Lightspeed Vs. Cumulus Retail
Why retailers are choosing Cumulus Retail over Lightspeed as their preferred POS Solution
Built By Celerant,
Supported by Celerant
A lot of point of sale & eCommerce providers say they can do it all, but when you dig deep, what they really mean is through add-ons, plug-ins or other 3rd party applications. All of which results in higher costs and more potential issues needing support from multiple companies. With Cumulus Retail you are getting a seamless, all encompassing solution, natively designed and supported by Celerant Technology.
Why Cumulus Point of Sale & eCommerce?
Flexible Reporting
| Cumulus reporting allows you to filter on almost any attribute assigned to products, customers and employees; you are not limited to specific filters as you are in Lightspeed. Additionally, Cumulus includes a wider selection of retail calculations available out of the box including Gross Margin Return on Investment (GMROI). Reports have the flexibility to filter via date range, store, brand, department, class, color, size, width and more! |
Dedicated Team
When you purchase a Cumulus POS system you are assigned an implementation manager who is your dedicated point of contact during the on-boarding process. Your implementation manager is there to address your unique concerns and business requirements ensuring the software works the way you need it to. Once your system is running you’ll have access to a live support desk based in the United States with an average wait time of 30 seconds.
Complete Solution
Unlike Lightspeed, all of the core software modules such as Reporting, CRM, Coupons, Gift Cards and Loyalty come standard. Meaning you do not have to pay extra to add on the functionaly. Additionally Cumulus offers 9 customizable data fields, all of which can be used to report on or assign specific discounts. Cumulus also offers more advanced functionality like rentals, repairs, buy/trade, consignment etc.- developed and supported in-house by Celerant, not 3rd party plug-ins.
“Cumulus made it much more user-friendly, especially for someone learning a new business from the start, having never done anything in business before. It really paired things down to what was important. We love it because it’s simple and user-friendly. Celerant offers very good technical support, so I can get back to what we really love, which is helping our customers.”
Allison Todd
Owner, Magic Box Toys
Cumulus Point of Sale Differentiators
Unmatched Experience
Always on POS
Integrated eCommerce
Customizable POS
Flexible Coupons
Mobile Inventory
Size/Color/Style Matrix
Customer Loyalty
- Always On POS
- Integrated eCommerce
- Customizable POS
- Flexible Coupons
- Mobile INventory
- Size/Color/Style matrix
- Customer Loyalty
While there are many emerging point of sale technology companies, Cumulus is built by Celerant, a mature and reputable company that has provided advanced retail business software and services for over 20 years. As an industry leader, Celerant is recognized as a top commerce software provider year after year.
Grow your retail business with Cumulus
Customer Loyalty Programs
The best way to increase sales is to build your customer loyalty. With Cumulus, you can do this with no additional fees since Cumulus point of sale comes standard with a built-in CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and loyalty program. Track your sales in real-time, from all channels, to better understand your customers and keep them coming back again and again.
Personalized Email Marketing
Celerant is the only point of sale and eCommerce provider that offers its own email marketing platform, pulling your live sales data from both your store and your website. By collecting your customer data within your Cumulus CRM, you can then send promotional emails to specific customers, based on their past purchases and preferences to promote up-sells and repeat business.
Enterprise Ready
If and when you require a fully customizable, enterprise level commerce solution Celerant offers a seamless path for clients to scale up from Cumulus to our Enterprise level software, Stratus. If your business requires certain enterprise level features, but you're not ready to move to a full enterprise POS we allow Cumulus users access to many enterprise features on a-la-carte basis until you're ready to make the switch.
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 | Lightspeed | Vend | Springboard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Always on POS | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
Customizable POS Screen | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
Electronic Signature Capture | Cell | Cell | ||
Quick Sell Item Menu at POS | Cell | Cell | ||
No Fee Customer Loyalty Program (No 3rd Party) | Cell | Cell | ||
Flexible Coupons & BOGO | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
No Fee Gift Card Management (No 3rd Party) | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
Accounts Receivable | Cell | Cell | ||
Serial Number Tracking | Cell | Cell | ||
Commission Management | Cell | Cell | ||
Kits | Cell | Cell | ||
Case Packs | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
Product Import Tools | Cell | |||
No Fee Mobile Inventory (No 3rd Party) | Cell | |||
Advanced Modules w/out 3rd Party Plugins | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
Reporting on any Attribute | Cell | |||
Full Suite of Flexible Reporting, including GMROI | Cell | Cell | ||
Catalog Imports with Current Products Supported by Vendor | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
*Native Email Marketing platform with Real-time Sales Data | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
*Native Website | Cell | Cell | ||
*Native Marketplace Integrations to Amazon,eBay, Walmart, Farfetch, etc. | Cell | Cell | Cell | |
*Native Integration into Shopify, Big Commerce, WooCommerce, and Magento | Cell | |||
Dedicated Project Manager | Cell | Multi-store only | Cell | |
Based in the United States | Cell | Cell | ||
ERP Upgrade Options | Cell | Cell | Cell |
Feature available
Feature available with 3rd party add-on
Not all integrations listed are available
Native defined as developed in-house, without 3rd party plug-ins
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