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Lightspeed Restaurant vs meez

Lightspeed Restaurant logo

Lightspeed Restaurant

Software

One restaurant POS to power it all

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
meez logo

meez

Software

Recipe management and costing software

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only meez 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; meez active devices are capped at 2 on Starter and 5 on Pro and Premium; unlimited devices require Enterprise
  • They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, meez covers Recipe management.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Lightspeed Restaurant and meez differ
AttributeLightspeed Restaurantmeez
Starting price$69/monthFree
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Ios
Founded20052019

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 meez

  • Recipe management
  • Food costing
  • Scaling
  • Nutrition facts
  • Training videos
  • Print formatting
  • MarketMan
  • BlueCart

Both cover

  • Web support
  • Ios support

What people use each for

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

Lightspeed Restaurant

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

meez

  • Digitising and standardising kitchen recipes across a restaurant groupnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Recipe costing and food cost tracking against live ingredient pricesnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Producing nutrition labels and allergen tagging for menu itemsnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Training kitchen staff from a shared recipe library on tabletsnot 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

meez

  • Active devices are capped at 2 on Starter and 5 on Pro and Premium; unlimited devices require Enterprise
  • Monthly billing costs more than annual on every tier, for example $119 against $89 on Pro and $199 against $179 on Premium
  • Menu engineering, nutrition labels, allergen tagging and POS integration are Enterprise only
  • Extra recipe viewer locations cost $60 per month each
  • Cost feeds start at $179 to $199 per month per location on top of the plan fee
  • Priority phone support, Slack or Teams access and a dedicated success manager are Enterprise only
  • Enterprise pricing is custom with no published rate

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

meez

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Basic recipe management
    • Limited recipes
  • Pro$59/month
    • Unlimited recipes
    • Food costing
  • Team$129/month
    • Team collaboration
    • Advanced 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.
Lightspeed Restaurant review

Choose meez if

  • You need recipe management.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios.
  • You also want food costing.
meez review

Questions people ask

Is Lightspeed Restaurant or meez better?
Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and meez at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or meez?
meez has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $69/month for Lightspeed Restaurant and Free for meez.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant or meez run on more platforms?
Lightspeed Restaurant runs on Web, Ios, Android. meez runs on Web, Ios.
Can I use meez for free?
Yes. meez 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 meez is typically brought in for.
What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that meez cannot?
Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. meez covers Recipe management, Food costing, Scaling, Nutrition facts. Both handle Web support, Ios support.
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