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Square vs Lightspeed Retail: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about point of sale system for small retail — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. Square is named in 21 of 30 answers (70%); Lightspeed Retail in 17 (57%).

Square

70%

named in 21 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 90% of answers

Gemini: named in 30% of answers

Perplexity: named in 90% of answers

Lightspeed Retail

57%

named in 17 of 30 answers

How they rank against everyone else

Square

70%

Shopify POS

67%

Lightspeed Retail

57%

Clover

43%

PayPal Zettle

20%

SumUp

20%

Helcim

17%

Loyverse

17%

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.