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Lightspeed Restaurant vs Owner.com

Lightspeed Restaurant logo

Lightspeed Restaurant

Software

One restaurant POS to power it all

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Owner.com logo

Owner.com

Software

Digital storefront for restaurants

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; Owner.com the $249 per month Flexible plan adds a 5 percent restaurant fee on every order, so cost rises with sales volume
  • They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Owner.com covers Website builder.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lightspeed Restaurant and Owner.com actually diverge.

Attributes where Lightspeed Restaurant and Owner.com differ
AttributeLightspeed RestaurantOwner.com
Starting price$69/monthOn request
Founded20052019

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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
  • Advanced reporting
  • Uber Eats
  • DoorDash
  • Skip the Dishes

Only in Owner.com

  • Website builder
  • Online ordering
  • Marketing automation
  • Customer database
  • Loyalty program
  • DoorDash Drive
  • Google
  • Facebook

Both cover

  • Delivery integration
  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

Lightspeed Restaurant

  • Point of Salenot Owner.com
  • Order Managementnot Owner.com
  • Inventory Controlnot Owner.com
  • Staff Schedulingnot Owner.com

Owner.com

  • Commission free online ordering direct from a restaurant's own websitenot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Branded restaurant mobile app and loyalty programmenot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Automated email and SMS marketing to a restaurant's own customer listnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • Taking catering orders directly rather than through delivery marketplacesnot 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

Owner.com

  • The $249 per month Flexible plan adds a 5 percent restaurant fee on every order, so cost rises with sales volume
  • Avoiding the per order fee requires the Flat Rate plan at $499 per month
  • Guests are charged a 5 percent order support fee on top of the restaurant's own costs
  • Multi location operators are quoted special rates that are not 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

Owner.com

On request
  • StarterFree
    • Website
    • Online ordering
    • 2.5% transaction fee
  • Pro$299/month
    • Lower fees
    • Marketing

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 Owner.com if

  • You need website builder.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want online ordering.
Owner.com review

Questions people ask

Is Lightspeed Restaurant or Owner.com better?
Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Owner.com at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or Owner.com?
Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Owner.com at On request.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant or Owner.com run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
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 Owner.com is typically brought in for.
What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that Owner.com cannot?
Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. Owner.com covers Website builder, Online ordering, Marketing automation, Customer database. Both handle Delivery integration, Web support, Ios support, Android support.
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