Verified User in Retail
UR
Verified User in Retail
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very solid and well thought out POS system, with some caveats"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

It's a fast-loading back-end, reliable and flexible POS system for the most part that is good for small to medium-sized retail stores with multiple locations like ours. It has all the features you might need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

With a place like two locations like ours, I find the reporting features a bit challenging and awkward to use, as well as inputting invoices and making sure everything is organized between two stores. There is also some additional flexibility that I wish it had due to business growth and multiple revenue streams coming into play. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matthew B.
MB
Matthew B.
CMO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Avoid at all cost, bait and switch."
0/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

Support is available to help fast and you can actually call them. Hardware seems solid Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

Lack of features for ecwid. If you can't use their payment processor, you have to use authorize.net which isn't integrated. You get redirected outside of your platform.

They charged me $500 for the first month when I was evaluating but I was told if I cancel in 30 days, I can get a refund. That wasn't the case. Customer support said I could of went on a trial account, but I called in to set this up and Chloe Ruest signed us up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
AA
Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Meh"
2/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

I love how easy it is to upload inventory and also the management of inventory even on your website Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

The after sales service is not great. once you have a rep you are locked in to that rep even if there are better suited persons available to support you they cannot assist you have to go to your rep Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Megan Belafi of Lightspeed Retail

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We sincerely apologize for any frustrations you've encountered and understand how this has impacted your business operations. Providing reliable support is a priority for us, and we regret that your experience did not meet your expectations.

Unfortunately, based on the information provided, we are unable to identify your account to review the specifics of your concerns. We encourage you to reach out directly to your Account Manager, who will be best positioned to assist you with any unresolved issues.

We appreciate your feedback and take it seriously as we continue to improve our services. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to make things right.

Sincerely,

The Lightspeed Team

Kristi H.
KH
Kristi H.
Customer Support Agent
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best phone system available"
5/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

Easy to use, very user friendly and offers all components in one place - fax, text, email, phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

Would like to be able to set up options in a different format...maybe make certain components movable on home page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tyson J.
TJ
Tyson J.
Owner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of the best POS systems ever."
5/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

I like the ease of use with the integrations that help me to run my business. All my sales get sent to quickbooks and the integrated payment processing with Lightspeed payments is a valuable tool. No longer do I need to manually enter the price from Lightspeed to my payment processor. Complete the sale in the app and send the payment to Lightspeed payments and it's handled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

The one thing I would like to see is a monthly statement for customer accounts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DG
Dan G.
Owner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple, time saving, functional"
4/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

Very user friendly, it's simple enough that we saved time on training new employees who will be working with it. We used to spend way more time on different platforms which costed us time/money & more error were made due to complexity of software which again took time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

Few errors accrued, but considering the time period between them it was acceptable. Could have regular user & admin separate sections for each to submit recommendations how to improve the UI or other functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Neworld C.
NC
Neworld C.
Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Neworld Cycle Review of Lightspeed POS"
5/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

We use Lightspeed POS for PC for customer transactions and inventory control. The customer interface is simple and easy to use; inventory is pretty simple to create items and add stock, individually or via purchase order. The data on customer purchases comes in handy when customers forget what they purchased in the past, or I want to check the size or type of shoe they bought previously. We have two separate registers, as we have two different parts to the store; bike, and triathlon. I can track sales and do reports on the triathlon side separately from the bike side, which is advantageous. We also cash out the two POS terminals separately.

There is a lot of flexibility in creating inventory items and categories. It's also easy to reconcile inventory items/amounts to physical counts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

It would be nice to assign inventory to either side of the store instead of one all-encompassing inventory. (ie bike shop vs tri shop) I do it manually in Excel currently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
AR
Verified User in Retail
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great Retail POS - Omni Channel a bit tougher but doable"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

One of the best Retail POS in the market with lots of advanced features and reporting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

Connectors to e-commerce not the best and their own e-commerce solution is lacking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JH
Jessica H.
President
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Lightspeed Review"
4/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

I love how easy to use Lightspeed is. With the e-commerce option, I was able to sync my store inventory to my website- avoiding any inventory disasters. I also love how user-friendly it is for my employees. T Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

I wish there was an app where I could view online orders, and all my sales by line so I could easily see how we're doing and what we sold while I'm not in the store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
UF
Verified User in Food & Beverages
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"not for small business"
0/5
What do you like best about Lightspeed Retail?

Nothing. They had one friendly employee over the phone, and that's it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Lightspeed Retail?

Very very complex to use for small businesses. Too hard to transfer from one POS to the next.

Total phone and email harassment, not respecting time zone (calling me too early in the morning).

Many problems when setting up the account: I had to have someone troubleshooting all the time

Trying to make you pay more than what you need.

Very expensive monthly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from CS Engage of Lightspeed Retail

Hello,

We would like to sincerely apologize for your recent experience, and we are sorry to hear you were less than satisfied with the product and services received. It is our utmost priority to provide products and services that allow our customers to focus on running their businesses with ease. We value all feedback and would be grateful to have the opportunity to address your needs and concerns.

As we are unable to identify your account within our records, please feel free to contact our Customer Success team should you wish to provide further feedback. You may reach us via email at engage@lightspeedhq.com.

Thank you,

Lightspeed Commerce