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Lightspeed Restaurant vs Yelp Reservations
Lightspeed Restaurant
Software
One restaurant POS to power it all
- From
- $69/month
- Rated
- -
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; Yelp Reservations basic Guest Manager plan caps at 500 covers per month; higher volume requires the Plus plan at $279/month (annual) or $349/month (monthly)
- They diverge on capability: Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Yelp Reservations covers Online reservations.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Lightspeed Restaurant and Yelp Reservations actually diverge.
| Attribute | Lightspeed Restaurant | Yelp Reservations |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $69/month | $99/month |
| Founded | 2005 | 2004 |
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
- Delivery integration
- Advanced reporting
- Uber Eats
- DoorDash
Only in Yelp Reservations
- Online reservations
- Waitlist management
- Table assignments
- Yelp integration
- Guest messaging
- Analytics
- Yelp
- Toast
Both cover
- 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 Yelp Reservations
- Order Managementnot Yelp Reservations
- Inventory Controlnot Yelp Reservations
- Staff Schedulingnot Yelp Reservations
Yelp Reservations
- Managing restaurant reservations, waitlists and AI phone call answeringnot 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
Yelp Reservations
- Basic Guest Manager plan caps at 500 covers per month; higher volume requires the Plus plan at $279/month (annual) or $349/month (monthly)
- Monthly billing costs more than annual billing at every tier, for example Basic Guest Manager is $159/month billed monthly versus $129/month billed annually
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
Yelp Reservations
$99/month- Basic$99/month
- Reservations
- Waitlist
- Plus$299/month
- Table management
- Analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if
- You need floor plan management.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want tableside ordering.
Choose Yelp Reservations if
- You need online reservations.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want waitlist management.
Questions people ask
- Is Lightspeed Restaurant or Yelp Reservations better?
- Neither clearly leads. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Yelp Reservations at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Lightspeed Restaurant or Yelp Reservations?
- Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/month and Yelp Reservations at $99/month.
- Does Lightspeed Restaurant or Yelp Reservations 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 Yelp Reservations is typically brought in for.
- What can Lightspeed Restaurant do that Yelp Reservations cannot?
- Lightspeed Restaurant covers Floor plan management, Tableside ordering, Menu management, Staff management. Yelp Reservations covers Online reservations, Waitlist management, Table assignments, Yelp integration. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.
Related pages
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