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At a glance01Lightspeed Commerce02Moneris Go POS03Maitre'D POS
Current position#1 in Montréal#2 in Montréal#3 in Montréal
Recognized asMontréal-headquartered retail and hospitality platform with inventory, multi-location, ecommerce, reporting and Canadian payments; Québec merchants must validate the exact fiscal configurationCanadian payment and POS suite with retail and restaurant products, device support, portal reporting and Québec merchant availabilityQuébec-developed restaurant and hospitality POS family with table-service, quick-service, delivery, back-office and local-market integration capability
Best forRetail and hospitality operators requiring operational depthCanadian acquiring, terminals and bilingual-market deploymentQuébec restaurants needing hospitality-specific workflows
Decision fitRun scripted demos using your hardest sale, return, discount, tax, modifier, tip, split, inventory and closeout scenarios · Model complete three-year cost including software, hardware, processing, PCI, chargeback, integration, support, replacement and cancellation fees · Test internet and service outages, permissions, audit logs, settlement reconciliation, support escalation and a complete data export before signingRun scripted demos using your hardest sale, return, discount, tax, modifier, tip, split, inventory and closeout scenarios · Model complete three-year cost including software, hardware, processing, PCI, chargeback, integration, support, replacement and cancellation fees · Test internet and service outages, permissions, audit logs, settlement reconciliation, support escalation and a complete data export before signingRun scripted demos using your hardest sale, return, discount, tax, modifier, tip, split, inventory and closeout scenarios · Model complete three-year cost including software, hardware, processing, PCI, chargeback, integration, support, replacement and cancellation fees · Test internet and service outages, permissions, audit logs, settlement reconciliation, support escalation and a complete data export before signing
Shortlist by business model, then run identical scripted transactions and a real settlement reconciliation. Compare the complete merchant agreement, hardware ownership, offline loss allocation, integration depth, support access, data portability and three-year cost.