Odoo vs. Lightspeed: Retailers' Guide to POS Systems

 Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Users ​​

12+ million

9,000

Integrated Apps  

44,000

250+

Employees

3600

3000

Business Scope

Comprehensive solution for a wide range of business needs beyond just point of sale and has pre-built templated settings (customisable) for over 100 industries.

Services include e-commerce, inventory management, marketing, and specific solutions for the hospitality & golf industry.

Highly customisable and integrates well with other tools.

Limited in customisation options, making it potentially difficult to scale.  

Suitable for businesses of any size operating in any industry.

Supports the retail and hospitality Industries.

UI/UX Experience

Intuitive interfaces suitable for users with different technical backgrounds.

Generally considered more user-friendly and easier to learn.

Straightforward setup with an array of native features that ensure a pleasant user experience.

May suffer in usability and performance when new features are added to the standard solution.

Numerous integrations make it easy to implement new features and manage daily tasks.

Potentially limited in scaling due to the restricted scope of operations and customisation options.

Cost Effectiveness

Offers access to all apps that help you manage your business on a per user basis. These include apps required to manage your business’s finances, inventory, HR, Marketing, operations, Sales (with CRM & POS), making it cost effective and easier to scale.

Charges apply on a per location, per register basis with features for inventory management, advanced sales, staff and inventory reports, along with the ability to integrate to popular external softwares and platforms such as Xero, Mailchimp etc, for which applicable payments need to be made to the respective platform or software.

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Handling Cash & Credit / Debit Cards

✅

✅

Mobile payment

✅

✅

Digital wallet

✅

✅

Gift Card

✅

✅

Contactless / NFC Payments

✅

✅

Scan to pay (QR on display)

✅

✅

Tap to pay

✅

✅

Deposit/Leave it on hold

✅

✅

Buy Now, Pay Later

✅

✅

Multi-currency support

✅

✅

Currency conversion

✅

✅

Currency rounding

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Billing Options

✅

✅

Late Invoicing

✅

✅

Generation of invoices to Customers

✅

❌

Parallel Orders

✅

✅

Sell on the Go

✅

✅

Integration of a Cash Register Scale

✅

✅

Compatible With Subscriptions

✅

✅

Cross-Session Sales

✅

❌

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Digital & Physical Receipts

✅

✅

Customizable Receipts  

✅

✅

Multiple Payment Methods for 1 Transaction  

✅

✅

Managing Tips  

✅

✅

Discount Management  

✅

✅

Cross-Selling & Upselling  

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Accounting Integration  

✅

✅

Balance of Customer Accounts  

✅

✅

Support for Composite Taxes  

✅

✅

Support for Environmental Taxes  

✅

❌

Support From Recupel  

✅

❌

Support From BEBAT   

✅

❌

Tax Reporting Options

✅

✅

Detailed Tax Balance Sheet

✅

❌

Integrated Tax Calculation

✅

✅

Tax Exemption

✅

✅

Tax Vote

✅

✅

Real-Time Voting

✅

❌

Tax Positions

✅

❌

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Product Category

✅

❌

Product Search & Filter

✅

✅

Product Attributes / Variants

✅

✅

Unit

✅

✅

Wide Product Range

✅

✅

Product Image & Gallery

✅

✅

Import / Export of Product Data

✅

✅

Mass Editing / Updating of Products

✅

✅

Barcode Generation

✅

✅

Barcode Scanning

✅

✅

Dynamic Barcodes

✅

❌

Seasonal Inventory

✅

✅

Kit Management

✅

❌

Multi-Location Pricing

✅

✅

Product Configurator

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Price List  

✅

✅

Discount / Promotional Prices

✅

✅

Price Bundling

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Inventory Tracking & Status  

✅

✅

Automated Inventory

✅

✅

Inventory with Several Warehouses

✅

✅

Lot / Serial Numbers

✅

✅

SKU (Article Number)

✅

✅

Stock Transfer & Allocation

✅

✅

Low Stock Warning System

✅

✅

Replenishment Alerts

✅

✅

Procurement Management

✅

✅

Procurement Visibility

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Time Recording of Employees

✅

✅

Planning & Roster

✅

✅

Switching Between Staff Meetings

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Role-Based Access Control

✅

✅

Employee Access Control

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Managing Sales Targets

✅

✅

Key Performance Indicators

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Session History

✅

✅

Pricing Options for Task Assignments

✅

✅

Chatter

✅

❌

Employee Training

✅

❌

Sales Commission

✅

✅

Integration with Payroll

✅

Add on

Integration with HR

✅

Add on

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Order / Order History

✅

✅

Online Order

✅

✅

eCommerce Integration

✅

✅

Delivery management

✅

✅

Ship Later (Delivery)

✅

✅

Cashier Accounts

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Custom Product Presentation

✅

✅

Multilingual Product Presentation

✅

✅

Returns Management

✅

✅

Management of Exchanges

Community 
Module

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

B2B Offer  

✅

❌

Order & Pick-up y

✅

✅

Warehouse Preparation Display

✅

✅

Self-Service Checkout Systems

✅

❌

Visibility of Stocks in All Branches

✅

✅

Real-Time Inventory Updates

✅

✅

Analysis of Store Traffic

❌

✅

Integration of Digital Signage

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Room Plans

✅

✅

Table Transfer  

✅

✅

Online Table Booking  

✅

Add On

Waiting List Management   

✅

Add On 

Tracking Table Status   

✅

✅

Bill Splitting Possible   

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Processing Late Orders   

✅

❌

Takeaway & Delivery

✅

✅

Online Ordering System  

✅

✅

Update Order Status   

✅

✅ 

Cover Letter & Pay at the End   

✅

✅

Order Queues   

✅

❌

Order Form for the Kitchen   

✅ 

✅

Display of Preparation Status   

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Management of Digital Menus    

✅

✅ 

Customizable Menu  

✅

✅

Menu Via QR Code   

✅

✅

Special Offers for Menus    

✅

✅ 

Change of Seasonal Menus    

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Printer System for the Kitchen     

✅

✅ 

Kitchen Display   

✅

✅

Overview of Ingredients    

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Self-Order Kiosk     

✅

✅ 

Self-Order at the Table   

✅

✅

Self-Payment at the Table     

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Warnings About Food Allergens     

❌

❌ 

Integration with Food Delivery Platforms    

❌

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Management of Customer Data

✅

✅

History of Customer Interaction

✅

✅

Management of Business Customers  

✅

✅

Customer Contact Tools  

✅

❌

Customer Markings  

✅

✅

Accounts Receivable / Credit Limit  

✅

✅

Pop-up Notes (Customer Details)

✅

❌

Marketing Preferences

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Custom Advertising  

✅

✅

Customer Details & Analytics

✅

✅

Customer Segmentation

✅

✅

Personalised Campaigns

✅

✅

Birthday Reminders / Discounts

Community 
Module

✅

Cross-Channel Experience

✅

✅

Collect Feedback

✅

✅

Customer Satisfaction Overview

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Loyalty Card Management  

✅

❌

VIP or Membership Programs

✅

✅

Loyalty & Discount Campaigns

✅

✅

Voucher Management

✅

✅

Application Limit for Loyalty 
Programs / Discounts

✅

✅

Validity Periods for Discounts

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Real-time Sales Data

✅

✅

Sales Reports  

✅

✅

Cash Flow Reports  

✅

✅

Analysis of Sales Development  

✅

✅

Time-based Sales Reports  

✅

✅

Gross Margin Reports  

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Inventory Reports  

✅

✅

Product Performance Reports  

✅

✅

Goods Handling Report  

✅

✅

Sales Reports Per Category  

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Meeting Reports

✅

✅

Discount Reports

✅

✅

Refunds & Returns Reports

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Audit Reports  

✅

✅

Employee Performance Reports

✅

✅

Identification of Peak Times

❌

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Dashboard Overview

✅

✅

Custom Reports

✅

✅

KPI Tracking

✅

✅

Data Import / Export Possible

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Customer Behaviour Reports

✅

✅

Customer Segmentation Reports

✅

Loyalty Program Reports

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

eCommerce Integration   

✅

✅

Repair Integration  

✅

✅

Marketing Integration  

✅

✅

Odoo POS

Lightspeed POS

Adyen  

✅

❌

Vantiv (US & Canada)

✅

❌

Ingenico (BENELUX)

✅

❌

Stripe

✅

❌

Six

✅

❌

Worldline

✅

❌

RazorPay

✅

❌

Paytm UPI

✅

❌

3C Payment

❌

❌

Elavon

❌

❌