Make an Informed Decision: POS Nation vs. Lightspeed

Know what's in stock, manage purchase orders, receive reorder points to replenish low or out of stock inventory, and streamline inventory counts with a handheld device.

Use hotkeys to look up produce and other non-barcoded items. Sort products to quickly navigate through items and eliminate cashier errors. Hotkeys ultimately reduce checkout time by eliminating the need for sorting through PLU numbers.

Unsure where to start? Our software comes with over 55 prebuilt reports and additional customizations. View reports on virtually every aspect of your business, or export them to Excel for further analysis. Learn more here.

Gauge productivity, manage clock in and clock out schedules, set employee-level pay rates, program security levels and permissions, and make better staffing decisions.

Track buying patterns and create promos to retain current customers and win new business. With our software's built-in loyalty program (including the ability to assign loyalty cards to individual customers), generate more repeat business.

Tailor accounting processes to fit your unique needs, keeping income flowing and clients paying on time.

Every retailer knows how important the barcode scanner is to quickly make a sale. Create labels and tags with one click. Use the built-in label tool to decide quantity and size, and then start printing. The system also automatically adds new items to the print queue. Learn more here.

Annually, retail shrinkage accounts for 45 billion dollars. While no one can completely eliminate shrinkage, POS Nation includes several free features to help combat inventory loss including employee permissions, transaction records, integrated security footage, and more. Learn more here.

By its nature, cloud-based software is accessible anywhere with an internet-enabled device. POS Nation brings you software that works wherever and whenever you are, so you don't need to be tethered to your physical store locations.

Our software includes artificial intelligence to show you which products are moving, and which are contributing to dead stock. Quick read visualization such as color-coding and A to D letter-grade ranking make it simple to communicate promos to your employees — and easily assess what your hot sellers are!

A sleek customer display allows you to reward customers for purchases at your business.  Use that data along with our marketing integration to deliver messages right to your customers' phones about your latest promotions and events!