Upserve by Lightspeed is now Lightspeed Restaurant (U-Series)

When it comes to pricing, Upserve is probably one of the most transparent companies on the market. They’ve even integrated a calculator into their website. It shows clients how much they’ll be investing, and saving. It also calculates ROI.

In addition to that, Upserve offers a lot of flexibility with their pricing plans. That said, it’s important to note that some of the features like online ordering and inventory managing are locked behind an additional paywall.

Core

This plan starts at $119 per month. The first POS terminal is included for free. Any additional terminals will cost you $60 each. The package is pretty rich in terms of functionality. You’ll gain access to the Upserve POS, sales & labor reporting, payment processing, and Workforce functionality.

Pro

The pro plan kicks off at $199 per month. The first terminal is free. Any additional ones will come at $50 each. Additional features included in this plan are menu optimization, server performance, online ordering, and loyalty management.

Pro Plus

The premium package will cost you $359 monthly. As always, the initial terminal is free. Additional ones are worth $40 each. As for the premium features, you’ll get your hands-on custom reporting, API access, and a dedicated success manager.

Upserve is an impressive all-in-one restaurant POS solution for small and medium businesses as well as large chains. The POS comes equipped with handy analytics that empowers data-driven decision-making on the fly. The company is so confident in their ability to increase your profits that they promise a 30% sales boost.

Upserve is truly a one of a kind solution combining more than 100 restaurant POS features with the simplest and most intuitive interface on the market.

As for the functionality itself, it is divided into 4 main categories: Staff Management, Guests & Service, Menu Management, and Administration & Operations.

In simpler words, the POS is a stunning compilation of all the features we’ve already grown accustomed to over the years with a couple of dozen cherries on the icing.

Offline mode

Upserve works in both online and offline modes ensuring your business is not depending on any external factors like the internet connection.

Shift notes

When it comes to staff management, shift notes is a feature that’s brilliant in its simplicity. Every member of your team will be continuously updated on any changes directly in the system.

Guest breakdown

Upserve has amazing analytics embedded into the POS. You’ll get detailed insights on revenue brought by both new guests and repeat visitors. You’d be surprised, but shifting focus to one of these groups may end up more fruitful than you could have imagined.

Campaigns

Feel free to set the goals for your team and check on their performance. Upserve makes this so much easier with detailed insights on performance, guest behavior, and typical patterns or shift trends.

Menu intelligence

You don’t need us to tell you that the menu is one of the hardest things to keep track of while managing a restaurant business. Upserve eases this challenge by empowering decision-making with performance data instead of relying on your gut.

One might say that there are no specific hardware requirements with Upserve as every package includes at least one POS terminal on the house.

Upserve’s system itself runs on an iPad. That said, you’ll also have access to both iOS and Android mobile apps to keep track of everything going on with your business on-the-go.

Upserve also offers a variety of devices you can use in your business, such as tableside ordering terminals, EMV payment systems, kitchen display systems, Wi-Fi routers, and printers.

Upserve offers a technology partnership to aspiring tech companies, which boosts their list of application integrations to being one of the largest on the market.

Accounting, ordering, payroll, loyalty management, and data security are mere sub-sections in an impressive catalog of Upserve’s integrations.

Some of the most prominent mentions of integrations are:

• Gusto
• TapHunter
• HotSchedules
• Restaurant365

Despite Upserve’s 100 + something features, both the POS software and the mobile apps are simple and intuitive. You are free to do anything and everything from splitting a check to analyzing the performance of your team to tracking what your favorite customers are doing at the moment in but a couple of clicks.

Setting everything up is far from being a challenge as while lacking a free trial option, Upserve offers a free demo. Members of their own team will guide you through the process of setting up the POS.