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Best Lightspeed Restaurant alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Lightspeed Restaurant in pos systems, ranked by entry price. Lightspeed Restaurant starts at $69/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Lightspeed Restaurant: Clover, Square POS, Toast POS, Shopify POS.
- Free alternatives: Clover, Square POS, Toast POS.
- Closest by price: Clover ($0/mo), Square POS ($0/mo), Toast POS ($0/mo).
Lightspeed Restaurant alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clover | $0/mo | Yes | — | Businesses wanting an open app ecosystem on dedicated Clover hardware | nerdwallet.com |
| 2 | Square POS STALE · 2026-09-29 | $0/mo | Yes | Yes | Solo operators and micro-businesses wanting $0/month software | squareup.com |
| 3 | Toast POS STALE · 2026-09-05 | $0/mo | Yes | — | Independent and multi-unit full-service restaurants | pos.toasttab.com |
| 4 | Shopify POS | $39/mo | No | — | DTC brands scaling from ecommerce into physical retail | shopify.com |
| 5 | TouchBistro | $69/mo | No | — | Full-service restaurants wanting an iPad-native POS with built-in floor management | touchbistro.com |
| 6 | Lightspeed Retail STALE · 2026-09-03 | $109/mo | No | — | Independent and multi-location specialty retailers needing deep inventory management | lightspeedhq.com |
| 7 | Epos Now STALE · 2026-09-03 | quote-only | No | — | Small retail and hospitality businesses wanting cloud POS accessible from any device | eposnow.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 4 of 7 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the POS Systems index.