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Lightspeed Restaurant vs Petpooja

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Lightspeed Restaurant

Restaurants

One restaurant POS to power it all

From
$69/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Petpooja logo

Petpooja

Restaurants

Low cost restaurant point of sale used across India and the United Arab Emirates

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; Petpooja it is built for India and the United Arab Emirates, and tax handling, receipt formats and integrations do not translate to European or American requirements.
  • They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Petpooja covers Flat annual licence.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Lightspeed Restaurant and Petpooja differ
AttributeLightspeed RestaurantPetpooja
Starting price$69/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Android, Windows
Founded2005Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Restaurants).

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 Petpooja

  • Flat annual licence
  • GST compliant billing
  • Marketplace integration
  • Inventory and recipe management
  • Kitchen order tickets
  • Add on modules

What people use each for

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

Lightspeed Restaurant

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

Petpooja

  • An independent Indian restaurant replacing a manual billing book with GST compliant invoicingnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • A cafe chain wanting Swiggy and Zomato orders landing in the billing screen rather than on tabletsnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • A cloud kitchen that needs cheap per outlet billing across many small unitsnot Lightspeed Restaurant
  • A Gulf outlet operator wanting an India priced system with UAE tax handlingnot 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

Petpooja

  • It is built for India and the United Arab Emirates, and tax handling, receipt formats and integrations do not translate to European or American requirements.
  • Sales and support run through a large reseller network, so implementation quality and response times depend on which partner you happened to buy from.
  • The headline annual licence excludes the modules most operators end up needing, so the realistic annual cost is a multiple of the advertised figure.
  • Depth for fine dining coursing, complex table management and hotel outlets is limited compared with systems designed for those formats.
  • Hardware is bundled by resellers rather than supplied to a single standard, which makes support and replacement inconsistent across a multi outlet group.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lightspeed Restaurant

$69/month
  • Starter$69/month
    • Customizable POS
    • Menu manager
    • Floor plans
  • Essential$189/month
    • All Starter features
    • Lightspeed AI
    • Tempo service pacing
  • Premium$399/month
    • All Essential features
    • Advanced inventory management
    • Raw API access

Petpooja

On request
  • Petpooja POS$undefined/year
    • Flat annual licence per outlet rather than a monthly per terminal fee
    • Add on modules for customer relationship management, online ordering and loyalty priced separately
    • Hardware bundles quoted by the local reseller

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 Petpooja if

  • You need flat annual licence.
  • You work on Web, Android, Windows.
  • You also want gst compliant billing.
Petpooja review

Questions people ask

Is Lightspeed Restaurant or Petpooja better?
Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Petpooja at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or Petpooja?
Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Petpooja at On request.
Does Lightspeed Restaurant or Petpooja run on more platforms?
Lightspeed Restaurant runs on Web, Ios, Android. Petpooja runs on Web, Android, 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 Petpooja is typically brought in for.
What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that Petpooja cannot?
Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. Petpooja covers Flat annual licence, GST compliant billing, Marketplace integration, Inventory and recipe management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lightspeed Restaurant: How much does Lightspeed Restaurant POS cost?

Pricing starts at $69 per month for the Starter plan, $189 for Essential, and $399 for Premium. Enterprise plans require custom quotes.

Source
Petpooja: How is it priced?

As a flat annual licence per outlet, with add on modules, hardware and payment integration quoted separately by the reseller.

Lightspeed Restaurant: What does the Kitchen Display System cost?

Kitchen Display System screens cost $30 per month and are available to add on any plan.

Source
Petpooja: Does it handle GST invoicing?

Yes. Indian tax invoicing and filing ready reporting are core functions rather than add ons.

Lightspeed Restaurant: What's included in the Premium plan?

The Premium plan at $399 per month includes advanced inventory management, raw API access, full multi-location support, and revenue center customization for hotels.

Source
Petpooja: Is it available outside India?

It is used in the United Arab Emirates as well, but it is not sold as a general international product.

Petpooja: Does it integrate with delivery apps?

Yes, with Swiggy and Zomato directly, and with middleware such as UrbanPiper for wider channel management.

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