--- title: "Lightspeed vs Verifone: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Lightspeed or Verifone more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the POS terminal brands set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-verifone" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Lightspeed vs Verifone: Which is searched more? Is Lightspeed or Verifone more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the POS terminal brands set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Lightspeed and Verifone - **Competitive set**: POS terminal brands - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Lightspeed Share of Search**: 7% - **Verifone Share of Search**: 19.5% ## Is Lightspeed or Verifone more popular in search? - In September 2026, Verifone had more branded searches than Lightspeed among POS terminal brands worldwide. Verifone had about 90,800 branded searches, while Lightspeed had 32,700. Verifone made up 19.5% of all POS terminal brand searches we track, and Lightspeed accounted for 7%. - Verifone was ahead of Lightspeed in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Lightspeed’s share of searches among POS terminal brands worldwide moved from 9% to 7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 44.9K to 32.7K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Verifone’s share of searches among POS terminal brands worldwide moved from 15% to 19.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 74.6K to 90.8K. ## Top POS terminal brands in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Lightspeed and Verifone were each mentioned in one out of four: in one of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in the Google AI Overview. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Square | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 1 | 4 of 4 | | Clover | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 3 of 4 | | Toast | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 3 of 4 | | Shopify POS | 4th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 3 of 4 | | Lightspeed | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | Verifone | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | Ingenico | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | Adyen | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 | | Newland | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 | ## Every AI answer about POS terminal brands - Asked ChatGPT "Which POS terminal brand should I use?": 1. Square, 2. Clover, 3. Toast, 4. Shopify POS - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best POS terminal brands?": 1. Square, 2. Clover, 3. Toast, 4. Shopify POS, 5. Lightspeed, 6. Verifone, 7. Ingenico - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best POS terminal brand for a checkout counter?": 1. Square, 2. Clover, 3. Toast, 4. Shopify POS - Searched Google, AI Overview "wireless pos terminal": 1. Square Not named in any answer: Adyen and Newland. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for POS terminal brands worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, Verifone lost share of searches among POS terminal brands worldwide, from 22.4% to 19.5%. - In September 2026, Lightspeed lost share of searches among POS terminal brands worldwide, from 7.8% to 7%. ## Month by month | Month | Lightspeed estimated searches | Lightspeed Share of Search | Lightspeed rank | Verifone estimated searches | Verifone Share of Search | Verifone rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 44.9K | 9% | 5 | 74.6K | 15% | 2 | | Nov 2025 | 39.7K | 9% | 7 | 74.6K | 16.9% | 2 | | Dec 2025 | 32.7K | 7.1% | 7 | 74.5K | 16.1% | 2 | | Jan 2026 | 38.7K | 7.6% | 7 | 91K | 17.9% | 2 | | Feb 2026 | 38.3K | 7.3% | 6 | 90.9K | 17.3% | 2 | | Mar 2026 | 46.9K | 8.8% | 5 | 111K | 20.8% | 2 | | Apr 2026 | 42.4K | 8.4% | 5 | 90.9K | 18% | 2 | | May 2026 | 41.9K | 8.1% | 5 | 110K | 21.5% | 2 | | Jun 2026 | 35.8K | 6.6% | 6 | 110K | 20.3% | 2 | | Jul 2026 | 33.8K | 7.2% | 6 | 110K | 23.6% | 2 | | Aug 2026 | 38.3K | 7.8% | 6 | 110K | 22.4% | 2 | | Sep 2026 | 32.7K | 7% | 7 | 90.8K | 19.5% | 2 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Lightspeed’s and Verifone’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Lightspeed**: Measured on the search terms “kounta”, “kounta lightspeed”, “lightspeed commerce”, “lightspeed epos”, “lightspeed epos system”, “lightspeed hospitality”, “lightspeed hq”, “lightspeed kounta”, “lightspeed point of sale system”, “lightspeed pos”, “lightspeed pos app”, “lightspeed pos demo”, “lightspeed pos ecommerce”, “lightspeed pos hardware”, “lightspeed pos inventory”, “lightspeed pos restaurant”, “lightspeed pos retail”, “lightspeed pos software”, “lightspeed pos system”, “lightspeed restaurant”, “lightspeed restaurant pos”, “lightspeed retail”, “lightspeed retail app”, “lightspeed retail point of sale”, “lightspeed retail pos”, “lightspeed retail x”, “lightspeed vend”, “pos lightspeed”, “pos vend”, “retail lightspeed”, “vend by lightspeed”, “vend hq”, “vend lightspeed”, “vend pos”, “vend pos app”, “vend pos system”, “vend software” and “vendhq lightspeed”, summed into one figure. - **Verifone**: Measured on the search terms “verifone” and “verifone eftpos”, summed into one figure. - [Lightspeed profile](/demand/global-en/brands/lightspeed) - [Verifone profile](/demand/global-en/brands/verifone) - [All POS terminal brands worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/pos-terminal-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Lightspeed or Verifone more popular in search? In September 2026, Verifone had more branded searches than Lightspeed among POS terminal brands worldwide. Verifone had about 90,800 branded searches, while Lightspeed had 32,700. Verifone made up 19.5% of all POS terminal brand searches we track, and Lightspeed accounted for 7%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Lightspeed vs Verifone: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-verifone This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/lightspeed-vs-verifone. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.