 employees
TouchBistro
It works great for a small business where all the data entry and reporting and changes can be done in-house. Payroll is a piece of cake for a smaller business with Touch Bistro. It might not work as well for a larger business or a business that needs things done faster.
Owner
Little Lilly's Island DeliFood & Beverages, 1-10 employees
Pros
Lightspeed Retail POS
- 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.
Owner
Brooks Liquor StoreRetail, 11-50 employees
TouchBistro
- Easy to learn being iOS-based
- Being cloud-based, your product mix, as well as your detailed modifier list, is available immediately
- Able to access reports, sales, hours, etc. from mobile app
General Manager
12 West Brewing Co.Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees
Cons
Lightspeed Retail POS
- Special orders are poorly organized.
- SQL connectivity is non-existent if you just want to dump to a SQL instance somewhere to do your own reporting.
- Open connectivity to e-commerce platforms: they want to force you to use their e-com platform, which is awful and non-standard.
Founder
Standard and StrangeRetail, 11-50 employees
TouchBistro
- There needs to be a way to stop TouchBistro from printing a customer copy every credit card transaction. Nobody wants this copy and I’m using double the amount of thermal paper
Founder/Brewery Manager/Head Brewer
Glacier Brewing CompanyFood & Beverages, 1-10 employees
Usability
Lightspeed Retail POS
Lightspeed Retail POS 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Very easy to use and figure out without calling customer support which is also very responsive and helpful.
General Director
Meyer’s Pet CareFarming, 51-200 employees
TouchBistro
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Support Rating
Lightspeed Retail POS
Lightspeed Retail POS 7.3
Based on 7 answers
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.

Verified User
Account Manager in Product Management
Retail Company, 51-200 employeesTouchBistro
TouchBistro 9.1
Based on 1 answer
First of all, I hardly ever need support for Touch Bistro, that’s how well it works. In the very instances over the years where I did need to call, customer support was easily accessible and fast and accurate with their responses
Owner
Little Lilly's Island DeliFood & Beverages, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
Lightspeed Retail POS
I searched through a few other POS systems however, lightspeed is the first and only that I have used. Because I can customize attributes for custom art projects they were my only option and for that reason we chose them.
Director of Sales
Artful EllijayDesign, 11-50 employees
TouchBistro
We have not used other products, but when researching other products, the TouchBistro interface seemed much more user-friendly and that is why we selected TouchBistro.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Other
Food & Beverages Company, 1-10 employeesReturn on Investment
Lightspeed Retail POS
- It has had a very positive impact on business. There have been fewer mistakes by clerks and therefore less money lost.
- We have not had any instances of outage of the server. This was not the case with the last system we used.
Owner
Brooks Liquor StoreRetail, 11-50 employees
TouchBistro
- Planning from previous dates.
- On the go reporting in order to cut staff when slow.
- Negative to rely on internet connection.
- Negative to have to rely on updates from Apple.

Verified User
Director in Customer Service
Food & Beverages Company, 1-10 employeesPricing Details
Lightspeed Retail POS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Lightspeed Retail POS Editions & Modules
Edition
Basic | $79.00 ($69.00)1 |
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Starter | $119.00 ($99.00)1 |
Standard | $139.00 ($119.00)1 |
Advanced | $189.00 ($169.00)1 |
Pro | $259.00 ($229.00)1 |
Enterprise | Contact Sales |
- per month (when billed annually)
Additional Pricing Details
—TouchBistro
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
TouchBistro Editions & Modules
Edition
POS License | $691 |
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Reservations | $2291 |
Online Ordering | $501 |
Gift Cards | $251 |
- per month