Considering Square?
Square, compared honestly
Square is a horizontal commerce company: POS, payments, and an online ordering add-on that serves every kind of business from barbers to bookshops. Millions of sellers, restaurant-specialist in parts.
Their positioning, in their words: “Power your entire business” - horizontal POS and payments
Where Square is a strong choice
- New businesses that want one provider for till, payments, and a basic web presence
- Operators already deep in the Square ecosystem who need simple ordering fast
If that is your situation, they deserve a fair look. Here is where the two platforms genuinely differ.
Where the two differ
Not either/or - Storekit runs on Square
This comparison has a twist: Storekit integrates with Square POS. Keep the till, and put a hospitality-specialist ordering layer on top - orders drop straight in, payments reconcile in your Square reporting.
Restaurant-depth vs horizontal breadth
A horizontal platform's ordering add-on serves every industry adequately. Slot-capacity control for Friday service, courier dispatch, QR order-and-pay, digital tabs, catering pre-orders with corporate invoicing - that is what a specialist builds and a generalist approximates.
Your brand, front and centre
Storekit storefronts run on your domain with your type, colours, and photography - built to convert like your own website, because it is your own website.
Five questions to ask both of us
Whatever you choose, put the same questions to every platform on your shortlist - including Storekit - and get the answers in writing.
01
Can you export your customer list today, without asking?
This is the ownership test. If the answer is no, you are renting a marketplace with your logo on it.
02
Is the fee a flat per-order rate or a percentage of the basket?
Percentages scale with your prices and your success. Flat rates do not.
03
Does it cover every channel you run - or will you need a second system?
Takeaway, delivery, collection, at-table, and catering off one menu, or you will maintain five menus.
04
Does it drop orders into your EPOS, or does someone re-key them?
Re-keying is the hidden labour cost of most ordering systems. Ask for the integration list in writing.
05
What happens on your busiest night?
Ask about capacity controls per time slot, pausing a channel mid-service, and what support answers at 7pm on a Friday.
Weighing the rest of the field
Square and Storekit, asked directly
Does Storekit work with Square?
Yes. Storekit integrates with Square POS - direct orders drop into the till and payments reconcile in your Square reporting. Many operators run exactly this stack: Square at the counter, Storekit for every direct channel.
Should I use Square Online or a dedicated ordering platform?
If you need a simple web presence with basic ordering, Square Online is a reasonable start. If online ordering is a serious revenue channel - delivery dispatch, capacity control, at-table ordering, catering - a specialist platform earns its keep, and you can keep Square as the till underneath.
Test it against
your shortlist
Storekit is free to set up and live the same day - run a real order through it before you decide anything.