Lightspeed Restaurant vs. NumberCruncher

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lightspeed Restaurant
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
The Lightspeed Restaurant POS, from Lightspeed in Montreal, is a restaurant POS and management system designed to enable users to sync the user's menu with major food delivery apps, manage all orders and and reach new customers.
$69
per month 2.6% + 10¢
NumberCruncher
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
NumberCruncher is an inventory management software offering from NumberCruncher.com, Inc. It includes features such as granular inventory visibility and reducing recall loss with serial and lot.
$1,800
per installation
Pricing
Lightspeed RestaurantNumberCruncher
Editions & Modules
Lightspeed Restaurant Essentials
$69
per month 2.6% + 10¢
Lightspeed Restaurant Plus
$189
per month 2.6% + 10¢
Lightspeed Restaurant Pro
$399
per month custom per purchase rates
All Orders with 2 Users
$1800
per installation
All Orders with 5 Users
$4000
per installation
All Orders with 10 Users
$6100
per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Lightspeed RestaurantNumberCruncher
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsThe above pricing is the one-time setup fee for each edition. Besides the setup fee, there is also a yearly maintenance fee for each edition. All Orders with 2 Users have a maintenance fee of $500/year. All Orders with 5 Users have a maintenance fee of $900/year & All Orders with 10 Users have a maintenance fee of $1400/year. The yearly maintenance includes all software updates, as well as a certain number of retraining hours each year.
More Pricing Information
Best Alternatives
Lightspeed RestaurantNumberCruncher
Small Businesses
Square POS
Square POS
Score 10.0 out of 10
Webgility
Webgility
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Shopify
Shopify
Score 9.1 out of 10
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises

No answers on this topic

SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Lightspeed RestaurantNumberCruncher
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Lightspeed RestaurantNumberCruncher
Likelihood to Recommend
Upserve POS is well suited for any restaurant, bar, or coffee shop. We've utilized this system for full service, quick service, and bar service and it's been perfect for all of it. I can't think of food or beverage service application that Upserve is not well suited to handle
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Pros
  • I love all the backend reporting features of Upserve. It's really robust and helps me manage our restaurant by staying in touch with labor, best selling items, etc.
  • The customer service is great. I had a question and used their chat feature and my question was answered within 5 minutes.
  • I'd highly recommend this product.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Cons
  • There are a few minor bugs in the reporting that should be fixed.
  • Check out reports could improve by showing each transaction detail.
  • There is not currently a way to check via the reports how many online orders come through since they are processed as a credit card/cash.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Usability
Upserve is very intuitive. It utilizes a tab system along the left side of the screen for easy access to menu categories. After choosing the tab you want to view (i.e. Food), all the food items and/or sub categories show up instantly on the screen. once your items are chosen, you are a card swipe away from starting the payment process. Very easy. That said, there are a few minor issues with usability. For example, splitting checks is really quite difficult. You have to create new checks one at a time, then have to go searching for the checks to ring guests up. Really not intuitive on this front. Thankfully, it's not incredibly inhibitive
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Seriously, if I could give a 12 rating I would. Upserve support is 24/7 and completely free. No extra fees on evenings or weekends and they are fast. You can actually start a chat support straight from your ipad screen. 90% of our support issues have been solved in just a few minutes from the chat screen. That said, I prefer the phone. Calling into Upserve support is just as easy and everyone is always friendly and fast
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Upserve [POS (formerly Breadcrumb)] offers more functionality than Square, which is the only other restaurant POS I've used. Upserve has intuitive employee time tracking, and helpful labor and sales reporting features. I know my data guy would prefer more detailed data reporting abilities (for instance, you can't pull reports that show modifiers - so when we have Happy Hour and want to track how happy hour modifiers are doing compared to normal price, we have to do this manually wtf?). But overall Upserve is better than the other POS systems I've tried.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
  • Bestsellers and slower items rise to the top in reporting features, making analysis quicker.
  • Dramatically reduced server error
  • Posed a challenge to continue face-to-face contact between servers and cooks; the POS tends to end conversations about special orders, special customer requests or restrictions, and generally conveys the nuances that contribute to excellent service. So we have to make a conscious effort to continue talking to each other.
Read full review
No answers on this topic
ScreenShots

NumberCruncher Screenshots

Screenshot of All Order's User InterfaceScreenshot of All Order's Report DesignerScreenshot of Price LevelsScreenshot of Payment ProcessingScreenshot of Bill of MaterialScreenshot of Work Orders