
Lightspeed POS
Point of Sale, Online POS & ePOS System, Restaurant Software
4.5 /5 (107 reviews) Write a Review!Overall rating
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- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Highly adaptable and intuitive POS
Reviewed on 22/3/2017
Kounta as a POS system has been able to grow with us, providing flexibility and ease of use that is a massive relief when you have the pressures of an expanding business to contend with.
The ability to simply add or subtract registers, combined with the functionality of a internet based system makes change relatively pain free. Wireless waiter stations, Albert pay terminals, Bluetooth printers (which I don't have but am excited about and will probably get), its all so easy to use.
Why pay thousands of dollars in cabling, installation costs and labour in setting up your system? Good question - i'm not sure! Just research what you want - call Kounta, put it in and download the software... add your products, tailor it the way you want, and go for it!
Pros
Ease of alteration and basic use for staff
Cons
The back end of product input is a little cumbersome - a simply category/sub-category/sub-sub category system works best. Sometimes this is represented by Department/category/sub-category either way, it is far more flexible for product input, button organisation and more granular for reporting.
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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AWESOME CLOUD BASED APPLICATION FOR THE INEXPERIENCED
Reviewed on 3/1/2018
Pros
This is a very easy POS to use, all cloud based so access at any time is a cinch! for a newby in hospitality without any experience setting up a point of sale its been a relatively simple task. The access to support staff is very good however expended communication hours would be a benefit for the busy people who work on this stuff at night time.
Cons
Haven't come across any yet! if there is one thing so for it's integrating add on's, seems to be a little confusing! but i'm sure that is largely due to my inexperience.
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Awsome POS system! Easy for staff, easy for management. Outstanding customer service!
Reviewed on 4/4/2018
Pros
Can manage from anywhere. Easy to update products on prices on the spot. Great reporting and crm. Love that you only have to use functions that you require.
Cons
I would like to be able to view only POS from device which is not assigned as register. Also, not sure if already available, but we would like to be able to process gift certificates through the till easily.
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great Customer support
Reviewed on 17/11/2017
Immediate customer support is a huge plus
Pros
Ideal for hospitality..providing hospitality POS solutions that were once considerably more expensive. Understands the Australian market. Great customer support. Was having a problem at 7:30 am on a Saturday morning and got an immediate response from a real human. Big ticks for that!
Easy to update and maintain.
Cons
a little bit steep for a new business. But overall a great piece of software..the retail capacity is limited but works well for a cafe with a few retail items.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Count on Kounta
Reviewed on 5/4/2017
Kounta is the best point of sale.
I have set up five different POS systems since 2000 and Kounta is by far the best and most flexible.
Our business could not have grown as quickly, successfully or efficiently without it.
Absolutely love the production printing set up. Nothing compares.
Team this with Tyro EFTPOS and it's a total winner for fast bar service.
Pros
Production printing and cloud operation
Cons
Needs a cash-out facility
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Kounta is by far the best software i have used.
Reviewed on 9/3/2017
Simple, functional, easy for any age to use, amazing features. I find Kounta really easy to use and they have simplified it enough for my mum to use as well. she isn't overly tech savvy!
Pros
i like the flexibility and ease of the functionality
Cons
i would like afterpay or zip pay to be available. i feel like we are loosing a lot of business because these arent available.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Perfect POS
Reviewed on 14/4/2017
We have been using Kounta in our cafe for over 6 months and it is fantastic. Easy to edit, easy to use and cost effective. New staff tend to pick it up and are using it without much support within a few days.
The access to information is really good and the reporting tools are spot on.
Highly recommended!
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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My experience with Kounta POS
Reviewed on 14/3/2017
Thanks to the great resources and easy to follow guides found in Kounta TV & Kounta Support Setup Videos, I didn't even have to call customer service for tech support to setup my initial kounta program. It was up and running in minutes for me.
Pros
It is an easy to understand system that a no technical background person can set it up easily.
Its features are well thought out which easily enhance the confidence of any front counter staff that use them for the first time.
Cons
Every software has its weaknesses, however, it seems that improvements (new releases) are consistent. That helps in this face paced hospitality industry.
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Kounta - so easy to use
Reviewed on 10/3/2017
We switched to Kounta from another cloud based POS system around 6 months ago. We are very happy with change and glad we made the move. The support team are great and always get back to you. The reporting isn't as good as our old POS however the team are working on this to deliver a new level of reporting in the near future.
Pros
Ease of Use
User Interface
Webinars & Customer Support
Cons
Reporting is limited.
Don't like that you have to assigned a printer to each new product
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Very reliable entry system
Reviewed on 18/2/2018
Pros
user-friendly, low cost.
Cons
functionality limiting e.g. stock control, transfers between entities, reporting. But then, great system for us to start with at least. Had been very reliable other than around 2:30 pm, when it does not allow us to run reports.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Kounta is Fantastic
Reviewed on 29/12/2018
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The software is so easy to use and the support of customer service was invaluable when starting out
Cons
There has been no cons of the program, spend the time when setting it up and it works great
- Industry: Sporting Goods
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Great setup help. Excellent customer service. No problem to small to help with
Reviewed on 9/6/2017
Any small to medium business owner that needs simple adaptable software to get the job done.
Pros
Easy to setup. Zero Setup fees, sooooo easy to use!
Called them up several times on setup and immediately received help.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Since my only experience in Pos was micros for 25+ years--kounta has changed my life.
Reviewed on 22/5/2017
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Portability and ease of use. Connectivity and of course you guys, where would we be w out u! Well I could go on forever but u guys never disappoint !
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Professional , best customer service
Reviewed on 26/8/2018
Counter Dosen't give me history of sales.
Pros
Simple and easy to use and any one can used in short time.
Cons
If i can to organize my product in my way.
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Training update was really helpful
Reviewed on 13/3/2017
So far the experience with Kounta the software and the company has been great. Their update webinar was really helpful and I could use their advice to recommend new hardware and payment gateways for my clients.
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The Byabarra
Reviewed on 3/4/2017
Very easy and intuitive, great support resources from KTV. Great features that allow detailed interrogation of POS date for performance analysis.
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Awesome! Great Software.
Reviewed on 5/3/2017
Kounta is great - it's intuitive, easy to use, and the interface to Xero is awesome! A great piece of software.
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Customisable and User Friendly
Reviewed on 21/2/2017
Really happy with this POS, easy to use and learn, customisable, cost effective. Links in well with xero.
- Industry: Food Production
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Very easy.
Reviewed on 4/3/2017
Everything has been smooth sailing for us with Kounta - they are very quick to answer any questions. The system is very efficient and pretty intuitive.
Pros
Ease of use
Cons
Our slow ipad
- Industry: Restaurants
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Horrendous POS System.
Reviewed on 28/6/2017
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS!!! MOVE ON TO THE NEXT!
Pros
Nothing to say here. There is nothing good about this system except for the promptness of my customer service, who usually has bad news. But as I now understand my customer service rep doesn't ACTUALLY work for Kounta, she works for the company that sold it to me. I wish they would have sold me one of their other POS options.
Cons
Server level order control is an upgrade, they don't tell you that when purchasing, even though that is one of the most basic things. Check splitting is the most laborious I have ever experienced, if you have a table that needs multiple splits get them a refill of their coffee because it will take a while. No over all system close out, no way to re-open a check. In lieu of that simple option they have a refund button, but, guess what if you had multiple pay types IE Cash and CC that doesn't work, can only refund whole amount to one pay type, which then screws up the server report(one of the biggest reasons to have a POS system) Integrated credit card system has worst customer service ever. If you need to get someone after 9 good luck. Randomly loses checks! Have no idea how that happens but if you are on a check and the system reloads(which it does a lot) bye bye order!
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great system
Reviewed on 28/9/2018
Pros
Great easy system to use. Easy to change payment methods and products and downloading and updating on excel also possible. Just starting to sync with Xero so that’s good too. Customer support really has improved massively since we started using it 2 years ago. I would recommend as a good all rounder.
Cons
Reporting in close detail has been a tricky one but with Kounta insights it seems to be improving although I think it’s still work in progress.
- Industry: Food & Beverages
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Kounta for Cafe Use
Reviewed on 12/3/2017
We have found Kounta to be excellent for our cafe. Staff need no maths skills to operate it easily. the addition of photos makes product selection fast and accurate.
The only thing to watch is disgruntled staff that have been removed from rosters........they can sabotage the system by changing or deleting things. My advice, once they have been given notice immediately remove their access to Kounta and give them other duties until their time has been completed.
Pros
Overcomes the issue of staff not being able to read or do any math.
Provides multiple copies of invoices so that service can easily be tracked.
Allows lots of options to modify products which gives each client an individual experience.
Cons
Takes ages to set up if you have hundreds of products and options......but it is worth doing.
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Kounta helped solve our need for a simple POS that integrated with CBA's Albert.
Reviewed on 11/7/2018
I am able to better analyse my business performance and make real time decisions.
Pros
It interfaced with our existing Albert and IT setup at the Cafe. Our staff quickly adapted to new methods for operating and recording sales. The interface is reasonably intuitive and the videos help with any learning gaps.
Cons
Some of issues that irked me.
1. There is no way to test workflow (options, etc) in a test mode. So you do everything in a live environment (and constantly have to swap to POS and back to test). So you can end up with 'false' sales figures, and incorrectly recorded refunds, or deleted sales. From the back office it would be good to 'test' new products setup before making them active.
2. There is no way to adjust a reconciliation if it is incorrectly entered.
3. The next price points are not attractive for small businesses to step up.
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Great POS system for all to use
Reviewed on 17/2/2017
As our venue is a social enterprise employing people with a disability and or mental health issue, we require a user-friendly POS that can assist with Literacy and numeracy while being an overall easy to use system.
Kounta is perfect for what we required.
Thanks Kounta
Pros
visual aid
Cons
freezing at times
- Industry: Hospitality
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Kounta took care of everything we needed effortlessly.
Reviewed on 26/3/2018
Up and running quickly with great support.
Pros
Simple Setup, Easy to train staff to use. Staff were familiar with the software and were happy to jump in and take orders at busy times. Instant reports are really great!
Cons
Cloud based software will always let you down when you're flat out busy. Murphy's Law! Maybe some way to operate and upload at the end of each day would be an answer.