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ROI categoryrevenue velocityrevenue velocity
Time-to-ValueAbout 4 weeks (~30d)1-2 weeks (~14d)
Typical annual TCO$3,468/yr$1,188/yr
Starting price$1,068/yr$1,188/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersOne register included per plan; extra locations and additional registers are billed on top.Single plan for all customers; price may vary by region and currency
Implementation friction3/52/5
Friction meter
Best forIndependent retailers in apparel, footwear, bike, garden, home, sporting goods, CBD and vape who sell in store and online; Multi-location merchants that need one inventory, customer and reporting view across stores; Inventory-heavy retailers managing thousands of SKUs who want forecasting, purchase orders and wholesale ordering built in; Retailers that prefer POS, payments, loyalty and eCommerce from a single vendor instead of a stitched-together stackTour and activity operators selling daily, multi-day, timeslot or flextime experiences; Rental businesses that need advanced automated resource and asset management; Accommodation providers taking direct and OTA bookings; Operators selling through OTAs such as GetYourGuide, Viator, Expedia and Tripadvisor; Small teams that want one flat plan with no setup fees
Not forPowersports, marine and recreational vehicle dealers, which Lightspeed states it does not serve; Retailers who want fully self-serve, transparent pricing without a conversation with sales; Businesses that need a free POS tier or a no-contract monthly plan; Retailers locked into an existing ERP or POS that cannot migrate transaction historyFull-service hotels needing a property management system; Restaurants taking table reservations rather than scheduled inventory; Businesses with no dated inventory, capacity or assets to manage; Large enterprises needing deep ERP or bespoke procurement workflows
Stack fit matrix
SalesforceNot supportedNot supported
AWSNot supportedNot supported
SnowflakeNot supportedNot supported
HubSpotNot supportedNot supported
Google WorkspaceNot supportedIntegration
Microsoft 365Not supportedNot supported
SAPNot supportedNot supported
SlackNot supportedIntegration
MCP (Model Context Protocol)Not supportedNot supported
Compliance
SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff
Company & support
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Founded2005 (21 yrs)2010 (16 yrs)
HeadquartersMontreal, CanadaVictoria, Canada
PhonePaid plansAll plans
EmailNot listedNot listed
Live chatPaid plansAll plans
Support portal / ticketsNot listedAll plans
Community forumNot listedNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansAll plans
Dedicated account managerPlan not statedNot listed
In person / on-siteNot listedNot listed
Support hours24/7Not recorded
Response timeNot statedNot stated
AI & MCP readiness
Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.
MCP connectionreaches AI clientsNot supportedNot supported
AI featuresCopilot / assistantNot yet recorded
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditNot recordedNot recorded
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Implementation friction × Verified buyer score
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