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Lightspeed vs TouchBistro for Canadian restaurants
Choosing between Lightspeed and TouchBistro? Here’s how they compare for Canadian restaurants on pricing, hardware, payments, delivery apps and support, based on each company’s public information. We’ve added Platter, a restaurant POS made in Canada, as a third option.
Lightspeed vs TouchBistro at a glance
Based on publicly available information as of October 2026. Check each provider for current details.
| Topic | Lightspeed | TouchBistro | Platter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing published in CAD | Lightspeed has a Canadian pricing page listing plans in CAD. Confirm current prices with Lightspeed. | Pricing isn’t published; you request a quote from TouchBistro. | Yes. Plans are listed in CAD on our pricing page. |
| Starting price | Lightspeed’s Canadian pricing page lists Starter at $89 CAD/month, Essential at $239 and Premium at $499. Confirm current prices with Lightspeed. | Contact TouchBistro for current pricing. | $79 CAD per location per month (Essentials). Pro is $149, and Multi-location is $129 per location for 3+ sites. |
| Hardware | Runs on iPad. | Runs on iPad. | Runs on iPad, iPhone and Android. Works with Epson printers and Moneris terminals. Hardware not included. |
| Payments | Contact Lightspeed for processing options. Moneris has offered Lightspeed Restaurant to its merchants since 2019. | TouchBistro offers its own payments. In October 2025, Moneris announced an expanded partnership with TouchBistro, including integration with Moneris Go payment devices. | Card payments processed by Moneris, at Moneris preferred pricing for Platter customers (subject to Moneris approval). Tap to Pay on phones powered by Stripe. |
| SkipTheDishes, Uber Eats and DoorDash | Uber Eats and Uber Direct integration (announced May 2024; requires an Order Anywhere account). Other delivery apps can connect through Deliverect, which requires a separate Deliverect subscription. | Contact TouchBistro about delivery app integrations. | Uber Eats, DoorDash and SkipTheDishes orders arrive in Platter through Deliverect (your own Deliverect account). |
| Reservations | Contact Lightspeed about reservation options. | TouchBistro offers a Reservations product. Contact TouchBistro for pricing. | In-POS reservations built in, with no per-cover fees. Online booking, waitlist and deposits come with Advanced Reservations (coming soon). |
| Kitchen display | Listed on Lightspeed’s Canadian pricing page as an add-on at $40 per screen per month. | TouchBistro offers a kitchen display system. Contact TouchBistro for pricing. | $15/month per screen. |
| Canadian company and support | Canadian company, headquartered in Montreal. | Canadian company, based in Toronto. | Made in Canada. Support by phone, email and our online help centre. |
| French and Quebec | Lightspeed states that Lightspeed Restaurant (K-Series) is certified WEB-SRM compliant by Revenu Québec. L-Series does not support WEB-SRM. | TouchBistro’s help centre states it does not support Quebec’s SRM/MEV, and lists English and Spanish as its display languages. | Contact us. |
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How to choose
- Ask each provider for a written quote in Canadian dollars, including hardware, add-ons and card processing.
- Check which delivery apps connect directly to the POS in your province, and what each connection costs.
- Read the contract term, cancellation terms and whether hardware is leased.
- Ask for a demo set up with your own menu and floor plan.
Use the savings calculator to compare card processing costs, or read how switching to Platter works.
Lightspeed vs TouchBistro: questions
Sources (checked October 2026)
- Wikipedia: Lightspeed Commerce
- Lightspeed: Restaurant pricing (Canada)
- Lightspeed: Restaurant K-Series and WEB-SRM
- Lightspeed support: About WEB-SRM and L-Series (Quebec)
- Lightspeed: Partnership with Uber Direct and Uber Eats (May 2024)
- Lightspeed K-Series support: Setting up the Uber Eats integration
- Deliverect: Lightspeed K-Series integration
- Moneris: Moneris introduces Lightspeed Restaurant (2019)
- TouchBistro: About us
- TouchBistro: Product guide
- TouchBistro help: Changing TouchBistro’s display language
- TouchBistro help centre
- Moneris: Moneris launches new Go Restaurant POS and extends partnership with TouchBistro
Product names are trademarks of their owners. Information about other providers is gathered from their public websites and may change; contact them for current details.
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