Compare zenput and Lightspeed Restaurant on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Retail, Restaurant & POS tools, Custom-quoted; no public pricing…
At a Glance
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Lightspeed Restaurant
Primary category
Retail, Restaurant & POS
Retail, Restaurant & POS
Rating
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Pricing model
Custom-quoted; no public pricing page found — contact sales for a quote.
Subscription
Starting price
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$69/month
Free plan
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Free trial
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Platforms
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Team collaboration
Yes
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AI features
Yes
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Public API
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Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
zenput
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
Lightspeed Restaurant
Starter — $69/month Monthly
Essential — $189/month Monthly
Premium — $399/month Monthly
Enterprise — Custom Custom
Pros & Cons
zenput
Pros
Purpose-built for multi-location restaurant and convenience-store operations, with checklist, audit, and food-safety workflows tailored to that vertical rather than generic task management.
Deep, named integrations with the restaurant back-office stack: POS (Toast, Square, NCR Aloha, Oracle Simphony, PAR, Revel), payroll/HR (ADP, Workday, Paychex, Paycor, Paylocity), accounting (NetSuite, QuickBooks Online), and food distributors (Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group).
Includes AI-assisted photo validation for compliance checks and dedicated food-safety features (temperature monitoring, food-prep labeling), going beyond a basic digital-checklist tool.
Proven at large scale with major chain brands (Chipotle, Domino's, Taco Bell, Five Guys, Sweetgreen, Cava) across a combined 150,000+ locations in 100+ countries.
Backed by Crunchtime's wider operations suite (inventory, labor/scheduling, kitchen, guest management), giving customers a path to a single connected operations platform.
Cons
No public pricing was found on zenput.com or crunchtime.com (a dedicated pricing page returned a 404 at review time); prospective buyers must contact sales for a quote.
The rebrand from Zenput to Crunchtime Ops Execution may confuse buyers still searching for the product under its original, better-known name.
Built for large multi-unit chains — the depth of integrations and enterprise-scale positioning may be more than a small independent restaurant needs.
The published integrations list appears to be scoped at the Crunchtime platform level; it isn't clear which integrations are available specifically to the Ops Execution/Zenput module versus other Crunchtime modules.
Lightspeed Restaurant
Pros
Deep table, floor plan and multi-course order management built for full-service restaurants
Backed by a large, publicly traded company (LSPD) with continuous product investment
24/7 phone support included across plans
Raw API access on higher tiers for custom integrations
Single vendor can also cover retail and golf hospitality for multi-concept operators
Cons
Total real-world cost is often well above the advertised starting price once payments, hardware and add-ons are included
Lightspeed Payments is effectively mandatory, with penalty fees for using a third-party processor
Advanced inventory and API access are locked behind the more expensive Premium tier
Kitchen display system is a separate paid add-on rather than included
Pricing and feature tiers can be complex to compare against flat-rate competitors like Square
Use Cases
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Lightspeed Restaurant
Independent Full-Service Restaurants — Single-location restaurants use the Starter plan for core POS, menu, and floor-plan management.
Multi-Location Restaurant Groups — Growing groups use the Essential or Premium plan to centrally manage multiple restaurant locations.
Hotel and Multi-Revenue-Center Hospitality — Hotels use the Premium plan to run POS across multiple food and beverage outlets from one system.