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At a glance01TouchBistro02Moneris Go POS03Lightspeed Commerce
Current position#1 in Toronto#2 in Toronto#3 in Toronto
Recognized asToronto-founded restaurant platform combining table, menu and order workflows with integrated payments, tableside devices, management modules and documented offline payment conditionsToronto-based Canadian acquirer with retail and restaurant POS, broad terminal options, portal reporting, service status and device-specific supportCanadian retail and hospitality commerce platform with multi-location operations, inventory, ecommerce, reporting and integrated payments
Best forIndependent full-service restaurants and barsMerchants wanting one Canadian payment and terminal relationshipGrowing retailers and hospitality groups
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.