About Lightspeed
What is Lightspeed?
Lightspeed is a cloud-based point of sale platform for retailers and restaurants, used by businesses in more than 100 countries. It offers separate POS products for retail and for hospitality, each with inventory management built in.
Lightspeed Retail handles serialised inventory, assemblies, products with multiple variants organised in matrices, and purchase orders built around reorder points. Lightspeed Restaurant includes advanced inventory with real-time deductions and automatic replenishment, fully costed recipes and ingredients drawn from stock, and kitchen display system screens. Retail plans are Basic, Core and Plus, and restaurant plans are Starter, Essential and Premium, priced in US dollars. Lightspeed is not focused on India and its pages do not mention GST billing.
Who is Lightspeed for?
- Independent and multi-location retail stores in North America, Europe and Australia.
- Restaurants, bars and hospitality businesses that need inventory and recipe costing.
- Businesses outside India that want one vendor for POS, inventory and payments.
What type of software is Lightspeed?
Lightspeed is listed under POS Software.
What are Lightspeed's core capabilities?
- Retail inventory: Serialised items, assemblies, variants organised in matrices and purchase orders around reorder points.
- Restaurant inventory: Real-time deductions, automatic replenishment and fully costed recipes and ingredients.
- Kitchen display: Kitchen display system screens for restaurants.
- Plans: Retail Basic, Core and Plus; restaurant Starter, Essential and Premium.
- Scale: Used by businesses in more than 100 countries.
- Real-Time Inventory & Low-Stock Alerts
- Purchase Orders & Supplier Management
- Product Variants
- Kitchen Display System
- Recipe & Raw Material Management
Answers above are based on Lightspeed's website, read on 23 Oct 2026.
Who makes Lightspeed?
Lightspeed Commerce is a point of sale and commerce platform for retail and hospitality businesses, which says it is trusted by businesses in more than 100 countries.
What CAs are saying about Lightspeed
Lightspeed has no reviews on SoftwaresForCA yet.
Key features
- ✓Real-Time Inventory & Low-Stock AlertsUpdate stock with every sale and get alerts when items run low.
- ✓Purchase Orders & Supplier ManagementRaise purchase orders, record goods received and manage suppliers.
- ◐Batch, Expiry & Serial Tracking — Serialised inventory; batch and expiry tracking not mentioned.Track batch numbers, expiry dates and serial numbers for stock.
- ✓Product VariantsManage items in sizes, colours and other variants under one product.
- ✓Kitchen Display SystemShow orders on kitchen screens instead of printed tickets.
- ✓Recipe & Raw Material ManagementMap menu items to recipes and track raw material consumption.
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- ?GST Billing & E-InvoicingCreate GST invoices with HSN/SAC codes, and generate e-invoices and e-way bills.
- ?Offline BillingKeep billing when the internet is down and sync once the connection is back.
- ?Barcode Scanning & Label PrintingScan barcodes or QR codes at checkout and print barcode labels for products.
- ?UPI, Card & Wallet PaymentsAccept UPI, cards and wallets through integrated payment devices or gateways.
- ?Split & Multi-Mode PaymentsSplit a bill or settle it across cash, card, UPI and other payment modes.
- ?Returns, Exchanges & Credit NotesProcess returns, refunds and exchanges, and issue credit notes.
- ?Discounts, Offers & CouponsRun item and bill discounts, combo offers, coupons and promotional pricing.
- ?Stock Transfers Between LocationsMove stock between stores, warehouses or a central kitchen and track it.
- ?Table Management & KOTManage tables and floor plans, take orders and send kitchen order tickets (KOT).
- ?Online Order Aggregator IntegrationReceive Swiggy, Zomato and other delivery-platform orders directly in the POS.
- ?Customer Database & LoyaltySave customer details and purchase history, and run loyalty points and rewards.
- ?Digital Bills & SMS/WhatsApp MarketingSend e-bills and promotional messages to customers by SMS, WhatsApp or email.
- ?Online Store & E-commerce IntegrationSell online through your own store or marketplaces, with stock and orders synced to the POS.
- ?Multi-Store & Franchise ManagementManage several outlets or franchises from one account with central control.
- ?Sales Reports & AnalyticsTrack sales, stock and profit with reports and dashboards.
- ?Staff Roles & PermissionsGive staff role-based access and control what each user can do.
- ?Accounting & Tally IntegrationPost sales and purchases to built-in accounting, Tally or other accounting software.
- ?Mobile & Tablet POS AppBill and take orders from a phone or tablet app.
- ?POS Hardware SupportWorks with receipt printers, barcode scanners, cash drawers and other POS hardware.