# Lightspeed

Lightspeed is a point of sale and payments platform for retail, restaurant and golf businesses. It lets merchants sell in person and online from one connected system, with inventory management, reporting, integrated payments and a mobile scanner app. Its retail product is sold in plans with a per-month base cost, plus extra locations and registers.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/lightspeed · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2005
- Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
- Employees: 1,001–5,000
- Company type: Public (NYSE and TSX: LSPD)
- Latest funding: Series D
- Deployment: Cloud-based
- Best for: Independent retailers, restaurants and golf businesses that sell both in person and online
- Compliance: EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

## Products

- Lightspeed Retail (X-Series): Cloud-based point of sale for retailers, selling in person and online with inventory management and reporting.
- Lightspeed Restaurant: Point of sale for restaurant and hospitality businesses.
- Lightspeed Payments: Integrated payments processed from the point of sale, with card-present rate of 1.5%.
- Lightspeed Wholesale: Wholesale network to buy from brands and sync orders to the point of sale.
- NuORDER: Catalog and purchase order sync between NuORDER and Lightspeed.
- Lightspeed Capital: Cash advance program for merchants, available in select regions.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-Commerce Platforms | 35 of 43 | 0.6 | 1 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| google_ai_mode | 1.7 | 3.7% |
| perplexity | 0.0 | 0.0% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Lightspeed AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/lightspeed, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).