Lightspeed Restaurant vs SALIDO

Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads. SALIDO is a restaurant POS and payment processing system for full-service, casual, upscale and fine-dining restaurants. Both are listed under Restaurant POS. The main differences are in audience, platforms and integrations.

Key differences

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Lightspeed Restaurant: Single-location restaurants; SALIDO: Full-service and fine-dining restaurants.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Lightspeed Restaurant: iOS; SALIDO: Web.

  • integrations

    On integrations, Lightspeed Restaurant names 19 integrations and SALIDO names 15 integrations. 4 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

Lightspeed Restaurant vs SALIDO: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldLightspeed RestaurantSALIDO
What it isLightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads.SALIDO is a restaurant POS and payment processing system for full-service, casual, upscale and fine-dining restaurants.
Best forSingle-location restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Hotel restaurants; Bars, cafes, breweries and fine diningFull-service and fine-dining restaurants; Restaurant groups; Operators who want POS and card processing from one provider
Pricing modelSubscription (tiered plans) plus quote-based EnterpriseQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsiOSWeb
CountriesAustralia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and 6 moreNot published
LanguagesDutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, SpanishNot published
Number of integrations1915
CertificationsPCI compliantPCI compliant
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersMontreal, CanadaNot published
OwnerNot publishedNorth American Bancard (NAB)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Craftable
  • QuickBooks
  • Restaurant365
  • Seven Rooms

Named only by Lightspeed Restaurant

  • 7shifts
  • Cloudbeds
  • Fresh
  • Lightspeed Delivery by Deliverect
  • MarginEdge
  • MarketMan
  • MEWS
  • OpenTable
  • Oracle Opera Cloud Hospitality
  • Otter
  • Planday
  • Resy
and 3 more
  • Uber Direct
  • Uber Eats
  • Xero

Named only by SALIDO

  • Avero/BinWise
  • Bite
  • ItsaCheckmate
  • Compeat/Ctuit
  • Factor4
  • Fourth FnB
  • Infor
  • Opera
  • Paytronix
  • Shogo
  • Springer-Miller

Which to choose

Lightspeed Restaurant

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

SALIDO

Choose SALIDO if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Full-service and fine-dining restaurants; Restaurant groups; Operators who want POS and card processing from one provider.

What we could not confirm

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

SALIDO

  • Any price, monthly fee or processing rate
  • Contract term and early termination terms
  • Countries served
  • SALIDO's own founding year and headquarters (the company history on the site is North American Bancard's)
  • Whether the manager app is on iOS or Android stores

Go further

Lightspeed Restaurant profileSALIDO 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.

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/