Square Online offers a free online store with low card fees, and works hand in hand with Square's tills. Add Your Shop builds the shop for you, on your own website, in France, Belgium and the UK. Here's how they compare.
Square prices checked on squareup.com for France and the UK on 17 October 2026.
| Add Your Shop | Square Online | |
|---|---|---|
| Card payments in | France, Belgium and the UK | France, the UK and six other countries; not Belgium |
| Keeps your current website | Yes: a Shop tab in your menu | A separate Square Online site, linked from yours; your own domain needs a paid plan |
| Setup | Done for you | You build it |
| Monthly fee | €0 | Free plan €0. Plus: €25 a month before VAT, billed yearly; £20 a month in the UK, billed yearly |
| Commission | 2.5% per order, never more than €49 a month (£42 in pounds) | None |
| Card fees | Stripe: 1.5% + €0.25 (standard EEA cards), 1.5% + 20p (standard UK cards); Bancontact €0.35 in Belgium | 1.4% + €0.25 per EU or EEA card (France); 1.4% + 25p per UK card |
| Point of sale | Not offered: your till stays as it is | Syncs with Square's point of sale |
Sources (checked October 2026): Square Online plans (France) · Square Online plans (UK) · Square: where cards are accepted · Stripe pricing (France) · Stripe pricing (Belgium) · Stripe pricing (UK)
Prices as published on 17 October 2026. Square accepts cards in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the UK, Ireland, France and Spain.
Total fees for one month with an average order of €50, using Square Online's free plan in France.
| Online sales in a month | Add Your Shop | Square Online Free · France |
|---|---|---|
| No sales | €0 | €0 |
| €500 · 10 orders | €22.50 | €9.50 |
| €1,500 · 30 orders | €67.50 | €28.50 |
| €5,000 · 100 orders | €149.00 | €95.00 |
| €10,000 · 200 orders | €249.00 | €190.00 |
Sources (checked October 2026): Square Online plans (France) · Square Online plans (UK) · Stripe pricing (France) · Stripe pricing (UK)
On fees alone, Square Online's free plan costs less at every sales level, and the same as us (€0) in a month without sales. What our commission pays for is the work: a shop built for you on your own website, kept up to date, and available in Belgium too. Add Your Shop: 2.5% commission, never more than €49 a month, plus Stripe's 1.5% + €0.25 per payment, shown before VAT. Square Online Free: 1.4% + €0.25 per EU card.
In the UK, same orders in pounds: Add Your Shop £22 · £66 · £137 · £232; Square Online Free £9.50 · £28.50 · £95 · £190.
Three examples, line by line, with the published prices above.
Square's free plan costs €39 less in fees; you build and run the store yourself.
Our commission stops at €49 for the month; Square's free plan is still €54 cheaper.
Square doesn't offer card payments in Belgium, so there's no Square figure here. With us, Stripe charges €0.35 per Bancontact payment.
Assumes an average order of €50 and standard European cards (or Bancontact where stated). Your own figures will vary.
No. According to Square's help centre (October 2026), Square accepts card payments in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the UK, Ireland, France and Spain.
The Free plan has no monthly fee; Square charges 1.4% + €0.25 per EU or EEA card payment in France, or 1.4% + 25p per UK card. A custom domain and removing Square's branding need a paid plan.
On fees, Square Online's free plan, at every sales level we checked. If you have the time to build and run your own store, and you're in France or the UK, it's a very good option. With us, you pay for a shop built on your own website and looked after for you.
Yes, the two run side by side: online orders arrive by email and your till stays as it is. If you want one stock count across the till and the web, Square Online will suit you better.
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