POS & Checkout Systems · head-to-head
Lightspeed Restaurant vs Tillhub
As of 30 Oct 2026, the panel rates Lightspeed Restaurant 2.5/5 and Tillhub 2.5/5 in POS & Checkout Systems. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 4 of the 6 judges pick Lightspeed Restaurant and 2 pick Tillhub. Lightspeed Restaurant scores higher on 4 of 7 criteria (Accounting handoff, DATEV & data export, Pricing transparency, Checkout, receipts & hardware, plus 1 more). Tillhub scores higher on 2 of 7 criteria (European sovereignty and Fiscal compliance (TSE, DSFinV-K, RKSV)). Provenance — Lightspeed Restaurant: Rest of world; Tillhub: EU origin, foreign-owned. Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made.
The short answer
The benches split rather than decide. Lightspeed Restaurant is ahead on accounting and portability, 6.7 versus 4.0 with six leaning its way; on pricing transparency, 5.2 versus 4.3 with five leans; and on checkout and hardware, 6.7 versus 6.3 with two leans and four ties. Tillhub is ahead on sovereignty, 5.8 versus 3.8 with six leaning Tillhub, and on fiscal compliance, 5.7 versus 4.7 with five leans and one tie. Payments and fees sits close at 4.3 versus 4.0, one lean and five ties; operations and locations is level at 6.8 to 6.8, one lean each way. The published weighted totals split two and two: the tax adviser, 5.7 to 5.3, and the fee-conscious merchant, 5.3 to 4.9, favor Lightspeed Restaurant; the operations manager, 5.2 to 5.1, and the skeptic, 5.1 to 4.7, favor Tillhub. No overall winner emerges; the split is the finding.
Choose Lightspeed Restaurant if
- You keep books through DATEV: Lightspeed Restaurant documents daily automated single records in DSFinV-K format into DATEV Kassenarchiv online and DATEV Kassenbuch online, and six judges lean Lightspeed Restaurant on accounting and portability, 6.7 versus 4.0.
- You compare published plan prices before a sales call: five judges lean Lightspeed Restaurant on pricing transparency, 5.2 versus 4.3.
- Your counter hardware is already Epson, Star, Safescan, Zebra or Verifone: the named catalogue and an offline mode whose limits are written down sit behind the checkout and hardware lead of 6.7 versus 6.3.
- Your review panel includes a tax adviser: that judge's weighted total puts Lightspeed Restaurant ahead, 5.7 to 5.3.
- Your compliance checklist requires a listed owner: the sovereignty attribute records Lightspeed Restaurant's ownership as listed.
Choose Tillhub if
- You need to know where your data sits: the captured pages state storage immutable on two redundant servers in Germany, and six judges lean Tillhub on sovereignty, 5.8 versus 3.8.
- You want TSE included in the till price: Tillhub publishes 'POS Go ab 30 € pro Monat inklusive TSE', and five judges lean Tillhub on fiscal compliance, 5.7 versus 4.7.
- Your operations manager signs off the purchase: that judge's weighted total has Tillhub ahead, 5.2 to 5.1.
- You read the panel's skeptic as your proxy: that judge's weighted total favors Tillhub, 5.1 to 4.7.
Read this comparison as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The bench's picks
Same scores, different priorities: each judge's weighting applied to both products. The split is the finding.
- The Café Owner Lightspeed Restaurant Tillhub picks Lightspeed Restaurant
- The Retail Shop Owner Lightspeed Restaurant Tillhub picks Lightspeed Restaurant
- The Tax Adviser Lightspeed Restaurant Tillhub picks Lightspeed Restaurant
- The Hospitality Operations Manager Lightspeed Restaurant Tillhub picks Tillhub
- The Fee-Conscious Merchant Lightspeed Restaurant Tillhub picks Lightspeed Restaurant
- The Skeptic Lightspeed Restaurant Tillhub picks Tillhub
Criterion by criterion
| Criterion | Lightspeed Restaurant | Tillhub |
|---|---|---|
| Checkout, receipts & hardware | 3.5 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Card payments & fees | 2 of 5 | 2 of 5 |
| Fiscal compliance (TSE, DSFinV-K, RKSV) | 2.5 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Inventory, tables, staff & locations | 3.5 of 5 | 3.5 of 5 |
| Accounting handoff, DATEV & data export | 3.5 of 5 | 2 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 2 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 2.5 of 5 | 2 of 5 |
| Criterion | Lightspeed Restaurant | Tillhub | The bench leans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checkout, receipts & hardware | Lightspeed Restaurant, 2 of 6 judges | ||
| Card payments & fees | Lightspeed Restaurant, 1 of 6 judges | ||
| Fiscal compliance (TSE, DSFinV-K, RKSV) | Tillhub, 5 of 6 judges | ||
| Inventory, tables, staff & locations | split 1–1 | ||
| Accounting handoff, DATEV & data export | Lightspeed Restaurant, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| European sovereignty | Tillhub, 6 of 6 judges | ||
| Pricing transparency | Lightspeed Restaurant, 5 of 6 judges |
Stars show the bench average per criterion; the lean counts which product each judge scored higher. Open a judge's tab for their reasoning on both sides.
Sovereignty, side by side
| Dimension | Lightspeed Restaurant | Tillhub |
|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | Not determined |
| Hosting location | Not determined | Not determined |
| Hosting options | Not determined | Not determined |
| Open source | Not determined | Not determined |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined | Not determined |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined | Not determined |
Facts, side by side
Only facts both products carry under the same definition — anything else would not be a fair row.
| Legal · Address | Berlin · Revaler Straße 32 · Deutschland · 102451 | Hamburg · Georgsplatz 1 · 200992 |
|---|---|---|
| Legal · Commercial register | Amtsgericht Charlottenburg · HRB 138363 B1 | Amtsgericht Hamburg · HRB 973102 |
| Legal · Content responsible | Vivien Wollenberg1 | Oliver Mickler · Pascal Beij2 |
| Legal · Entity name | Lightspeed POS Germany GmbH1 | UTill Commerce GmbH (ehemals Tillhub GmbH)2 |
| Legal · VAT id | DE2821964281 | DE2486596562 |
| Product · Accounting | accounting, add-on on all plans3 | yes · yes4 |
| Product · Inventory management | inventory management, add-on3 | yes5 |
| Product · Multi location | yes6 | yes5 |
| Product · Offline mode | yes6 | yes · yes4 |
| Product · Payment methods | credit_cards · debit_cards · mobile_payments6 | yes · yes · yes · yes · yes · yes4 |
| Support · Demo | yes6 | yes · 15 · yes4 |
| Support · Hours | 24/77 | 08:00-20:00 · 09:00-18:008 |
| Support · Onboarding | yes7 | yes4 |
Questions about Lightspeed Restaurant and Tillhub
Which is better, Lightspeed Restaurant or Tillhub?
As of 30 Oct 2026, the panel rates both 2.5/5. Weighted by what each judge cares about, 4 of the 6 judges pick Lightspeed Restaurant and 2 pick Tillhub. Which one fits depends on the criteria that matter to you; the table on this page shows both side by side, and each judge’s reading has its own page. Both were scored by the same AI bench under the same rubric, from public evidence only, as the methodology describes.
Is Lightspeed Restaurant or Tillhub European?
Lightspeed Restaurant is not European by provenance (Rest of world). Tillhub is European (EU origin, foreign-owned). Provenance is read from each company’s own legal pages: who builds it and who owns it.
Where do Lightspeed Restaurant and Tillhub store customer data?
Per the vendors’ own pages as captured — Lightspeed Restaurant: its pages as captured do not say. Tillhub: Default not stated; pages mention Germany.