Software · head to head
Lightspeed Restaurant vs Avero
Lightspeed Restaurant
Software
One restaurant POS to power it all
- From
- $69/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69 a month for Starter, rising to $189 for Essential and $399 for Premium; Avero the pricing page names three tiers, Avero Starter, Avero Essentials and Avero Professional, and publishes no figure for any of them, redirecting to a sales contact instead
- They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Avero covers Sales analytics.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Lightspeed Restaurant and Avero actually diverge.
| Attribute | Lightspeed Restaurant | Avero |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $69/month | $200/month |
| Founded | 2005 | 1999 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Lightspeed Restaurant
- Floor plan management
- Tableside ordering
- Menu management
- Staff management
- Delivery integration
- Advanced reporting
- Uber Eats
- DoorDash
Only in Avero
- Sales analytics
- Labor optimization
- Menu analysis
- Server performance
- Benchmarking
- Mobile app
- All major POS
- HR systems
Both cover
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Lightspeed Restaurant
- Point of Sale
- Order Management
- Inventory Control
- Staff Scheduling
Avero
- Point of Sale
- Order Management
- Inventory Control
- Staff Scheduling
Both are used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling, on those jobs the choice comes down to price and fit rather than capability.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Lightspeed Restaurant
- Starts at $69 a month for Starter, rising to $189 for Essential and $399 for Premium
- The kitchen display system is charged separately at $30 per screen per month
- Lightspeed Reservations, reservation integrations and Lightspeed Tasks are add-ons on every tier below Enterprise rather than included features
- Integrated payments are fixed to a default configuration on Starter, with custom configuration only from Essential upwards
- Card processing rates and hardware costs are not published, and the vendor notes prices vary by business and industry
Avero
- The pricing page names three tiers, Avero Starter, Avero Essentials and Avero Professional, and publishes no figure for any of them, redirecting to a sales contact instead
Pricing, plan by plan
Lightspeed Restaurant
$69/month- Starter$69/month
- POS
- Menu management
- Payments
- Essential$189/month
- Online ordering
- Delivery
- Advanced reporting
- Premium$399/month
- Multiple locations
- API access
Avero
$200/month- Standard$200/month
- Sales analytics
- Reporting
- EnterpriseFree
- Custom pricing
- Full features
Which should you pick?
Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if
- You need floor plan management.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want tableside ordering.
Choose Avero if
- You need sales analytics.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want labor optimization.
Questions people ask
- Is Lightspeed Restaurant or Avero better?
- Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Avero at $200/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or Avero?
- Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Avero at $200/month.
- Does Lightspeed Restaurant or Avero run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Lightspeed Restaurant best used for?
- Lightspeed Restaurant is most often used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling.
- What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that Avero cannot?
- Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. Avero covers Sales analytics, Labor optimization, Menu analysis, Server performance. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.