Lightspeed eCom vs. Shopify Plus

Lightspeed eCom

Shopify Plus

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Lightspeed eCom	Score 5.0 out of 10	N/A	Lightspeed eCom is an ecommerce solution based on the vendor's (Lightspeed in Montreal) acquisition of SEOshop in 2015. The solution can be tried free, and is available with both the restaurant and retail POS versions of Lightpeed's point-of-sale solutions.	$19 per month 100 products + Sell on Instagram and Facebook
Shopify Plus	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Shopify Plus is an eCommerce solution built for enterprise-level companies that enables them to sell online and offline across social channels like Facebook , Pinterest, and marketplaces like Amazon and eBay.	$2,300 per month

Pricing

Lightspeed eCom

Shopify Plus

Editions & Modules

Venture: $19
per month 100 products + Sell on Instagram and Facebook
Business: $39
per month 2500 products + Sell on Instagram and Facebook & 2500 products Sell on Amazon and eBay
Unlimited: $99
per month unlimited products + Sell on Instagram and Facebook & 2500 products Sell on Amazon and eBay, in-person, and via a branded mobile app

3-year term: $2300
per month
1-year term: $2500
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Lightspeed eCom	Shopify Plus
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Lightspeed eCom	Shopify Plus
Considered Both Products	Lightspeed eCom No answer on this topic	Shopify Plus Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus There are all good for business who are just starting but as the business grows the platform has to be able to scale with it Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify is more robust and has more functionalities than its competitors like BigCommerce and Kibo. It offers the best UI in the business and the most exhaustive app marketplace ecosystem. It is more cost effective than big system and doe snot require large teams of developers … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus is far more scalable and stable. It is much easier to implement, and the time to value is much shorter. Development resources are plentiful and skilled, and the product's user base is so massive that significant testing has been done prior to releasing any updates … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Significant improvement. Magento did not have a B2B setting, so you needed to remember and alter the prices manually, and you could not create draft orders, so if you sent a customer a quote and they called up to pay, you then had to quickly create the order whilst the customer … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus, once existing data imported awkwardly, handles so much of the basics of running an online shop in way that you know you can rely upon. It still requires many more third party tools to be able to use best-in-class analytics and AB testing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus is the best choice for DTC-oriented brands, especially if you are a leaner team and want more hands-on customization vs relying on an agency to manage your website backend. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus is the most advanced and most widely accepted "DIY" website tool. While WordPress has some capabilities and is certainly cheaper, it is still a blogging platform with e-commerce capabilities added later, and you can tell that's what it is when you use it. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus's ease of use compared to Sticky.io was the biggest reason we had switched, and just the sheer customization and available apps allow you to adjust your store without needing to spend weeks custom developing tools. Incentivized Helpful? Nathan Simmons Head of Web Chose Shopify Plus A far more professional approach to e-commerce in general. Servers and the core SSL are taken care of and you're left with a whole host of tools to sell, sell and sell. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify is a much easier and more intuitive platform to use. The mobile focus is outstanding from the other competitors and the capability to modify the store without previous code or experience makes them the best e-commerce platform. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus is better supported, more powerful, and has much more ability for customization. Shopify as a platform is also much more stable than others and offers excellent customer support. New features are constantly being rolled out and it has a very large community. Incentivized Helpful? FP Fallon Penrod Independent Contractor Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus is an all in one service. You are able to keep track of invoices and payments. Shopify Plus also offers options for shipping and connects your tracking number to you order which allows for easy tracking. Your tracking number is also a link which makes it even easier. Incentivized Helpful? Brian Manning President & Co-Founder Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus has the most robust capabilities of the pure cloud plays and the app store ecosystem is the largest and best. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus is the least expensive option. Apps/plug ins are vast, inexpensive, and relatively easiest to integrate Least amount of customization, but good for teams with small dev support Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify had the quickest go-to-market and most robust API among the products we compared. CommerceCloud required a VERY LONG integration phase that we just didn't have time for. BigCommerce fell short on the number of features and API coverage that we needed. Overall Shopify … Incentivized Helpful? Mauro Biefeni Head of Information Technology Chose Shopify Plus Netsuite SuiteCommerce, which has a very high cost of ownership, and Magento, which although powerful can be expensive and is too complex for the average eComm requirements. Too flexible can be bad in some cases. Incentivized Helpful? Darcy Knapp, MBA President Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus offers a more robust solution than Woo commerce and is easier to train on than Big Commerce. Woo commerce is freeware with no support. Big Commerce offers more SEO features and is a more powerful solution, but harder to remote train users on - lots more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Plus is WAYYYYYY better than anything else that we have used, and it's not even close. The websites are faster and more reliable, both of which are critical to running an online business. The cost to run is way less. We are running five websites on Shopify Plus for less … Incentivized Helpful? JT Jeffrey Tom Web Developer Chose Shopify Plus I selected Shopify Plus because the clients found it easy to use to manage their website, whenever they needed an update of their website. Shopify Plus is great when it comes to e-commerce websites and should only be used for e-commerce. Incentivized Helpful? Rachel Blankenship CX Trainer Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus Our experience with SFCC was fairly poor. SFCC was very expensive, and the ecosystem of partners is very expensive. SFCC is a bit more mature but the time to execute is significantly slower. Incentivized Helpful? Jonathan Oates Director of eCommerce Chose Shopify Plus Shopify Olus is more of a SAAS than the self-managed Magento solution. With this comes a host of benefits such as hosting, security, updates, and new technology that you no longer have to worry about. Specifically, with Shopify Plus, scripts can be very powerful and when … Incentivized Helpful? Ricky Jordan Senior Computer Systems Admin Chose Shopify Plus Big Cartel, Magento, Squarespace, Wordpress, Wix, etc are all decent solutions for eCommerce, but none of them features the easy setup, ease of use, simple streamlined dashboard/interface, and customer website experience that Shopify Plus has. Shopify (non plus) alone is a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus It doesn't. Shopify has some great features and add-ons. I particularly like the ability for customers to check out quickly with a text authenticator, the theme options, ability to customize the look and feel, and video integration but this is all surface matter. At its core, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Shopify Plus While Squarespace has a more sophisticated site theme and template offering, the inventory management, and drop shipping options (while still not perfect, or ideal) makes Shopify Plus the right choice for powering e-commerce businesses. 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Features

Lightspeed eCom

Shopify Plus

Online Storefront

Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
	Lightspeed eCom - Ratings	Shopify Plus 8.6 Ratings 9% above category average
Product catalog & listings	00 Ratings	9.50 Ratings
Product management	00 Ratings	8.40 Ratings
Bulk product upload	00 Ratings	6.50 Ratings
Branding	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings
Mobile storefront	00 Ratings	9.60 Ratings
Product variations	00 Ratings	9.20 Ratings
Website integration	00 Ratings	8.90 Ratings
Visual customization	00 Ratings	9.20 Ratings
CMS	00 Ratings	8.20 Ratings

Online Shopping Cart

Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
	Lightspeed eCom - Ratings	Shopify Plus 8.4 Ratings 9% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery	00 Ratings	7.40 Ratings
Checkout user experience	00 Ratings	9.40 Ratings

Online Payment System

Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
	Lightspeed eCom - Ratings	Shopify Plus 9.6 Ratings 15% above category average
eCommerce security	00 Ratings	9.60 Ratings

eCommerce Marketing

Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	Lightspeed eCom - Ratings	Shopify Plus 8.3 Ratings 7% above category average
Promotions & discounts	00 Ratings	8.70 Ratings
Personalized recommendations	00 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
SEO	00 Ratings	7.90 Ratings

eCommerce Business Management

Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
	Lightspeed eCom - Ratings	Shopify Plus 8.5 Ratings 6% above category average
Order processing	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Inventory management	00 Ratings	7.20 Ratings
Shipping	00 Ratings	8.60 Ratings
Custom functionality	00 Ratings	9.10 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Lightspeed eCom	Shopify Plus
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Enterprises	IBM Digital Commerce Score 9.0 out of 10	IBM Digital Commerce Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Lightspeed eCom	Shopify Plus
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Lightspeed eCom	Shopify Plus
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Shopify Plus makes order management simple and less error prone. Connecting our ERP allows us to seamlessly manage our product listings, fulfill orders, and sync customer data. Limitations to the number of product variants requires attention from our staff to make sure our products sync without issue. Other than being arbitrary, there's really no need to limit the number of product variants. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Scales incredibly well. Forget about hardware concerns, load balancing, downtime, etc. and focus on eCommerce. We've seen merchants go from a few thousand dollars per month to having million dollar days, all on Shopify without having to worry about performance or scaling systems. Great new features consistently being added, ahead of the curve on almost everything Solid API to build on and work with, a few annoying quirks here and there for super complex use cases but overall very well documented and works well Most Merchant Success Managers are good and genuinely want to be helpful A fantastic user interface, very logical and easy to use Tons and tons and tons of out of the box integrations. Easily the best integration marketplace of the e-commerce platforms. There's an app for that. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	The Account Managers/Reps have become more scripted and seem like they are busier and handling more clients than before. It doesn't seem as personal and special anymore like when we first upgraded to Plus. Shopify still has missing features in their software that might not have an app in their app marketplace available that fills this void. The 24/7 support doesn't seem as dedicated as they once were. Incentivized Ricky Jordan Senior Computer Systems Admin Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Shopify Plus is intutive as stated previously. It's easy to find what we want and edit (reports, products, online store theme, etc...) You dont need to have a ton of coding experience to be able to get a website up and running on Shopify Plus. The reason I wont give a 10/10 and gave an 8 is because I do think it is heavily realiant on app and it can open up a can of worms with the amout of apps that are out there, their costs, and which one to chose. There are also some internal limitations as stated previously with discounts and personalized message for different customer groups. But overall, it is a good platform that I recommend. Incentivized FV Felipe Veicer Digital Content Coordinator Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Always are quick to answer our questions and help us find a solution Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	Shopify Plus is an all in one service. You are able to keep track of invoices and payments. Shopify Plus also offers options for shipping and connects your tracking number to you order which allows for easy tracking. Your tracking number is also a link which makes it even easier. Incentivized FP Fallon Penrod Independent Contractor Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Definitely makes selling on multiple platforms easy, saving us time and effort. Keeps all of our business in one place, saving us money on other apps to manage each aspect. Automatically flags potential fraudulent orders, preventing us from accidentally shipping to a scam. During our busiest months, we don't see any slowdowns, which allows us to go full throttle with all ads and marketing without worrying about whether or not the software can handle it. Incentivized Josh Fortin Warehouse Manager Read full review
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