Lightspeed Retail review

Lightspeed Retail is built for stores where inventory is the hard part. The pricing page lists inventory management for products, variants and stock across channels on every plan, purchase orders made from the POS, and access to Lightspeed Wholesale and the NuORDER catalog, which holds data for more than 5 million products to speed up item creation. PO Sync connects NuORDER orders to receiving, and AI Doc Import turns a scanned supplier invoice into a draft purchase order. Higher tiers add landed costs to spread freight and duty into product costs, forecasting and order recommendations, custom reports, API access, workflows and custom user roles. Lightspeed eCommerce, in-store and online loyalty, and accounting and marketing integrations round out the platform, and a Mobile Scanner app handles counts and fulfillment. The cost is the barrier: Basic is $89 per month with one register, Core is $149 and Plus is $289, before extra locations or registers.

Who it is for

Established specialty retailers with large catalogs, many variants and regular supplier orders.

Price

Basic $89, Core $149 and Plus $289 per month, 1 register included; annual billing saves up to 18%.

Basic Designed for essential day-to-day needs for independent retailers. 89 USD /mo
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Inventory management for products, variants and stock across channels
• Purchase orders created and managed from the POS
• NuORDER catalog with data for over 5 million products
• Lightspeed eCommerce for selling online from the same platform
• Mobile Scanner app for counts, stock tracking and order fulfillment

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Supplier catalog and PO sync speed up product creation and reordering
• Strength: Landed costs and forecasting help protect margins
• Strength: 24/7 chat and phone support listed on the pricing page
• Weakness: Highest entry price on this list at $89 per month
• Weakness: Advanced tools such as forecasting, API access and custom roles sit on higher tiers
• Weakness: Extra locations and registers add to the base plan cost

Key facts

• Plans: Basic $89, Core $149, Plus $289 USD per month
• Registers: 1 included in each plan
• Annual billing: Save up to 18%
• Supplier catalog: NuORDER data for over 5 million products
• Support: 24/7 chat and phone

Where it ranks

Lightspeed Retail is No. 3 in our Best POS Systems for Retail verdict.