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4restaurants vs Lightspeed Restaurant: which fits a small restaurant?
Lightspeed Restaurant is a full restaurant POS with offline operation and card payments. 4restaurants.net covers reservations, recipes with food cost and stock in one account. This page compares only what we could check.
Short answer
- Lightspeed Restaurant does not publish restaurant plan prices on the restaurant page we checked on 2026-10-25. Ask its sales team for a quote.
- 4restaurants.net publishes its prices in euro: €1 to €20 a month, with a 360-day free trial.
- Neither product publishes a fiscal cash-register integration for every country on the page we checked. Check that for your country.
- 4restaurants.net does not take card payments, does not take online orders and does not work offline.
Side by side
| Criterion | Lightspeed Restaurant | 4restaurants.net |
|---|---|---|
| Prices | Not on the restaurant page; the page says pricing depends on the subscription | €1, €5, €10, €20 a month; 360-day free trial |
| Floor map and reservations | Floor plans and a reservations product; no detail on the page | Table map and online booking, switched on in venue settings; reserved tables marked by hand |
| QR-code menu | QR code ordering (stated by vendor) | QR menu, read-only: guests cannot order from it |
| Recipes and food cost | Recipe consistency and usage by dish; food cost not mentioned | Recipes in grams, cost per portion, food cost % |
| Stock | Real-time stock tracking; deduction on sale not stated | Deducted when the order is fully paid |
| Kitchen display | KDS (stated by vendor) | Kitchen screen, refreshes every 5 seconds |
| Offline operation | Continues to work offline (stated by vendor) | No offline mode |
| Card payments | Lightspeed Payments (stated by vendor) | Recorded by hand; no terminal |
| Fiscal receipts | Not mentioned for your country on the restaurant page | No fiscal integration |
| Guest SMS or email | Not mentioned | None |
| Online ordering and delivery | Online ordering and delivery on one screen (stated by vendor) | Dine-in and takeaway orders only |
Where Lightspeed Restaurant is the better fit
- A venue that needs offline operation, card payments and online ordering in one POS (all stated by the vendor).
- A venue that wants a kitchen screen integrated with the front of house (stated by the vendor).
Where 4restaurants.net is the better fit
- A venue that wants reservations, recipes with food cost and stock in one account.
- A venue that wants prices published in euro, with a 360-day free trial to start.
Sources consulted
Consulted 2026-10-25: lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/ and lightspeedhq.com/uk/pos/restaurant/. The restaurant page does not show plan prices; the pricing page lists retail plans only. Lightspeed figures are what the vendor states; check the current terms on its site before deciding.