Lightspeed Restaurant vs TapTouch POS

Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads. TapTouch is a cloud point-of-sale system for hospitality and retail sold from Australia, with offices in the UK and the Netherlands. Both are listed under Restaurant POS. The main differences are in audience, platforms and countries covered.

Key differences

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Lightspeed Restaurant: Single-location restaurants; TapTouch POS: Dine-in restaurants and multi-site operators.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Lightspeed Restaurant: iOS; TapTouch POS: Web.

  • countries covered

    On geography, Lightspeed Restaurant names 12 countries and TapTouch POS names 4 countries. 3 countries appear in every list.

  • integrations

    On integrations, Lightspeed Restaurant names 19 integrations and TapTouch POS names 9 integrations. 2 partners appear in every list.

  • company background

    By headquarters, Lightspeed Restaurant (Montreal, Canada) and TapTouch POS (Australia).

Side by side

Lightspeed Restaurant vs TapTouch POS: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldLightspeed RestaurantTapTouch POS
What it isLightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads.TapTouch is a cloud point-of-sale system for hospitality and retail sold from Australia, with offices in the UK and the Netherlands.
Best forSingle-location restaurants; Multi-location restaurant groups; Hotel restaurants; Bars, cafes, breweries and fine diningDine-in restaurants and multi-site operators; Quick-service and takeaway venues; Pubs and bars; Small retail and grocery shops
Pricing modelSubscription (tiered plans) plus quote-based EnterpriseSubscription per location
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedYes
Free trialNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsiOSWeb
CountriesAustralia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and 6 moreAustralia, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom
LanguagesDutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, SpanishNot published
Number of integrations199
CertificationsPCI compliantNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published2017
HeadquartersMontreal, CanadaAustralia
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Uber Eats
  • Xero

Named only by Lightspeed Restaurant

  • 7shifts
  • Cloudbeds
  • Craftable
  • Fresh
  • Lightspeed Delivery by Deliverect
  • MarginEdge
  • MarketMan
  • MEWS
  • OpenTable
  • Oracle Opera Cloud Hospitality
  • Otter
  • Planday
and 5 more
  • QuickBooks
  • Restaurant365
  • Resy
  • Seven Rooms
  • Uber Direct

Named only by TapTouch POS

  • Aristocrat S700
  • Datalogic and CAS scales
  • DoorDash
  • Hikvision
  • Hungry Panda
  • Google Food Ordering
  • Tyro

Which to choose

Lightspeed Restaurant

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

TapTouch POS

Choose TapTouch POS if you are in one of these groups: Dine-in restaurants and multi-site operators; Quick-service and takeaway venues; Pubs and bars.

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

TapTouch POS

  • Currency of the published prices (page shows none)
  • Contract term and cancellation rules
  • Payment processing rates
  • Operating system of the POS hardware
  • Interface languages
  • Security certifications
  • Team size and funding
  • Which office is headquarters

Go further

Lightspeed Restaurant profileTapTouch POS profile

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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/