Lightspeed is arguably the most retail-serious of the established players: purchase orders, supplier catalogs, landed costs, forecasting. For a multi-location apparel operation with a buying office, it is a strong fit. Hangerline is built for the independent boutique that wants that discipline without enterprise complexity — and with a human operating the platform alongside you.
Verified 2026-08-03 · lightspeedhq.com/pos/retail/pricing
| Plans | Three tiers (Basic / Core / Plus), each including 1 register; monthly prices shown interactively on their pricing page |
| Card-present rate | 2.6% + 10¢ — their page also displays a 1.5% rate under a “Save with Lightspeed Payments” toggle |
Lightspeed’s own pricing page states that prices reflect Retail (X-Series), can vary, and that additional service fees may apply depending on the business — so we quote only what their page displays and encourage confirming directly.
Hangerline pricing is published on our pricing page, where processing costs, platform fees and hardware are itemized separately — we don't restate figures here so there is exactly one source of truth.
Hangerline entries reflect shipped features (or say No / Planned). Lightspeed entries reflect their public materials — follow the source link above for the current picture.
| Capability | Hangerline | Lightspeed |
|---|---|---|
| In-store register (cart, discounts, split tenders) | Live — cash, card and gift-card tenders with exact-sum validation | Yes — core product |
| Purchase orders & receiving | Live — vendor POs with receiving into the inventory ledger; no supplier-catalog sync (NuORDER) yet | Yes — including NuORDER catalogs and PO sync |
| Forecasting & order recommendations | No | Yes — Insights on higher tiers |
| Returns & store credit | Live — proportional refunds, store credit as a real gift card | Yes |
| Gift cards & loyalty | Live — full ledger; earn rate always merchant-set | Yes — in-store and online loyalty per plan table |
| Inventory with audit ledger | Live — every change recorded with who, when, why | Yes — inventory management included |
| Google & Meta shopping feeds | Live — tokenized feeds from your catalog | Via built-in eCommerce / integrations |
| Signed developer webhooks | Live — HMAC-SHA256, 11 event types, visible delivery log | API access on higher tiers |
| Import from the other system | Live — auto-detects Lightspeed exports | Onboarding and professional services |
| 24/7 phone support | No — a specialist replies within one business day | Yes — per published plans |
The import wizard auto-detects Lightspeed export files and maps the columns for you — parsed in your browser, with truthful row-by-row results. Or ask for concierge migration and a specialist does it with you.