Epos Now vs GoTab vs Lightspeed Restaurant vs Tevalis

Epos Now is a cloud point of sale for hospitality and retail, sold as a bundle of touchscreen till, card terminal, receipt printer and software, with its own payment processing and an app store of add-ons. GoTab is a US restaurant and venue POS built around one open tab that follows the guest, whether staff or the guest starts it by QR code. Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads. Tevalis is a UK hospitality technology company that sells EPOS (point of sale), mobile POS, self-service kiosks, kitchen screens, stock management, finance reconciliation and head-office reporting. All four are listed under Restaurant POS. The main differences are in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, Epos Now at GBP 299 one-off; GoTab at USD 15 per month. These figures are not directly comparable because the currency or billing basis is not the same. Lightspeed Restaurant and Tevalis do not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Epos Now: Pubs, bars, cafes and takeaways; GoTab: Food halls and multi-vendor venues; Lightspeed Restaurant: Single-location restaurants; Tevalis: Multi-site pub, bar and restaurant groups.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Epos Now: Web, iOS; GoTab: Web, iOS, Android; Lightspeed Restaurant: iOS; Tevalis: Web.

  • integrations

    Epos Now names 12 integrations, GoTab names 28 integrations, Lightspeed Restaurant names 19 integrations and Tevalis names 30 integrations. 3 partners appear in every list.

  • company background

    Epos Now is based in Norwich, United Kingdom, GoTab in Arlington, United States, Lightspeed Restaurant in Montreal, Canada and Tevalis in Hessle, United Kingdom.

Side by side

Epos Now vs GoTab vs Lightspeed Restaurant vs Tevalis: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldEpos NowGoTabLightspeed RestaurantTevalis
What it isEpos Now is a cloud point of sale for hospitality and retail, sold as a bundle of touchscreen till, card terminal, receipt printer and software, with its own payment processing and an app store of add-ons.GoTab is a US restaurant and venue POS built around one open tab that follows the guest, whether staff or the guest starts it by QR code.Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads.Tevalis is a UK hospitality technology company that sells EPOS (point of sale), mobile POS, self-service kiosks, kitchen screens, stock management, finance reconciliation and head-office reporting.
Best forPubs, bars, cafes and takeaways; Independent restaurants; Businesses running both retail and hospitality; Enterprise groups with several sitesFood halls and multi-vendor venues; Bars, breweries and entertainment venues; Operators who want guests to order from their phones; Full-service restaurantsSingle-location restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Hotel restaurants; Bars, cafes, breweries and fine diningMulti-site pub, bar and restaurant groups; Restaurants; Quick service and food halls; Venues that mix food with other activity
Pricing modelHardware bundle plus subscriptionSubscription per locationSubscription (tiered plans) plus quote-based EnterpriseQuote only
Starting priceGBP 299 one-offUSD 15 per monthNot publishedNot published
Free planNoNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Contract12 months for the discounted Complete Solution bundle (payments, care and support subscription)Not publishedNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWeb, iOSWeb, iOS, AndroidiOSWeb
CountriesAustralia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Mexico and 6 moreUnited StatesAustralia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and 6 moreNot published
LanguagesEnglish, German, SpanishEnglish, SpanishDutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, SpanishNot published
Number of integrations12281930
CertificationsNot publishedNot publishedPCI compliantNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Founded20112016Not published2005
HeadquartersNorwich, United KingdomArlington, United StatesMontreal, CanadaHessle, United Kingdom
OwnerNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by all four

  • OpenTable
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero

Named only by Epos Now

  • Caterbook
  • Grateful
  • LoyaltyDog
  • Loyalzoo
  • Mailchimp
  • Yoello

Named only by GoTab

  • Avero
  • Compeat
  • DoorDash
  • Ekos
  • Fishbowl
  • Givex
  • Grubhub
  • Just Eat
  • Klaviyo
  • meez
  • Order with Google
  • Schedulefly
and 4 more
  • Shipday
  • Stayntouch
  • Tripleseat
  • Untappd

Named only by Lightspeed Restaurant

  • Cloudbeds
  • Fresh
  • Lightspeed Delivery by Deliverect
  • MarketMan
  • Oracle Opera Cloud Hospitality
  • Otter
  • Resy
  • Uber Direct

Named only by Tevalis

  • Acteol/Atreemo
  • Adyen
  • Airship
  • Allergen.io/Harrison Carloss
  • Apaleo
  • Barclaycard Payments
  • Como
  • Deliverect
  • Dojo
  • Fourth
  • Nory
  • Opera
and 10 more
  • Paymentsense
  • Rekki
  • Resdiary
  • Rotacloud
  • Sage 50
  • Salesforce
  • Stripe
  • Verifone
  • Worldpay Instore
  • Zeller

Which to choose

Epos Now

Choose Epos Now if you are in one of these groups: Pubs, bars, cafes and takeaways; Independent restaurants; Businesses running both retail and hospitality.

GoTab

Choose GoTab if you fit its listed audience: Food halls and multi-vendor venues; Bars, breweries and entertainment venues; Operators who want guests to order from their phones.

Lightspeed Restaurant

Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if you fit its listed audience: Single-location restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Hotel restaurants.

Tevalis

Choose Tevalis if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-site pub, bar and restaurant groups; Restaurants; Quick service and food halls.

What we could not confirm

Epos Now

  • Subscription price of software alone; only the bundle and the from-£54 subscription are published
  • Contract terms beyond the 12-month bundle subscription
  • Prices for non-UK countries
  • Security certifications such as PCI DSS
  • Equity funding and parent company
  • Employee count
  • Full integration list of 130+ apps
  • Google Play listing

GoTab

  • Contract length and cancellation terms
  • Funding history, parent company and team size
  • Security certifications and PCI status
  • Which US states or other countries it is sold in
  • Price of dedicated hardware
  • App store listings for the Manager App

Lightspeed Restaurant

  • Billing period of the Starter, Essential and Premium prices, and which features each plan includes (the comparison ticks are not in the page text)
  • Contract length and cancellation terms
  • Payment processing rates
  • Full integration list for L Series and U Series editions
  • Legal entity, founding year, funding and employee count
  • Security certifications beyond PCI compliance
  • Whether an Android or web POS client exists

Tevalis

  • Any price, plan or contract term (no pricing published)
  • Which countries are supported (only a count of 40)
  • Mobile app store listings and platforms for TevStock
  • Hardware models and operating systems
  • Security certifications and hosting details
  • Employee count, funding and legal entity name
  • Interface languages
  • Which integrations are available in which region

Go further

Epos Now profileGoTab profileLightspeed Restaurant profileTevalis profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Epos Now, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepagehttps://www.eposnow.com
  2. Hospitality POS, bundle pricehttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/systems/hospitality-pos/
  3. Restaurant POShttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/systems/hospitality-pos/restaurant/
  4. Software and appshttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/store/software/
  5. App directoryhttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/store/software/apps/
  6. KDShttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/store/software/apps/kitchen-display-system/
  7. Order & Payhttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/store/software/apps/order-and-pay/
  8. Pricinghttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/pricing/
  9. Abouthttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/contact-us/about/
  10. Legal entityhttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/contact-us/about/privacy-policy/
  11. Presshttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/press/
  12. Fundinghttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/press/uk-fintech-unicorn-epos-now-secures-%C2%A390m-to-accelerate-worldwide-growth/
  13. Scalehttps://www.eposnow.com/uk/press/epos-now-scales-revenue-to-150m/
  14. App Storehttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/epos-now-pos-till/id907427782

GoTab, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: products, business types, pricing notehttps://gotab.com
  2. Plan prices, add-ons, card processinghttps://gotab.com/pricing
  3. Company story and founderhttps://gotab.com/about-us
  4. Integration approachhttps://gotab.com/integrations
  5. Partner directoryhttps://gotab.com/integration-partners
  6. POS and hardwarehttps://gotab.com/products/point-of-sale-pos
  7. Kioskhttps://gotab.com/products/self-ordering-kiosk
  8. QR ordering and Easy Tabhttps://gotab.com/products/mobile-ordering-payment
  9. KDShttps://gotab.com/products/kitchen-display-system-kds
  10. Named customershttps://gotab.com/testimonials
  11. Address in Arlington, Virginiahttps://gotab.com/contact-us

Lightspeed Restaurant, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Product overview, FAQhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/
  2. Plans and priceshttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/pricing/
  3. Feature listhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/features/
  4. Hardwarehttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/hardware/
  5. Editions and country selectorhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/integrations/
  6. Partner marketplace listhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant-k-series/integrations/
  7. Multi-locationhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/multilocation-restaurant-pos/
  8. Paymentshttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/payments/
  9. Inventoryhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/inventory/
  10. Deliveryhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/delivery/
  11. Accountinghttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/accounting/
  12. Workforce and payrollhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/payroll/
  13. Reservationshttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/reservations/
  14. Support and traininghttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/support-onboarding/
  15. Headquarters, scalehttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/about/

Tevalis, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, client and integration counts, supporthttps://website.tevalis.com/
  2. Integration listhttps://website.tevalis.com/integrations/
  3. Company story and figureshttps://website.tevalis.com/about-us/
  4. Registered addresshttps://website.tevalis.com/about-us/about-tevalis/
  5. Implementation and supporthttps://website.tevalis.com/about-us/moving-to-tevalis/
  6. EPOS featureshttps://website.tevalis.com/products/epos/
  7. mPOShttps://website.tevalis.com/products/mpos/
  8. Kioskshttps://website.tevalis.com/products/self-service-kiosks/
  9. Kitchen screenshttps://website.tevalis.com/products/kitchen-management/
  10. Stock managementhttps://website.tevalis.com/products/stock-management/
  11. Finance managementhttps://website.tevalis.com/products/finance-management/
  12. Customer managementhttps://website.tevalis.com/products/customer-management/
  13. Centralised managementhttps://website.tevalis.com/products/centralised-management/
  14. Analyticshttps://website.tevalis.com/products/business-analytics/
  15. Restaurant sector pagehttps://website.tevalis.com/sectors/restaurants/
  16. Sectors servedhttps://website.tevalis.com/sectors/
  17. Customer nameshttps://website.tevalis.com/resources/case-studies/