POS System Comparison

Lightspeed vs. Celerant

See why retailers are choosing Celerant Technology’s Cumulus Retail POS over Lightspeed POS as their preferred point of sale system.

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Cumulus Retail vs. Lightspeed POS System

Why Celerant’s Retail Point of Sale and eCommerce?

More efficiently run your business, in-store and online, while enhancing your digital marketing strategy with Celerant’s lighter retail software solution, Cumulus Retail, which is designed for independent SMB retailers.

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All-In-One System
Unlike Lightspeed, Cumulus Retail offers point of sale, eCommerce and mobile shopping apps, so you can manage every aspect of your business in a single system, from one vendor, with consistency across all sales channels.
Dedicated Team
When you purchase Cumulus Retail, you are assigned a dedicated implementation manager to assist you throughout the on-boarding process to ensure the software works the way you need it to. Once you go-live, you’ll have access to live tech support in the United States with an average wait time of only 30 seconds.
Enterprise Features
If and when you require a fully-customizable solution, Celerant offers a seamless upgrade path to Stratus Enterprise. If your business requires advanced functionality but you’re not ready to upgrade, you can access many enterprise-level features a-la-carte until you’re ready to make the switch.

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As Celerant’s lighter retail software solution, Cumulus Retail is designed to help independently-owned retailers more efficiently run their business, in-store and online, while enhancing digital marketing strategy.

'Always-On' POS ➔
Unlike most cloud point of sale systems, Cumulus offers our 'Always On' POS option, which ensures all features stay up and running if the internet is lost - and when we say all, we mean it: not just retail sales, but customer look-ups, pricing, promotions and more.

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Integrated eCommerce ➔
With Cumulus Retail, you can manage your website and store as one with cross-channel coupons, promotions, pricing, loyalty rewards and gift cards. Cumulus Retail POS also integrates with Shopify, WooCommerce and others, and online marketplaces.

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Digital Marketing ➔
Celerant is the only retail software provider that offers digital marketing, including an email marketing platform and SEO services. Our email tools uses live sales/customer data to send promotional emails based on past purchases and preferences.

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Mobile Apps ➔
Cumulus Retail offers mobile shopping apps, curbside pickup apps, and mobile inventory apps that allow you to scan physical inventory with an iPhone, iPod, Linea Pro scanner, and heavy-duty portable data collectors. Our apps are developed and supported in-house.

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3-D Style Matrix ➔
Celerant developed a 3-D Matrix for size/color/style product variations. Variations are created as templates and assigned to products. Colors are assigned by product/style as opposed to being included in the matrix, preventing large grids that are difficult to manage.

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Consumer Incentives ➔
Cumulus Retail includes a Loyalty Loyalty Program that allows consumers to accrue/redeem reards and sign up for memberships with recurring billing, and flexibile coupons/BOGOs that allow for automated exclusions, time frames and special restrictions.

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Compare Cumulus Retail Features to Other POS Systems

Use this chart to compare POS features to discover why more and more retail businesses are choosing Cumulus Retail over other POS systems.

Always-On POS

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Customizable POS Screen

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Electronic Signature Capture

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Quick Sell Item Menu at POS

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Loyalty Rewards

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Coupons and BOGOs

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Gift Cards

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Accounts Receivable

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Serial Number Tracking

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Commission Management

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Kits

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Case Packs

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Product Import Tools

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Mobile Inventory

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Advanced Modules

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Reporting on All Modules

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Filtering on any Attribute (i.e., GMROI)

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Catalog Imports of Vendor Products

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Integrated eCommerce Website

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eCommerce Integrations (Shopify, Big Commerce, WooCommerce, Magento)

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Marketplace Integrations (i.e., Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Farfetch)

Email Marketing Tool with Real-Time Sales Data

Dedicated Project Manager

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Multi-Store Only

Based in United States

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>ERP Upgrade Option

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Always-On POS
Cumulus Retail ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Customizable POS Screen
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Electronic Signature Capture
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed: Available
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Quick Sell Item Menu at POS
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend: Available
Heartland Retail:

Loyalty Rewards
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend: Available
Heartland Retail:

Coupons and BOGOs
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Gift Cards
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Accounts Receivable
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed: Available
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Serial Number Tracking
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed: Available
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Commission Management
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail: Available

Kits
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed: Available
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Case Packs
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Product Import Tools
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend: Available
Heartland Retail: Available

Mobile Inventory
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend: Available
Heartland Retail: Available

Advanced Modules
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Reporting on All Modules
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend: 3rd-Party Add-On
Heartland Retail: Available

Filtering on any Attribute (i.e., GMROI)
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend: 3rd-Party Add-On
Heartland Retail:

Catalog Imports of Vendor Products
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Integrated eCommerce Website
Cumulus Retail: Add-On Developed In-House
Lightspeed: Available
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

eCommerce Integrations (Shopify, Big Commerce, WooCommerce, Magento)
Cumulus Retail: Add-On Developed In-House
Lightspeed:
Vend: Not All Functions Available
Heartland Retail: Not All Functions Available

Marketplace Integrations (i.e., Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Farfetch)
Cumulus Retail: Add-On Developed In-House
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Email Marketing Tool with Real-Time Sales Data
Cumulus Retail: Add-On Developed In-House
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

Dedicated Project Manager
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend: Multi-Store Only
Heartland Retail:

Based in United States
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail: Available

ERP Upgrade Option
Cumulus Retail: ✔
Lightspeed:
Vend:
Heartland Retail:

•  Feature available
*  Add-on developed in-house without 3rd-party plug-in
○  Available with 3rd-party add-on
◗  Not all functionality listed is available