Comparison
delEat and Lightspeed, side by side.
A POS and payments platform; Lightspeed Restaurant is its restaurant POS.1 This page sets out where the two differ for a restaurant in the UAE, using only what Lightspeed publishes about itself, read on 25 and 26 September 2026. Where its pages say nothing, the table says so.
Row by row
delEat and Lightspeed, on what a UAE restaurant checks.
The Lightspeed column is only what its own pages say; the numbers are the sources at the foot of the page.
| delEat | Lightspeed | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A cloud restaurant POS: the till, the kitchen screens, the floor, stock, recipes and the books in one system. | A POS and payments platform; Lightspeed Restaurant is its restaurant POS.1 |
| Price, as published | AED 149, 429 or 719 per outlet a month (Tab, Shift, Command) on a 2-year term, paid up front; 169, 479 or 799 billed yearly; 199, 579 or 949 billed monthly. Enterprise is quoted. | USD 69, 189 or 399 (Starter, Essential, Premium) on its US page, which prints no unit or billing period beside them. Enterprise is quoted.2 |
| Priced per | Outlet, with unlimited tills and handhelds on every plan. | Not stated beside the figures.2 |
| Free trial | 30 days, every module on, no card. | Not published. It offers a free demo.2 |
| In the UAE | Built and supported in Dubai by The Hungry Inc.; live chat with a person, any hour. | Not published: its region list has no UAE.2 |
| Arabic in the POS | The till, the kitchen display, the floor, shift and cash-up, reservations, orders and clock-in run right to left; receipts can print their headings in Arabic beside the English. Other screens are English only. | Not published. |
| UAE VAT and TRN | A legal entity and TRN per outlet; tax invoice or invoice by registration; credit notes on their own series; a threshold watcher. No e-invoicing yet. | Not published. |
| Trading offline | Yes: new orders and payments with no network, replayed once when the line returns. | Yes, it keeps working offline and uploads on reconnect.1 |
| Kitchen display | Shift plan and up, two screens an outlet. | Yes, USD 30 per screen a month.2 |
| Inventory and recipe costing | Shift plan and up: inventory, recipes and live food costing. | Ingredient-level inventory; advanced inventory on Premium or as an add-on.2 |
| UAE delivery platforms | Talabat, Careem, Deliveroo, Noon Food, EatEasy, Smiles and Keeta through UrbanPiper. Our team connects your stores during setup. | Uber Eats, Skip The Dishes and DoorDash through a delivery middleware provider. No UAE platforms named.4 |
| Several outlets | Yes; group BI, central recipes and per-outlet pricing on Command. | Yes; multi-location management on Premium.1,2 |
| Hardware | None of its own: any browser, on tablets, printers and drawers you may already own. | iPad-based, with hardware kits of its own.3 |
| Payments | Your own acquirer and rate at the till; online through Stripe, Telr or N-Genius. No cut of your sales. | Its own integrated payments.1 |
Where delEat is different
The differences that change a shift.
- Sold and supported in the UAE
- Lightspeed’s own list of countries does not include the UAE. delEat is built and supported in Dubai, priced in dirhams, with the service screens in Arabic as well as English.
- Priced per outlet, in dirhams
- delEat’s plans are per outlet a month, from AED 149 on a 2-year term, with unlimited tills. Lightspeed’s US page prints its prices without a unit or a billing period.
- UAE VAT by legal entity
- A TRN per outlet, tax invoice or invoice by registration, and credit notes on their own series.
Where delEat falls short
What Lightspeed has, or delEat does not do yet.
- Lightspeed has integrated payments and iPad hardware kits of its own1,3. delEat has neither.
- delEat’s import from Lightspeed is mapped but untested, so it is on request.
- Coming soon, and not in delEat today: a read API with keys, mall reports by SFTP, card payment at the self-service kiosk, a rider app, e-invoicing and SSO and directory sync.
On pricing
As each one publishes it.
Lightspeed: USD 69, 189 or 399 (Starter, Essential, Premium) on its US page, which prints no unit or billing period beside them. Enterprise is quoted.2
delEat: AED 149, 429 or 719 per outlet a month (Tab, Shift, Command) on a 2-year term, paid up front; 169, 479 or 799 billed yearly; 199, 579 or 949 billed monthly. Enterprise is quoted. Thirty days free without a card. See the pricing page.
Sources
Where every fact about Lightspeed comes from.
- Lightspeed, Lightspeed Restaurant page. https://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Lightspeed, restaurant pricing page (US). https://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/pricing/. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Lightspeed, restaurant hardware page. https://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/hardware/. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Lightspeed, delivery integrations page. https://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/restaurant/delivery/. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
About this comparison. This page is published by delEat and is marketing material, prepared for general comparison only. Everything stated about Lightspeed is taken from what Lightspeed publishes on its own website, on the pages listed above, read on 25 and 26 September 2026. Everything stated about delEat is what the product does today; what is coming soon or waiting on certification is labelled that way.
Products change. Lightspeed may have altered its pricing, packaging or features since those dates and this page may not reflect it, so treat nothing here as a statement of fact about Lightspeed’s current product, and nothing here as advice. Check directly with Lightspeed before you decide. If you believe anything on this page is inaccurate or out of date, write to [email protected] and we will correct or remove it.
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