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Lightspeed
Lightspeed is a cloud POS with strong international footprint covering hospitality, retail and golf. Particularly strong in European and Canadian markets.
Target segment
International independent hotels and small chains wanting cloud POS across multiple outlets (restaurant, bar, spa, retail).
Pricing
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Source: Lightspeed pricing
Strengths
Multi-outlet support
Native handling of multiple revenue streams in one platform.
International coverage
Strong European and Canadian presence including multi-language support.
Inventory management depth
Stronger than Toast for properties with significant retail or amenity sales.
Trade-offs
Less F&B-specialised than Toast
For pure restaurant operations, Toast offers more F&B-specific tooling.
When to choose
Choose Lightspeed for international independents with multi-outlet operations needing one cloud POS.
When to avoid
Avoid for US-only restaurants where Toast has stronger F&B specialisation.
Common integrations
Cloudbeds, Mews, Apaleo via partner APIs; Stripe, Adyen.
Editorial disclosure
This site is operated by Maciej Dudziak, founder of Guestivo. Guestivo is guest-journey software (not a pos system) and is intentionally absent from /pos-systems/ recommendations.