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Lightspeed Restaurant vs Make

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Lightspeed Restaurant

Food & Restaurant

One restaurant POS to power it all

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Make logo

Make

Remote Work

The platform for the new way of working

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Make has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69 a month for Starter, rising to $189 for Essential and $399 for Premium; Make free tier limited to 1,000 credits per month
  • They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Make covers Visual workflow builder.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lightspeed Restaurant and Make actually diverge.

Attributes where Lightspeed Restaurant and Make differ
AttributeLightspeed RestaurantMake
Starting price$69/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
CategoryFood & RestaurantRemote Work
Founded20052013

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Make

  • Visual workflow builder
  • Webhooks
  • API connectors
  • Conditional logic
  • Data transformation
  • Error handling
  • Scheduling
  • Team collaboration

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Lightspeed Restaurant

  • Point of Salenot Make
  • Order Managementnot Make
  • Inventory Controlnot Make
  • Staff Schedulingnot Make

Make

  • Automating integrations between 3,000+ pre-built applicationsnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Building AI agents and workflow automation without extensive codingnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Enterprise automation with GDPR, SOC 2 Type II compliancenot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Rapid deployment of automations from concept to livenot Lightspeed Restaurant

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

Make

  • Free tier limited to 1,000 credits per month
  • Free tier restricted to 2 active scenarios maximum
  • Free tier enforces 15-minute minimum scheduling interval
  • Credit-based model means costs scale with usage volume, not just features

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

Make

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Make review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if

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

Choose Make if

  • You need visual workflow builder.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want webhooks.
Make review

Questions people ask

Is Lightspeed Restaurant or Make better?
Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Make at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or Make?
Make has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $69/month for Lightspeed Restaurant and Free for Make.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant or Make run on more platforms?
Lightspeed Restaurant runs on Web, Ios, Android. Make runs on Web.
Can I use Make for free?
Yes. Make has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month.
What is Lightspeed Restaurant best used for?
Lightspeed Restaurant is most often used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Of those, point of sale and order management are not what Make is typically brought in for.
What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that Make cannot?
Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. Make covers Visual workflow builder, Webhooks, API connectors, Conditional logic. Both handle Web support.
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