CodeOrder Kiosk vs Lightspeed Restaurant

CodeOrder Kiosk turns a tablet into a self-service ordering station for restaurant customers. They can browse a menu, customise items and pay without staff intervention, with guided steps for add-ons, sizes and cooking preferences. Menu prices, stock levels and sold-out items update in real time from WooCommerce, which must be installed and active because CodeOrder is a WordPress plugin. A kiosk can use its assigned Stripe Terminal reader, with a global reader fallback. Tokenized kiosk URLs support location and reader assignment; lockdown mode keeps the tablet in a single-app experience compatible with guided access. An idle screen can display promotional videos, daily specials or brand content. The kiosk integrates with CodeOrder POS, KDS and Stripe Terminal; the product page also lists Star, Epson, Stripe and 20+ other platforms. Self-order kiosk mode is available in Pro and Agence, but not Starter. Starter costs $9.90 per month, Pro $14.90 per month and Agence $31.90 per month. A 14-day trial is offered.

Lightspeed Restaurant is restaurant management software built around a point-of-sale and payments platform. It supports customizable menus, screens and floor plans, with online, tableside and QR-code ordering. Restaurants, hotels and multi-location operators can use the system for operations including inventory, reservations, tables, staff scheduling and sales reporting. The cloud-based POS can keep working offline, saving entered data locally and uploading it when connectivity returns; master-data maintenance and eCloud evaluations still require internet access. Its front end requires the Lightspeed Restaurant iPad app, while the back end can be managed on desktop and iPad. Lightspeed also says the POS can run in a browser on Mac, PC, Apple or Android devices. The Restaurant Integration Hub includes hundreds of third-party integrations, and accounting sync can send sales data to QuickBooks, Xero, Sage and other software. Plans start at $69/mo. Restaurant has no free plan or free trial listed; a demo option is presented instead.