Lightspeed Restaurant hardware quality review

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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our healthcare

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.

Nancy Jenkins 👑 Master

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Melissa Murphy

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Jul 28, 2025

This is why we switched to Deputy. No regrets.

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Joyce Ross

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Aug 11, 2025

The reporting is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Frances Davis

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226 posts

Aug 15, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Angela Reed

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Aug 16, 2025

Cost us about $189/month all in. Worth it.

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Nancy Park

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Aug 26, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Scott Reed

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Sep 4, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Sean Stewart

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Sep 23, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Dorothy Scott

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Sep 30, 2025

Cost us about $155/month all in. Worth it.

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Henry Russell

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Oct 4, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Dorothy Scott

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Oct 7, 2025

The reporting is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Heather Stewart

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Oct 8, 2025

Great question! In my experience with When I Work, it has been working well for us

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Willie Long

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Oct 10, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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James Park

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212 posts

Oct 19, 2025

This is why we switched to GoTab. No regrets.

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Christina Martin

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Oct 23, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Nancy Peterson

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Oct 30, 2025

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

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Nancy Park

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Oct 31, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Diana Brooks

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Nov 5, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Willie Martinez

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217 posts

Nov 10, 2025

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

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Sandra Taylor

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237 posts

Nov 16, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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Chris Wood

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247 posts

Nov 25, 2025

This is why we switched to Paychex. No regrets.

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