LS Central vs. SkyTab POS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LS Central
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
LS Central is an end-to-end Point of Sale and ERP system that aims to give retailers full control and visibility over their business processes. LS Central covers retail operations from accounting, reporting and merchandising to store activities and POS terminals, all from one seamlessly integrated retail software solution. LS Central is designed to eliminate the need to build and maintain multiple applications and costly interfaces. Retailers can maintain their…N/A
SkyTab POS
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
SkyTab POS (formerly Harbortouch POS) delivers a touch-screen point of sale system that will streamline your business operations and automate your management activities. SkyTab is a product from Shift4.
$29.99
per month
Pricing
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$39
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$69
per month
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$69
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LS CentralSkyTab POS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Enterprises

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User Ratings
LS CentralSkyTab POS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LS CentralSkyTab POS
Likelihood to Recommend
Aptos
Ideally it can work with any kind of retailer but workarounds and customisations required to handle deliveries.
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Shift4
Harbortouch is a powerful and robust POS system. After using other methods and training on a couple of different designs, Harbortouch is far ahead of the rest regarding functionality, ease of use, and error-free transactions. It has an excellent reporting tool that is easy to use and "item" editing features that make using the system quick and easy. As checkout is in process, and the customer keeps changing their mind, or the cashier makes errors, the system makes it very quick and easy to edit to keep the transaction in process.
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Pros
Aptos
  • Offline/semi-offline mode works well in areas where connectivity is an issue.
  • Pricing, offers and promotions can be configured exceptionally well in LS Retail.
  • POS interface design is simple, robust and easily configurable.
  • Security wise there is enough detail available to trace all kinds of POS transactions.
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Shift4
  • Solid robust system
  • Easy use from entering to editing
  • Great reporting
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Cons
Aptos
  • Data Director leaves room for improvement as it can be very tricky while dealing with a large number of master data records. Sometimes it doesn't write delete actions to POS.
  • Furniture retail is another area where improvement is required to handle deliveries.
  • Newer versions don't support data replicator which was the most reliable data tool with earlier LS Retail versions. There should be a replacement for this tool.
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Shift4
  • Harbortouch as well as many other "large" companies these days could use improvement in the customer service/technical department.
  • An easy reset button would be nice for the occasion the card reader locks up
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Alternatives Considered
Aptos
It scores higher on overall user experience and matured features set.
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Shift4
We currently use Harbortouch and TouchBistro at our restaurant. We were going to switch to just using TouchBistro because Harbortouch's customer support and technical team were having trouble believing we were having ongoing issues with our system. Unfortunately, it took us telling Harbortouch that we were leaving them for them to get to the root of the system's problems. Finally, they worked three days straight to fix all of the issues. We decided to keep both systems for now as Harbortouch has a much more robust system. Still, each uses different credit card processing companies, so hopefully, we can avoid downtime during our three-month, hectic tourist season. Now that Harbortouch fixed all of the issues, their system is much more robust and powerful.
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Return on Investment
Aptos
  • Timely sales visibility
  • Optimum Inventory levels
  • Enough data to visualise trends and patterns
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Shift4
  • Harbortouch makes each transaction very quick and easy so we can keep up during busy times to keep the orders flowing.
  • Harbortouch has a good online system so customers can order online during our busy times when we are too busy to keep up with the phones.
  • Harbortouch allows us to handle more orders during busy times than other systems we experimented with.
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ScreenShots

LS Central Screenshots

Screenshot of Example of Point of Sale layout for fashion stores (fully customizable) with transactionScreenshot of Urban Point of Sale layoutScreenshot of Color and Size with up to 6 dimensionsScreenshot of Automatic replenishment including forecastingScreenshot of Mobile Loyalty app for customersScreenshot of Simple item creation and maintenance