Lightspeed Restaurant vs Wrapped

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.

Wrapped issues, sells and redeems cash gift cards, experience vouchers and store credit across point of sale, eCommerce and mobile, keeping one live balance for each card. It is aimed at retailers, restaurants, golf clubs, hospitality groups, cafes and multi-site brands. Merchants can offer branded digital cards, connect physical cards they already use or order branded cards through Wrapped. Customers can personalize cards, schedule email delivery, check balances online and add cards to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. The service lists more than 30 integrations for POS, eCommerce, marketing and payments, including Lightspeed, Shopify, Square POS, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Klaviyo and Stripe. Reporting covers purchases, redemptions, balances and liability by location and card type. Pro and higher add promotional tools and the REST API. Basic costs $49 a month, or $39 per month billed annually, and includes up to 3 sites and 50 new activations monthly. A 14-day trial is available. Email and chat support are included on all plans. Wrapped is operated by Loud Labs Limited in New Zealand.