Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed: Which is Best? - Wheelhouse

Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed: Which is Best?

Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed Best Overall: Lightspeed

In our comparison of Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed, Lightspeed is the best option with a higher overall Wheelhouse Score. Wheelhouse Score uses a combination of feature and pricing comparison data, average user ratings, and editorial reviews to score software vendors on a scale of 1-10.

Quick Info

Cashier Live Quick Info
WH Score:
8.2
Pricing Score:
7.9
Feature Score:
7.6
Usability Score:
7.7
Company Size:Small Business, Mid Market
Platforms:
Lightspeed Quick Info
WH Score:
8.7
Pricing Score:
8.0
Feature Score:
8.1
Usability Score:
8.0
Company Size:All Sizes
Platforms:

Pricing

Cashier Live Pricing
Standard Plan
$75
per location / per month
Pharmacy Plan
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Hardware Store Plan
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Lightspeed Pricing
Lean
$119
per terminal / per month
Standard
$169
per terminal / per month
Advanced
$249
per terminal / per month
Enterprise
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Features

Cashier Live Features
  • Item Tracking & Traceability
  • Order/Delivery Management
  • Invoicing & Billing
  • Sales & Purchase Orders
  • Discount/Promotion Management
  • Cash
  • Credit Cards
  • Debit Cards
  • Social Media
  • Payment Processing
  • Billing Model Management
  • Cash Registers
  • Receipt Printers
  • Barcode Scanners
  • Magnetic Stripe Readers
Lightspeed Features
  • Item Tracking & Traceability
  • Order/Delivery Management
  • Invoicing & Billing
  • Sales & Purchase Orders
  • Discount/Promotion Management
  • Cash
  • Credit Cards
  • Debit Cards
  • Social Media
  • Payment Processing
  • Billing Model Management
  • Cash Registers
  • Receipt Printers
  • Barcode Scanners
  • Magnetic Stripe Readers

Pros & Cons

Cashier Live Pros & Cons
Pros
  • Easy to use program with awesome support.
Cons
  • The customer support is not supportive in fact.
Lightspeed Pros & Cons
Pros
  • Operating it is simple, it is natural, inexpensive, and it produces amazing reports.
Cons
  • There is a lack of complexity though in using the software in terms of using the tabs
  • There is a tab/layaway function we used as a workaround but not meant for this purpose.

Reviews

Cashier Live Reviews
Top Favorable Review
C
Charlie
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

Before using it, we were definitely having some issues but it resolved all our problems.

Easy to use program with awesome support.

I love this software. There is nothing to dislike about.

Top Critical Review
J
Justin
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

I spent a lot of bucks on this stupid software. On trying to contact customer support, they just forwarded my mail and I had to wait for at least one week. That’s all I could get from it.

It can only be made to work if the technical team helps you.

The customer support is not supportive in fact.

Lightspeed Reviews
Top Favorable Review
M
Martin
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

Our credit card figures which aren’t part of what we were informed we’d pay when acquiring this system keep changing and the support team isn’t helpful in resolving this issue.

Operating it is simple, it is natural, inexpensive, and it produces amazing reports.

The overview per product doesn’t have an additional column bearing the amount collected for the sales tax making it time consuming downloading other reports to combine the figures.

Top Critical Review
S
Shalonda
Reviewed on Jul 2, 2021

Vend helped us get the business going when our budget was very limited. Setup and operation were very easy and if there were more functions we would have used those too. But we had to switch to a more expensive software reluctantly. But Vend was very helpful in most aspects of the business.

Vend is a user-friendly and great help for us in our start-up phase in our brewery. We use Vend at a retail store and taproom bar for about six months.

There is a lack of complexity though in using the software in terms of using the tabs. There is a tab/layaway function we used as a workaround but not meant for this purpose.

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Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed: Detailed Comparison

Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed Top Ratings & Reviews: Lightspeed

In our rating and review comparison of Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed, Lightspeed has 463 user reviews and Cashier Live has 6. The average star rating for Lightspeed is 4.44 while Cashier Live has an average rating of 3.66. Lightspeed has more positive reviews than Cashier Live. Comparing Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed reviews, Lightspeed has stronger overall reviews.

Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed Best Features & Functionality: Lightspeed

Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed both offer a strong set of features and functionality including Inventory Management, Accounting Features, Customer Management, Supported Channels, Payment Options, Cash Flow Management, Supported Devices/Hardware, Customizable Items, Workflow Automation, Reporting & Analytics, Third-Party Integrations, After-Sales Service. In our feature comparison of Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed, Lightspeed offers more of the most popular features and tools than Cashier Live.

Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed Best Pricing: Cashier Live

In our pricing comparison of Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed, Cashier Live's pricing starts at $75/month and is more affordable compared to Lightspeed's starting cost of $119/month.

Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed Best Usability: Lightspeed

Our comparison of Cashier Live vs. Lightspeed shows that Lightspeed scores higher in usability for learning curve, quality of support, ease of admin. Cashier Live scores higher in ease of use, meets requirements, setup & support, but Lightspeed has the best scores overall for system usability.

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