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Lightspeed Retail pricing
Lightspeed Retail publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Lightspeed Retail pricing is $89/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $89/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Lightspeed Retail plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $89/month | 5 | Entry tier |
| Core | $149/month | 3 | +$60/month, 2 more features |
| Plus | $289/month | 4 | +$140/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Basic
$89/monthThe entry tier. It covers retail pos platform, integrated payments at 1.5% card-present rate, inventory management, built-in ecommerce, 1 register included.
Core
$149/monthOver Basic, this tier adds:
- All Basic features
- Advanced management tools
Plus
$289/monthOver Core, this tier adds:
- All Core features
- Advanced customization
- Scalability for established operations
What the product covers
The full Lightspeed Retail feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- Customer management
- Omnichannel selling
- Analytics
- Employee management
- Loyalty programs
- Hardware compatibility
People bring Lightspeed Retail in for tracking 10,000+ skus across multiple sales channels, reconciling payments across terminals in under 10 minutes, selling across in-person, online, and social simultaneously, accessing real-time inventory demand forecasting. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Lightspeed Retail are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Inventory
Too few inventory tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightspeed Retail (this page) | $89/month | subscription | - | |
| Fishbowl Inventory | On request | quote | - | vs Lightspeed Retail |
| Quartzy | $50/month | Per month by user tier | - | vs Lightspeed Retail |
| Megaventory | Free, then $135/month | subscription | - | vs Lightspeed Retail |
| Fiix | Free | subscription | - | vs Lightspeed Retail |
| QuickBooks Enterprise | On request | subscription | - | vs Lightspeed Retail |
| Linnworks | On request | subscription | - | vs Lightspeed Retail |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Lightspeed Retail badges page.
Before you pay for Lightspeed Retail
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $89/month and $289/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Lightspeed Retail against the tools that do have one before committing.
Lightspeed Retail runs on web, ipad, cloud-based, and is published by Lightspeed Commerce Inc of Montreal, Quebec. The full record is on the Lightspeed Retail review, and the rest of the category is under best inventory tools.
Lightspeed Retail pricing questions
- How much does Lightspeed Retail cost?
- Lightspeed Retail publishes 3 tiers, from $89/month for Basic up to $289/month for Plus. The cheapest paid tier is $89/month.
- Does Lightspeed Retail have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Lightspeed Retail is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Basic and Core on Lightspeed Retail?
- Core costs $149/month against $89/month, and adds all basic features, advanced management tools.
- Is the Plus plan on Lightspeed Retail worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all core features, advanced customization, scalability for established operations. It costs $289/month against $89/month for Basic. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which inventory tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 inventory tools listed alongside Lightspeed Retail have a free tier: Megaventory, Fiix.
- What am I actually paying for with Lightspeed Retail?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for tracking 10,000+ skus across multiple sales channels, reconciling payments across terminals in under 10 minutes, selling across in-person, online, and social simultaneously.
- Does Lightspeed Retail charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Lightspeed Retail prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Lightspeed Retail against before paying?
- The closest inventory tools in this directory are Fishbowl Inventory, Quartzy, Megaventory, Fiix. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Lightspeed Retail covering price, platforms and features.