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Lightspeed Restaurant vs Mmhmm

Lightspeed Restaurant logo

Lightspeed Restaurant

Software

One restaurant POS to power it all

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Mmhmm logo

Mmhmm

Software

Presentation platform for video calls

From
On request
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; Mmhmm renamed to Airtime and split into four separate tools, Camera, Recorder, Creator and Stacks, rather than the single app the mmhmm name refers to
  • They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Mmhmm covers Custom layouts.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Lightspeed Restaurant and Mmhmm differ
AttributeLightspeed RestaurantMmhmm
Starting price$69/monthOn request
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidDesktop Mac, Desktop Windows
Founded20052020

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), 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 Mmhmm

  • Custom layouts
  • Screen sharing
  • Virtual backgrounds
  • Picture-in-picture
  • Recording
  • Zoom
  • Google Meet
  • Microsoft Teams

What people use each for

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

Lightspeed Restaurant

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

Mmhmm

  • Putting a presenter on screen over slides during a video callnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Recording a screen walkthrough up to an hournot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Adding effects and reactions to a webcam feednot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Collecting materials for a meeting in a shared stacknot 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

Mmhmm

  • Renamed to Airtime and split into four separate tools, Camera, Recorder, Creator and Stacks, rather than the single app the mmhmm name refers to
  • Screen recordings are capped at one hour
  • Windows support requires Windows 10 or 11
  • Pricing is not shown on the product pages

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

Mmhmm

On request
  • Standard$9.99/month
    • Unlimited presentations
    • Custom layouts
    • Recording

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 Mmhmm if

  • You need custom layouts.
  • You work on Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows.
  • You also want screen sharing.
Mmhmm review

Questions people ask

Is Lightspeed Restaurant or Mmhmm better?
Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Mmhmm at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or Mmhmm?
Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Mmhmm at On request.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant or Mmhmm run on more platforms?
Lightspeed Restaurant runs on Web, Ios, Android. Mmhmm runs on Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows.
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 Mmhmm is typically brought in for.
What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that Mmhmm cannot?
Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. Mmhmm covers Custom layouts, Screen sharing, Virtual backgrounds, Picture-in-picture.
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