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Lightspeed Restaurant vs CAKE POS

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Lightspeed Restaurant

Food & Restaurant

One restaurant POS to power it all

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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CAKE POS

Food & Restaurant

Point of sale made for restaurants

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; CAKE POS the pricing page names three plans, Core, Growth and Scale, and publishes no monthly figure for any of them, offering only a phone and email sales contact
  • They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, CAKE POS covers Online ordering.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lightspeed Restaurant and CAKE POS actually diverge.

Attributes where Lightspeed Restaurant and CAKE POS differ
AttributeLightspeed RestaurantCAKE POS
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidIos, Android
Founded20052010

Identical on both: starting price ($69/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Food & Restaurant).

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
  • Staff management
  • Delivery integration
  • Advanced reporting
  • Uber Eats
  • Skip the Dishes
  • Xero
  • Web support

Only in CAKE POS

  • Online ordering
  • Guest management
  • Reporting
  • Kitchen display
  • Grubhub
  • 7shifts

Both cover

  • Tableside ordering
  • Menu management
  • DoorDash
  • QuickBooks
  • 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

CAKE POS

  • 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

CAKE POS

  • The pricing page names three plans, Core, Growth and Scale, and publishes no monthly figure for any of them, offering only a phone and email sales contact

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

CAKE POS

$69/month
  • Essentials$69/month
    • POS
    • Online ordering
  • Professional$125/month
    • Guest management
    • Advanced features

Which should you pick?

Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if

  • You need floor plan management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want staff management.
Lightspeed Restaurant review

Choose CAKE POS if

  • You need online ordering.
  • You work on Ios, Android.
  • You also want guest management.
CAKE POS review

Questions people ask

Is Lightspeed Restaurant or CAKE POS better?
Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and CAKE POS at $69/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or CAKE POS?
Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and CAKE POS at $69/month.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant or CAKE POS run on more platforms?
Lightspeed Restaurant runs on Web, Ios, Android. CAKE POS runs on Ios, Android.
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 CAKE POS cannot?
Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Staff management, Delivery integration, Advanced reporting. CAKE POS covers Online ordering, Guest management, Reporting, Kitchen display. Both handle Tableside ordering, Menu management, DoorDash, QuickBooks.
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