ShopKeep

• Independent shops, cafes and quick-service food businesses on an iPad register

  The vendor's help centre has setup guides for restaurants, quick service, food trucks and specialty food alongside retail.

• Existing ShopKeep customers

  The page is aimed at current ShopKeep users and says the POS is maintained with 24/7 support.

• iPad register

  Register app for iPad with a customisable home screen, shortcuts and receipt setup.

• Restaurant register type

  A register mode for restaurants, with a guest count option in the BackOffice.

• Cloud BackOffice

  Web BackOffice for managing settings, items, taxes, discounts, tender types and business day.

• Employee management and time clock

  Manage employees, use a time clock and set labor tracking and overtime settings.

• Customer management

  Add, modify or delete customers, including in bulk.

• Sales reporting

  Sales reports such as Sales by Item, plus other reports in the BackOffice.

• Change Log audit trail

  Records who changed item costs, prices, inventory quantities, item status and tax rules, and when.

• Item fees

  Adds an extra fee to items, shown at the register and on receipts and in the Transactions report.

• Cash rounding

  Rounds the amount owed on cash payments by configurable denominations and rules.

• Integrated payments

  Payments by Lightspeed, which the vendor says has simple pricing and no hidden fees.

• ShopKeep Capital

  Business financing offered to eligible customers.

• Label printing and hardware store

  Lightspeed label printing in the BackOffice and an online store for POS hardware.

Pricing model

Not published

The ShopKeep page publishes no subscription price for the S-Series product and points to a quote request. The Lightspeed Restaurant pricing page (Starter 69 USD, Essential 189 USD, Premium 399 USD) covers a different Lightspeed product line, so it is not treated as ShopKeep's price.

Compared with the 16 products in Café & Bakery POS that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

• Names 3 integrations. The median in this category is 6.
• One of 7 products in this category with an iOS app. 16 products in this category state their platforms.
• The category's 10 most-named integration partners are WooCommerce, Shopify, Xero, QuickBooks, GoFood, GrabFood, Mailchimp, PrestaShop, QRIS, Shopee. Of these, this product's listing names QuickBooks.

Accounting

QuickBooks

Other

Lightspeed eCom

Payments

Payments by Lightspeed

The ShopKeep page names no third-party integration list. QuickBooks is named in the vendor's product update notes (spelled 'Quickbooks' there).

Platforms

iOS, Web

Hardware

iPad-based register. ShopKeep by Lightspeed runs an online store for POS hardware and Lightspeed Payments terminals.

The ShopKeep page does not list countries; the hardware store ships free to the continental United States and to Canada with extra charges.

Founded

2008

Headquarters

Montreal, Canada

Support

Lightspeed says support is available around the clock by chat in the BackOffice or by phone at 1-800-820-9814.

Vendor

Lightspeed Commerce

Built for

Cafés, Restaurants, Food retail

Focus

General-purpose, used in food businesses

Status

Acquired

Website

lightspeedhq.com

Also listed in

Bar & Nightclub POSRestaurant POS

• SumUp POS

  SumUp POS is the point-of-sale software from payments company SumUp, sold for restaurants, cafes and retail.

  Names 28 integrations, against 3 for ShopKeep.

• Zettle by PayPal

  Zettle by PayPal is a point-of-sale app with card readers and an all-in-one terminal for taking in-person payments.

  Runs on iOS and Android, against Web and iOS for ShopKeep.

• Conexa

  Conexa is a Romanian business management platform that combines a point of sale, stock control, recipes, invoicing and reports for restaurants, bakeries, retail shops and similar businesses.

  Runs on Web, iOS, Android and Windows, against Web and iOS for ShopKeep.

• Moka POS

  Moka POS is a cloud point of sale for Indonesian cafes, restaurants, fast-food outlets, retail shops and salons, run on iPad or Android tablets with a back office in a browser.

  Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web and iOS for ShopKeep.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

• ShopKeep vs Conexa
• ShopKeep vs LocaFox
• ShopKeep vs Moka POS
• ShopKeep vs Synapsy
• ShopKeep vs Zettle by PayPal
• ShopKeep vs SumUp POS
• ShopKeep vs SumUp POS vs Zettle by PayPal
• ShopKeep vs Conexa vs SumUp POS vs Zettle by PayPal

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• ShopKeep (S-Series) subscription price, free plan or free trial
• Full integration list for S-Series
• Contract terms
• Supported countries
• Android app details

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

1. Rebrand, acquisition, support, capital, paymentshttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/shopkeep/
2. Checked: Lightspeed Restaurant pricing is a different producthttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/pricing/
3. Lightspeed headquartershttps://www.lightspeedhq.com/about/
4. Help centre home, reportshttps://shopkeep-support.lightspeedhq.com/hc/en-us
5. iPad register guideshttps://shopkeep-support.lightspeedhq.com/hc/en-us/sections/46807402902427
6. Industry guideshttps://shopkeep-support.lightspeedhq.com/hc/en-us/sections/46807370201243
7. BackOffice featureshttps://shopkeep-support.lightspeedhq.com/hc/en-us/sections/46807509749019
8. Recent features, QuickBookshttps://shopkeep-support.lightspeedhq.com/hc/en-us/articles/47442974426523-Product-updates-roundup
9. Hardware storehttps://shop.shopkeep.com/