AddTheShop vs Square Online
Square Online makes sense if you already run a Square till and want your inventory online. If you do not use Square in a physical shop, it is a store builder like the others, with its own site, its own checkout and its own fees. AddTheShop assumes the site already exists.
| Square Online | AddTheShop | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | Free plan with Square branding; paid from about $29/mo | None |
| Transaction fee | Square processing (2.9% + 30c online in the US) | 2% + Stripe's fee |
| Where the shop lives | A Square Online site | Inside your existing site |
| In-person sync | Yes, with Square POS | No |
| AI management | Dashboard | OAuth MCP server, REST API |
If you use Square in person
Keep Square Online. Shared inventory between a counter and a website is its whole point and AddTheShop does not do it.
If you do not
Then Square Online is another hosted store with a monthly fee for the plan without branding. AddTheShop puts the shop in the site you already have, with Stripe's checkout on your own Stripe account and no monthly fee.
Payments
Square Online uses Square's processing; AddTheShop uses your Stripe account, which means your existing Stripe balance, payouts and reporting.