In our comparison of Lightspeed vs. Square, 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.
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.
We've worked with it for years and we’ll continue to use it at our functions. I really like Square.
Simple to use, extremely trustworthy, simple to teach a new person on how to work with the software app and reader, dashboards are simple to navigate, reports are simple to read, Square charges are extremely reasonable and very good about offering Square reader devices for POS transactions.
The standard Square readers don’t function with the most recent Apple iPhones that don’t have the phone jack which can be challenging. It can be difficult to view the person that paid for a product or to match up transactions to products sold (for big events when many transactions occur within a short time frame).
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.
Simple to apply for simple to use quick verification irrespective of the size of the service is fantastic, plenty of options.
Some updates on their devices could help.
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.
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.
We've worked with it for years and we’ll continue to use it at our functions. I really like Square.
Simple to use, extremely trustworthy, simple to teach a new person on how to work with the software app and reader, dashboards are simple to navigate, reports are simple to read, Square charges are extremely reasonable and very good about offering Square reader devices for POS transactions.
The standard Square readers don’t function with the most recent Apple iPhones that don’t have the phone jack which can be challenging. It can be difficult to view the person that paid for a product or to match up transactions to products sold (for big events when many transactions occur within a short time frame).
Simple to apply for simple to use quick verification irrespective of the size of the service is fantastic, plenty of options.
Some updates on their devices could help.
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In our rating and review comparison of Lightspeed vs. Square, Square has 47 user reviews and Lightspeed has 463. The average star rating for Square is 4.74 while Lightspeed has an average rating of 4.44. Square has more positive reviews than Lightspeed. Comparing Lightspeed vs. Square reviews, Square has stronger overall reviews.
Lightspeed vs. Square both offer a strong set of features and functionality including Inventory Management, Accounting Features, Customer Management, Payment Options, Cash Flow Management, Workflow Automation, Reporting & Analytics, Supported Channels, Supported Devices/Hardware, Customizable Items, Third-Party Integrations, After-Sales Service, Drag-and-Drop Builders/Designers. In our feature comparison of Lightspeed vs. Square, Lightspeed offers more of the most popular features and tools than Square.
In our pricing comparison of Lightspeed vs. Square, Square's pricing starts at N/A/month and is more affordable compared to Square's starting cost of N/A/month.
Our comparison of Lightspeed vs. Square shows that Lightspeed scores higher in usability for learning curve, ease of admin. Square scores higher in ease of use, meets requirements, setup & support, quality of support, but Lightspeed has the best scores overall for system usability.
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