🆚 Lightspeed eCom vs. Patreon

Type

E-commerce platform
Donation tool

About

Lightspeed eCom is a cloud-based e-commerce platform from Canadian point-of-sale and payment software provider Lightspeed.

It provides a visual website builder with over 30 free themes, centralized inventory and order management, support for more than 70 payment providers and 50 languages, abandoned cart recovery, subscriptions, and multichannel selling through websites, marketplaces, and social media.

Patreon is a membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans.

It lets creators set up multiple membership tiers or one-time purchases, publish exclusive posts, videos or audio, manage payments and payouts, host media, and offer community tools like chats and polls.

Headquarters

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌
Retail POS Core
(includes Lightspeed eCom)
Basic $109/month
Core $179/month
Plus $339/month
Standard platform fee 10%
Legacy platform fees
Pro 8%
Premium 12%
Payment processing
USD 2.9%-3.9% + $0.30
EUR 3.4% + €0.35
GBP 3.4% + £0.35

Categories

E-Commerce › Rank #46
E-Commerce › Rank #11
Donations › Rank #1
Subscriptions › Rank #3

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Patreon donation tool is 7 times more popular than Lightspeed eCom.
Total websites

Market share

E-Commerce

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Patreon is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Lightspeed eCom is more popular in the Netherlands and Belgium.
United States
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
France
Spain
Russia
Australia
Ukraine

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Patreon is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and games, while Lightspeed eCom is more commonly used on online shopping and fashion and beauty sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Online Shopping
Games
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Business
Sports
Software/Hardware
Humor/Comics

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#42,311
#138,742
#142,167
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See also

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