What is a cheaper Lightspeed alternative?

For a small shop, SmartPOS POS Essentials covers one register with inventory and an online store at a published per-location price.

Is there a Lightspeed alternative for boutiques?

The Boutique Edition handles size and colour variants, exchanges and an online store.

Is there a Lightspeed alternative for a jewelry store?

The Jewelry Edition tracks serialised pieces, repairs and layaway.

Is there a Lightspeed alternative in Arabic?

Yes. SmartPOS runs in Arabic, right to left.

How hard is it to leave Lightspeed?

Export products, customers and stock; import them; set taxes; connect hardware.

Will I keep my barcodes?

Yes. Barcodes import with your products and existing labels keep scanning.

Lightspeed alternative · 5 reasons

A Lightspeed alternative that fits your trade.

Owners rarely leave Lightspeed because it is bad. They leave because of one specific limit. Find yours below, see the edition that answers it, and move in a day.

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01You are a small shop paying a big-retailer price
02You are not general retail
03You want right-to-left languages
04You want the website done for you
05You want simple published pricing

You are a small shop paying a big-retailer price

POS Essentials covers one register with the online store included.

You are not general retail

Salons, garages, gyms and car washes get their own editions.

You want right-to-left languages

Arabic and Urdu run right to left in the interface and on receipts.

You want the website done for you

The bundle adds a managed website and CRM snapshot.

You want simple published pricing

One price per location per market, monthly or annual.

Moving over

From Lightspeed to SmartPOS in a day

CSV import is free on every plan. With the bundle or an annual plan, we do the import for you.

01 · 15 min

Export from Lightspeed

Download your items and customers from Lightspeed as CSV files.
02 · 20 min

Import into SmartPOS

Paste columns into our template and import. Errors are listed by row before anything saves.
03 · 15 min

Set taxes and hardware

Add your tax rates, connect the receipt printer and scanner, print a test receipt.
04 · 1 shift

Run a shift side by side

Keep Lightspeed until the end of your billing period while staff try SmartPOS.

Price context · checked October 17, 2026

What you pay now vs what you would pay

Reviewers list Lightspeed at $89 (Retail Basic) and $149 (Retail Core) a month, with processing reviewers report different figures; check the vendor. SmartPOS POS Growth is $59AED 199Rs 5,999 per location a month with your own processor.

Sources: CostBench: Lightspeed Retail pricing 2026; NerdWallet: Lightspeed Retail POS review 2026.

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FAQ · 6

Lightspeed alternative: questions

01What is a cheaper Lightspeed alternative?

For a small shop, SmartPOS POS Essentials covers one register with inventory and an online store at a published per-location price.
02Is there a Lightspeed alternative for boutiques?

The Boutique Edition handles size and colour variants, exchanges and an online store.
03Is there a Lightspeed alternative for a jewelry store?

The Jewelry Edition tracks serialised pieces, repairs and layaway.
04Is there a Lightspeed alternative in Arabic?

Yes. SmartPOS runs in Arabic, right to left.
05How hard is it to leave Lightspeed?

Export products, customers and stock; import them; set taxes; connect hardware.
06Will I keep my barcodes?

Yes. Barcodes import with your products and existing labels keep scanning.
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