# Lightspeed eCom review (2026): is it worth $89 a month? > Online store that syncs with Lightspeed Retail point of sale Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Lightspeed eCom is the online store side of Lightspeed's retail platform. It builds a website or connects to an existing one, sells on social channels and marketplaces, and keeps inventory, products and loyalty in sync with Lightspeed Retail point of sale. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** Lightspeed - **Website:** https://www.lightspeedhq.com/ecom/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want only a web store, because eCom comes inside the retail plans. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Lightspeed eCom is a paid product, starting at $89 per month (Retail POS Basic with built-in eCommerce). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Retail Basic | $89 per month; annual toggle shown, billing basis unconfirmed | Retail POS with 1 register and a built-in Basic Lightspeed eCommerce site. eCom is not sold separately on this page. | | Retail Core | $149 per month; annual toggle shown, billing basis unconfirmed | Adds loyalty, advanced reports and accounting and marketing integrations to Retail POS; eCommerce is listed in the plan. | | Retail Plus | $289 per month; annual toggle shown, billing basis unconfirmed | Adds AI document import, landed costs and Insights forecasting to Retail POS; eCommerce is listed in the plan. | Read from https://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/retail/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Lightspeed eCom before buying. ## Key features - **Website builder and themes:** Build a site from scratch with free and paid themes, or connect Lightspeed to an existing site on WordPress, Wix or Weebly. - **Sales channels:** Sell through Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Google Shopping, Amazon, eBay and Walmart from the same catalog. - **Synced inventory:** Products and stock levels sync between eCom and Lightspeed Retail, including across multiple locations. - **Marketing tools:** Facebook and Google ads, built-in SEO settings, abandoned cart emails and an AI blog writer are listed. - **In-store and online customer features:** Gift cards and loyalty points work across store and web, and checkout fills in known customer details. - **Shipping and local pickup:** Integrated shipping, local pickup and scheduled local delivery are offered alongside online or curbside payment. ## Good for - Retailers with a physical store who want one catalog online and in-store - Shops that want to sell on marketplaces and social channels - Businesses adding a web store to an existing website ## Worth knowing - The pricing page lists eCommerce inside the Retail POS plans; no standalone eCom price is shown there, so the plan prices are the POS prices. - Only the Basic plan is labeled with a Basic eCommerce tier; what Core and Plus include for eCom is not spelled out. - Extra locations and additional registers are charged on top of the base plan cost. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Lightspeed eCom is the online store built into Lightspeed's retail point-of-sale plans, which start at $89 a month, with one catalog across shop and web. It isn't sold on its own, the pricing page doesn't spell out what the dearer plans include for eCom, and extra registers and locations cost more. - **Value for money: D.** $89 a month, which is where the category's dearest tenth begins, and that is a retail till plan with eCom inside it. eCom isn't priced alone, and Core is $149 and Plus $289. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial are on record. - **Features: C.** A site builder, marketplace and social channels, synced stock and gift cards across shop and web. What Core and Plus include for eCom isn't spelled out. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up a till system and a website together, and connect each sales channel. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Google Shopping, Amazon, eBay and Walmart, or a link to an existing WordPress, Wix or Weebly site. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Lightspeed's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among online store builders - Lightspeed eCom's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 26 other online store builders we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 5 of 26) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $89 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 15 of the 18 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Lightspeed eCom you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 25 of the 26 other online store builders grade higher. It costs $1,068 a year. - You could make: Inventory: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress, Wix and Weebly among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, Wix, Weebly, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Google Shopping, Amazon **Tags:** Online store, Inventory, Email campaigns, AI features ## Alternatives - [Shopify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopify): Hosted commerce platform for online, in-person and social selling. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lightspeed-ecom-vs-shopify) - [Square Online](https://toolgpa.com/tools/square-online): Online store builder that shares stock and payments with Square POS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lightspeed-ecom-vs-square-online) - [BigCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigcommerce): Hosted ecommerce platform with plans set by yearly sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-lightspeed-ecom) - [Ecwid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ecwid): Online store you can add to any website or run as its own site. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ecwid-vs-lightspeed-ecom) - [WooCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/woocommerce): Free, open-source store plugin for WordPress that you host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lightspeed-ecom-vs-woocommerce) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.lightspeedhq.com/pos/retail/pricing/ - https://www.lightspeedhq.com/ecom/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/lightspeed-ecom Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).