Cloud vs traditional POS - your experience?

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles cafe operations well

Budget is around $300/month. What would you suggest?

Kevin Rogers 👑 Master

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Amanda Wright

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Jul 2, 2025

This is why we switched to Lightspeed Retail. No regrets.

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Helen Martinez

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Jul 6, 2025

The quick order screen is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Harold Mitchell

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213 posts

Jul 16, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Paul Murphy

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Jul 21, 2025

I've been using Fattmerchant for 6 months and it has been working well for us

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Ann Harris

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Sep 25, 2025

Check out the mobile ordering setting, that might help.

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Raymond Henderson

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Oct 13, 2025

For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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