Kounta vs Lightspeed Restaurant vs SpotOn Restaurant vs Tijarah360

Kounta was a cloud point of sale for cafes, bars and restaurants in Australia and New Zealand. Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads. SpotOn is a cloud-based point-of-sale system and restaurant management platform. Tijarah360 is a cloud point-of-sale and management platform for retail, restaurant and service businesses in Saudi Arabia. All four are listed under Restaurant POS. The main differences are in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, Kounta at AUD 79 per month; SpotOn Restaurant at USD 55 per station per month. These figures are not directly comparable because the currency or billing basis is not the same. Lightspeed Restaurant and Tijarah360 do not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: Kounta: Cafes, bars and restaurants in Australia and New Zealand; Lightspeed Restaurant: Single-location restaurants; SpotOn Restaurant: Full-service restaurants; Tijarah360: Restaurants and QSR chains in Saudi Arabia.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Kounta: Web; Lightspeed Restaurant: iOS; SpotOn Restaurant: Web, iOS, Android; Tijarah360: Web.

  • countries covered

    Country coverage differs. Kounta names 2 countries, Lightspeed Restaurant names 12 countries, SpotOn Restaurant names 1 country and Tijarah360 names 1 country. No country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    Kounta names 19 integrations, Lightspeed Restaurant names 19 integrations, SpotOn Restaurant names 33 integrations and Tijarah360 names 4 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

  • company background

    Headquarters: Kounta, Montreal, Canada; Lightspeed Restaurant, Montreal, Canada; SpotOn Restaurant, United States; Tijarah360, Saudi Arabia.

Side by side

Kounta vs Lightspeed Restaurant vs SpotOn Restaurant vs Tijarah360: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldKountaLightspeed RestaurantSpotOn RestaurantTijarah360
What it isKounta was a cloud point of sale for cafes, bars and restaurants in Australia and New Zealand.Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads.SpotOn is a cloud-based point-of-sale system and restaurant management platform.Tijarah360 is a cloud point-of-sale and management platform for retail, restaurant and service businesses in Saudi Arabia.
Best forCafes, bars and restaurants in Australia and New Zealand; Multi-location restaurant groups; Venues that want POS and payments from one vendorSingle-location restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Hotel restaurants; Bars, cafes, breweries and fine diningFull-service restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Restaurants seeking integrated operationsRestaurants and QSR chains in Saudi Arabia; Multi-location restaurant groups; Businesses with unreliable internet
Pricing modelSubscription per locationSubscription (tiered plans) plus quote-based EnterpriseSubscription per locationSubscription (price unclear)
Starting priceAUD 79 per monthNot publishedUSD 55 per station per monthNot published
Free planNoNot publishedYesNot published
Free trialYesNot publishedNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNot published2 years minimum for All-In PlanNot published
PlatformsWebiOSWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CountriesAustralia, New ZealandAustralia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and 6 moreUnited StatesSaudi Arabia
LanguagesNot publishedDutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, SpanishNot publishedArabic, English, Urdu
Number of integrations1919334
CertificationsPCI compliantPCI compliantNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedZATCA Phase 1 and 2 e-invoicing support (vendor claim)
FoundedNot publishedNot published2017Not published
HeadquartersMontreal, CanadaMontreal, CanadaUnited StatesSaudi Arabia
OwnerLightspeedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Kounta

  • Deputy
  • Doshii
  • Employment Hero
  • Marsello
  • MYOB AccountRight
  • MYOB Essentials
  • Now Book It
  • Quantaco
  • Restoke
  • Ritual
  • Supy
  • Tanda

Named only by Lightspeed Restaurant

  • Cloudbeds
  • Craftable
  • Fresh
  • Lightspeed Delivery by Deliverect
  • Oracle Opera Cloud Hospitality
  • Planday
  • QuickBooks
  • Resy
  • Uber Direct

Named only by SpotOn Restaurant

  • ADP
  • BarTrack
  • Barvision
  • Beer Saver
  • bevCheck
  • Captain
  • Checkmate
  • Chowly
  • Compeat
  • DAVO
  • DoorDash
  • Fresh KDS
and 15 more
  • Google
  • Gusto
  • Loman AI
  • Maple
  • Paychex
  • Popmenu
  • Reddie menu boards
  • Shogo
  • SpotOn KDS
  • SpotOn Kiosk
  • SpotOn Order
  • SpotOn Reserve
  • SpotOn Teamwork
  • SpotOn Teamwork Payroll
  • Tenzo

Named only by Tijarah360

  • Bonus
  • Neoleap
  • STC Pay
  • ZATCA

Which to choose

Kounta

Choose Kounta if you fit its listed audience: Cafes, bars and restaurants in Australia and New Zealand; Multi-location restaurant groups; Venues that want POS and payments from one vendor.

Lightspeed Restaurant

Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if you are in one of these groups: Single-location restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Hotel restaurants.

SpotOn Restaurant

Choose SpotOn Restaurant if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Full-service restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Restaurants seeking integrated operations.

Tijarah360

Choose Tijarah360 if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Restaurants and QSR chains in Saudi Arabia; Multi-location restaurant groups; Businesses with unreliable internet.

Our profile lists a weaker fit: Businesses needing ingredient-level recipe costing: the pricing page says Tijarah360 does not provide ingredient and recipe mapping and supports item-level inventory only.

What we could not confirm

Kounta

  • Acquisition date and price (not stated on the vendor's site)
  • Contract length, cancellation terms and free trial length
  • Which mobile platforms the Lightspeed Pulse app runs on
  • Whether the Kounta brand and pricing still apply to legacy Kounta accounts

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

SpotOn Restaurant

  • Security certifications (SOC 2, PCI DSS, etc)
  • Complete list of countries where available
  • Interface languages supported
  • Headquarters city
  • Funding history and investors
  • Employee count
  • Exact founding details beyond 2017
  • Whether free trial is available
  • Complete technical specifications for hardware

Tijarah360

  • What the SAR 450 and SAR 1,200 package covers (labelled Temporary)
  • Add-on prices
  • Contract term and renewal
  • Founding year, HQ city, funding and team size
  • Mobile app names and stores
  • Security certifications

Go further

Kounta profileLightspeed Restaurant profileSpotOn Restaurant profileTijarah360 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.

Kounta, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Kounta site: now Lightspeed POS, features, venue counthttps://kounta.com
  2. Lightspeed Australia homepagehttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/au/
  3. Restaurant POS overviewhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/au/restaurant/
  4. Plans, prices and add-onshttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/au/restaurant/pricing/
  5. Integration nameshttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/au/restaurant/integrations/
  6. Hardwarehttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/au/restaurant/hardware/
  7. Payments and securityhttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/au/restaurant/payments/
  8. Company headquartershttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/au/about/

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/

SpotOn Restaurant, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Restaurant POS product page with featureshttps://www.spoton.com/restaurant-pos/
  2. Company homepage and overviewhttps://www.spoton.com/
  3. Pricing plans and detailshttps://www.spoton.com/pricing/
  4. Integrations listhttps://www.spoton.com/integrations/
  5. Hardware options and specificationshttps://www.spoton.com/hardware/
  6. Support and contact informationhttps://www.spoton.com/contact/
  7. Customer case studieshttps://www.spoton.com/case-studies/
  8. Company value proposition and differentiatorshttps://www.spoton.com/why-spoton/

Tijarah360, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepagehttps://tijarah360.com/en/
  2. Restaurant POS features, integrations, supporthttps://tijarah360.com/en/restaurant/
  3. Restaurant software overview and FAQhttps://tijarah360.com/en/restaurant-management-software/
  4. QSR features and paymentshttps://tijarah360.com/en/quick-service-restaurant-qsr/
  5. AR menuhttps://tijarah360.com/en/ruyah-dine/
  6. Packages, prices and feature tablehttps://app.tijarah360.com/authentication/packages
  7. Partner programmehttps://tijarah360.com/en/partners/
  8. Merchant terms: provider name and governing lawhttps://tijarah360.com/en/terms-and-conditions/