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Lightspeed Restaurant vs NCR Silver

Lightspeed Restaurant logo

Lightspeed Restaurant

Software

One restaurant POS to power it all

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
NCR Silver logo

NCR Silver

Software

Enterprise POS and commerce solutions by NCR

From
$200000/year
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; NCR Silver the Internet Archive's capture of NCR's page on 26 December 2019 confirmed NCR Silver is a distinct small business iPad/tablet cloud POS product, separate from NCR's Aloha Restaurant POS line, with no price figure published.
  • They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, NCR Silver covers Multi-store management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lightspeed Restaurant and NCR Silver actually diverge.

Attributes where Lightspeed Restaurant and NCR Silver differ
AttributeLightspeed RestaurantNCR Silver
Starting price$69/month$200000/year
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded20051884

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 NCR Silver

  • Multi-store management
  • Point of sale
  • Inventory management
  • Omnichannel capabilities
  • Customer analytics
  • Self-checkout
  • Mobile POS
  • API access

What people use each for

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

Lightspeed Restaurant

  • Point of Salenot NCR Silver
  • Order Managementnot NCR Silver
  • Inventory Controlnot NCR Silver
  • Staff Schedulingnot NCR Silver

NCR Silver

No use cases recorded yet. See the NCR Silver review.

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

NCR Silver

  • The Internet Archive's capture of NCR's page on 26 December 2019 confirmed NCR Silver is a distinct small business iPad/tablet cloud POS product, separate from NCR's Aloha Restaurant POS line, with no price figure published.

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

NCR Silver

$200000/year
  • Enterprise$200000/year
    • Multi-store POS
    • Inventory management
    • Omnichannel
  • Premium$500000/year
    • All Enterprise features
    • Advanced personalization
    • Custom integrations

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 NCR Silver if

  • You need multi-store management.
  • You also want point of sale.
NCR Silver review

Questions people ask

Is Lightspeed Restaurant or NCR Silver better?
Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and NCR Silver at $200000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or NCR Silver?
Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and NCR Silver at $200000/year.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant or NCR Silver run on more platforms?
Lightspeed Restaurant runs on Web, Ios, Android. NCR Silver runs on Web.
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 NCR Silver is typically brought in for.
What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that NCR Silver cannot?
Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. NCR Silver covers Multi-store management, Point of sale, Inventory management, Omnichannel capabilities.
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