How Lightspeed and tastie. compare on fees and features
Lightspeed sells a restaurant EPOS with integrated payments on monthly plans, with Order Anywhere as an add-on for online and QR ordering. tastie. gives takeaways their own ordering website with 0% commission and no monthly fee; customers pay just £1 per order, whatever the order size. Here is how they compare, using each company’s own published information.
Monthly fee
tastie.£0LightspeedFrom £79 for EPOS; ordering on request
Commission on orders
tastie.0%LightspeedCommission-free
Fee the customer pays
tastie.£1 per orderLightspeedNot published
Checked by hand on 31 October 2026 · Every fact linked to its source
In short: Lightspeed sells a restaurant EPOS with integrated payments on monthly plans, with Order Anywhere as an add-on for online and QR ordering. tastie. charges the restaurant 0% commission and no monthly fee, and customers pay just £1 per order, whatever the order size. Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if you want a full restaurant EPOS with online and QR ordering feeding straight into it.
At a glance
Lightspeed Restaurant and tastie., from each company’s own website. Checked 31 October 2026
What matters
tastie.
Lightspeed Restaurant
Monthly fee
£0: no tastie. monthly fee
EPOS plans “begin at GBP79/month for your first terminal”, per its UK pricing page. Order Anywhere online ordering is priced on request Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗
Paid by the restaurant, at a rate confirmed in writing before launch
Lightspeed Payments; rates not published. £15 per chargeback Source ↗
Setup or activation fee
No tastie. setup fee
Not published on its website
Contract
You review the agreement before your restaurant goes live
Not stated on its website
Hardware
Free SUNMI V2 or V3 terminal and printer paper. The terminal remains the property of ACORN RESERVE LTD
“Lightspeed hardware is sold separately”; prices not published Source ↗
Lightspeed Restaurant does not publish its full prices on its website. Ask for a written quote that covers every fee, including card processing and hardware.
Where Lightspeed Restaurant is strong
Online orders go straight into the Lightspeed EPOS. Source ↗
Guests can order and pay by QR code with no extra payment processor or hardware. Source ↗
Delivery can use Uber’s couriers or your own drivers. Source ↗
How tastie. is different
Lightspeed Restaurant is an EPOS (till) system that can also take orders online. tastie. does one job: your own ordering website, with your menu set up for you. It is not a till, so you can keep the one you have.
tastie. charges the restaurant no monthly fee and 0% commission; your customers pay just £1 per order, whatever the order size.
What each one includes
tastie.
Your own ordering website on your own web address, with a free .co.uk or .com if you need one and it is available.
Your menu set up for you from photos, a PDF or a link. You check it before it goes live.
A free SUNMI V2 or V3 terminal that prints orders at the counter, plus free printer paper. The terminal remains the property of ACORN RESERVE LTD.
Collection, or delivery by your own drivers. tastie. does not provide couriers.
Lightspeed Restaurant
Order Anywhere: online and QR ordering straight into the EPOS Source ↗
Delivery through Uber’s courier network or your own drivers Source ↗
Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if you want a full restaurant EPOS with online and QR ordering feeding straight into it.
Choose tastie. if you want your own ordering website with no monthly fee and 0% commission, your menu set up for you, and you offer collection or deliver with your own drivers.
Whichever you choose, compare quotes on the same footing: the same number of orders, the same order value, and every fee, including card processing.
Checked by hand on 31 October 2026. tastie.’s terms are on the offer page.
Lightspeed is a trademark of its owner. tastie. is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lightspeed Restaurant. Facts about Lightspeed Restaurant come from its own website on the date shown; prices and terms change, so ask Lightspeed Restaurant for a current quote. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll correct it.
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