Lightspeed Retail vs Unleashed

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

Compare	Lightspeed RetailLightspeed	UnleashedUnleashed Software
In one line	POS and inventory built for shops with deep catalogs	Inventory and light manufacturing for wholesalers and makers
Starting price	From $89/mo	From $91/mo + $69/extra person
Six-person team	Not listed	$298/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)	Lite $91/mo billed annually ($99 monthly, 3 users, +$69/mo per extra user); Core $366/mo ($399); Pro $668/mo ($729, 5 users); 14-day trial
Pricing model	Paid	Free trial
Free trial	—	14 days
Users	1 register per plan	3 on Lite and Core; 5 on Pro
Integrations	QuickBooks, Xero, Shopify, Mailchimp	Xero, QuickBooks, Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated	Plans not stated
Live chat	Plans not stated	Plans not stated; plans not stated
Support hours	Phone: 24/7 · Live chat: 24/7	Live chat: Assistant 24/7; human team in normal hours (not defined)
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	We found no public status page for Unleashed Software.
Capterra score	4.0 / 5 from 976 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	Not listed	4.7 / 5 from 1,325 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	92	65
Fit: Restaurant or café	15	15
Fit: Service business	15	10
Fit: Agency or studio	5	5
Fit: Trades or contractor	20	35
Fit: Online store	70	75
Why people pick it	Best-in-class retail inventory Multi-store	Batch, serial, and bill-of-materials tracking Strong Xero link
Where it falls short	Pricier than Square Annual contracts common	Core jumps to $399 More than a small shop needs
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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

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