Shoppi vs Lightspeed

Shoppi and Lightspeed Retail, for two shops and a website

One Shoppi account runs your shops and your website. Each location has your own Stripe account under Stripe Connect, with payouts straight to your bank account. On Business, your website runs on your own domain, with an isolated database and standard HTML pages you can copy. The same account lists your products on the Shoppi marketplace, and you can apply for Wholesale. Below, how that compares with Lightspeed Retail (X-Series) on capabilities.

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Monthly, no contract. More than two locations? See how Shoppi works for brands.

Two shops and a website on Shoppi
Website on your own domainBusiness
Each shop counterStarter
Stripe accounts under Stripe Connect3, one per location

Monthly, no contract. See plans and fees.

The short version

Here is where each one is ahead.

Where Lightspeed is ahead

Plus adds custom user roles and API access. Shoppi has fixed staff roles, no report across locations, no stock transfers, and no receipt printers or cash drawers.

What stays yours on Shoppi

Each location has your own Stripe account under Stripe Connect, opened during setup, and payouts go straight to your bank account. Your website runs on your own domain on Business, with an isolated database per store. Your pages are standard HTML on your own WebDAV drive, so you can copy them anytime.

Feature by feature

Only what Lightspeed publishes on its own pages, next to what Shoppi does today.

Feature
Shoppi
Lightspeed Retail
Counters and registers
Each counter is its own touchpoint on Starter. The POS app comes with every plan.
One register included per location; extra registers are available.
Staff roles
Fixed roles per location: admin, editor, sales, shipments, helpdesk or advertising. Only admin and sales take card payments; only admin refunds. The POS app records who took each card payment.
Custom user roles on Plus only.
API
Your catalog and orders can be read as JSON through the same API the app uses, from your own Shoppi domain. No API keys for third-party sites.
API access on Plus only.
Payments
Your own Stripe account under Stripe Connect for each location, opened during setup; payouts go straight to your bank account.
Lightspeed Payments in the US.
Billing
Monthly, no contract.
Monthly or yearly billing.

Also on Shoppi

A website on your own domain on Business, with a dedicated managed server and an isolated database per store, in Frankfurt or Phoenix.
The Shoppi marketplace. Products on paid plans are listed there, and Shoppi takes 10% only on the orders it brings.
QR menus and payment links on the same account as your shops and website.
An AI writing assistant for product text, and an AI site editor that proposes page changes you approve. Claude Code or Codex can edit your site's files over WebDAV.
Wholesale, by application: Shoppi buys your products and sells them in markets you don't serve yet. How it works.

Not in Shoppi today

A report across all locations. Each location has its own dashboard and its own Stripe dashboard.
Stock transfers between locations.
Custom staff roles.
Receipt printers and cash drawers.
US sales tax calculation at checkout.
Card payments without an internet connection.

In person: Tap to Pay on Android. Bluetooth readers: Reader M2 in the US, WisePad 3 in the UK and the EU. Hardware.

Moving from Lightspeed

There is no direct Lightspeed importer. You bring your catalog in one of two ways.

Do it yourself, on any plan

Import a CSV file. Each product comes in with name, price, quantity, SKU, one photo and description. Variants, categories and extra photos do not come across, so plan time to add them.

Have it done for you

Concierge setup, $249 one-time, or the Smart Data Importer, $199 one-time on Business. You send us your catalog, and the import is done for you.

Questions Lightspeed merchants ask

It depends on what your counters need. Lightspeed Retail is built for in-store retail first. Shoppi does not support receipt printers or cash drawers yet, has fixed staff roles and has no stock transfers between locations. If your counters need those, that matters more than anything else on this page.
Not on Shoppi: plans are monthly, with no contract. To cancel or downgrade a plan, ask support and we do it for you. Lightspeed offers monthly or yearly billing.
On Shoppi, each counter is its own touchpoint on its own plan, Starter. Lightspeed includes one register per location and offers extra registers.
You do. Each location has your own Stripe account under Stripe Connect, opened during setup in your company's name, and payouts go straight to your bank account. A website and two shops means three Stripe accounts, one per location.
Tap to Pay on Android. Bluetooth Stripe readers: Reader M2 in the US, WisePad 3 in the UK and the EU. A card reader that is not one of these does not work with Shoppi. Receipt printers and cash drawers are not supported yet. See hardware.

Two ways to start

Set up your website and your first counter yourself today, or talk to us about moving several locations at once.

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