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Heartland Retail vs Squarespace Commerce

Heartland Retail logo

Heartland Retail

Software

Omnichannel retail management platform

From
$150/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Squarespace Commerce logo

Squarespace Commerce

Software

All-in-one website builder and ecommerce platform

From
$14/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • They diverge on capability: Heartland Retail covers Point of sale, Squarespace Commerce covers Website builder.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Heartland Retail and Squarespace Commerce actually diverge.

Attributes where Heartland Retail and Squarespace Commerce differ
AttributeHeartland RetailSquarespace Commerce
Starting price$150/month$14/month
Founded19972003

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Heartland Retail

  • Point of sale
  • Omnichannel selling
  • Inventory management
  • Customer management
  • Payment processing
  • Employee management
  • Reporting

Only in Squarespace Commerce

  • Website builder
  • Ecommerce platform
  • Mobile optimization
  • Email marketing
  • Domain registration
  • SSL certificate
  • Customer accounts

Both cover

  • Analytics

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Heartland Retail

No use cases recorded yet. See the Heartland Retail review.

Squarespace Commerce

  • Running a store on a hosted website builder with managed hostingnot Heartland Retail
  • Selling products, services and memberships from one sitenot Heartland Retail

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Heartland Retail

Nothing recorded yet. See the Heartland Retail review.

Squarespace Commerce

  • The entry plan charges a 2% transaction fee on online store sales on top of payment processing
  • Digital content and membership sales carry their own fee, up to 7% on the lowest tier
  • The entry plan is limited to 2 contributors
  • Reaching a 0% transaction fee requires moving up from the entry plan

Pricing, plan by plan

Heartland Retail

$150/month
  • Core$150/month
    • POS system
    • Inventory management
    • Customer management
  • Professional$350/month
    • All Core features
    • Omnichannel
    • Advanced analytics

Squarespace Commerce

$14/month
  • Personal$14/month
    • Website builder
    • Free domain
    • Analytics
  • Business$23/month
    • All Personal features
    • Ecommerce functionality
    • Inventory management

Which should you pick?

Choose Heartland Retail if

  • You need point of sale.
  • You also want omnichannel selling.
Heartland Retail review

Choose Squarespace Commerce if

  • You need website builder.
  • You also want ecommerce platform.
Squarespace Commerce review

Questions people ask

Is Heartland Retail or Squarespace Commerce better?
Neither clearly leads. Heartland Retail starts at $150/month and Squarespace Commerce at $14/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Heartland Retail or Squarespace Commerce?
Heartland Retail starts at $150/month and Squarespace Commerce at $14/month.
Does Heartland Retail or Squarespace Commerce run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can Heartland Retail do that Squarespace Commerce cannot?
Heartland Retail covers Point of sale, Omnichannel selling, Inventory management, Customer management. Squarespace Commerce covers Website builder, Ecommerce platform, Mobile optimization, Email marketing. Both handle Analytics.
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