Lightspeed Retail vs Stocksmith

Two inventory tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Lightspeed RetailLightspeed	StocksmithStocksmith
In one line	POS and inventory built for shops with deep catalogs	Inventory and cost tracking for makers, formerly Craftybase
Starting price	From $89/mo	From $20/mo
Six-person team	Not listed	$83/mo
Plans	Basic $89/mo; Core $149/mo; Plus $289/mo (1 register each, extra registers $59/mo, each extra location another plan fee); card-present payments 1.5% with Lightspeed Payments; up to 18% off annual ($109/mo on Basic monthly)	Pro from $20/mo (1 sales channel, 1 user; named in the FAQ); Studio $41/mo billed yearly or $49 monthly (multi-user, no stated limit); Indie $83/mo billed yearly, $99 monthly (1,000 order lines); Business $166/mo billed yearly, $199 monthly; Growth $291/mo billed yearly, $349 monthly; unlimited users from Indie up
Pricing model	Paid	Free trial
Free trial	—	14 days
Users	1 register per plan	Varies by plan
Integrations	QuickBooks, Xero, Shopify, Mailchimp	Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, Square, QuickBooks, Xero
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	Plans not stated
Support hours	Phone: 24/7 · Live chat: 24/7	Email: Monday to Friday, 9am–4pm US Eastern · Live chat: Monday to Friday, 9am–4pm US Eastern
Incidents posted	32 incidents posted on Lightspeed's status page, which covers all Lightspeed products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 9 marked major or critical by Lightspeed. Status page	Stocksmith has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.0 / 5 from 976 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	92	60
Fit: Restaurant or café	15	15
Fit: Service business	15	5
Fit: Agency or studio	5	5
Fit: Trades or contractor	20	20
Fit: Online store	70	85
Why people pick it	Best-in-class retail inventory Multi-store	True cost of goods per product Built for makers
Where it falls short	Pricier than Square Annual contracts common	Not for reselling finished goods Price climbs with order volume
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices