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How StoreBay compares.
Every comparison is dated and sourced from the other platform’s own public materials, and phrased so you can verify it. The theme runs through all of them: the parts that drive revenue — the API, collections, reporting — are included on StoreBay’s one plan, not gated behind a higher tier.
Comparisons as of 2026-07-18
01 / How we compare
How to read anything on this page
Comparison pages published by a vendor are marketing. Here is exactly how these ones are built, so you can weigh them accordingly.
Every claim is dated and sourced
Competitor facts are captured from each vendor’s own public materials — raw pages, never a summary — and carry the date they were captured. Vendors change their pricing and packaging; a comparison without a date is a comparison you cannot check.
“No public evidence” is not “they don’t have it”
Where we cannot find something in a vendor’s public materials we say exactly that, and nothing stronger. A gap in our evidence is not a gap in their product, and we never present one as the other.
We never quote a price nobody published
Several UK vendors are quote-only. Where there is no public price list we say so and stop — we do not estimate, extrapolate or infer a figure on a competitor’s behalf, even where we could make a fair guess.
Every page says where the other side wins
Each head-to-head carries a genuine section on where that competitor is the better choice. If a comparison never concedes anything, it is not a comparison — and StoreBay is the newer platform here, which is a real consideration.
02 / The matrix
Every platform, the same questions
Each head-to-head page argues a case. This table asks every vendor the same questions in the same order, including the ones we lose — filter it by what you actually care about.
| Capability | StoreBay | Stora | Storman | Kinnovis | Storeganise | SiteLink | 6Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published price you can computeThe full pricing formula is public, so a buyer can work out their own bill without contacting sales. | Base + per-unit ladder, published in full | Tiered, from-price published | No public price list | No public price list | Calculator with a published floor | Pricing page returns 404 | Flat per-unit rate described; no figure found |
| Additional sites includedOpening another location does not change the subscription. | Unlimited sites and seats | No verified additional-site figure | No public pricing to assess | No public pricing to assess | Locations are a pricing input | No public pricing to assess | No public pricing to assess |
| Public API on the base offeringA documented public API available without a tier upgrade or paid add-on. | Included, with a sandbox | Advanced/Premium tiers | A REST API exists | Kinnovis Connect | Open API, plus Zapier | Partners and API integrations | Partners and integrations programme |
| Live multi-site reportingOccupancy, revenue and arrears across every site in one view, in real time. | Live across the portfolio | Advanced reporting is Advanced+ | No public evidence of live multi-site analytics | Analytics dashboard | Multi-facility management | Web Edition, single and multi-store | All facilities from one login |
| Bacs Direct Debit modelledAdvance notices, failure reports and reversible payments handled as first-class states, not as a card charge with a different name. | Notices, failures and clawbacks modelled | No public evidence of Bacs-specific handling | No public evidence of Bacs-specific handling | No public evidence of Bacs-specific handling | No public evidence of Bacs-specific handling | No public evidence of Bacs-specific handling | No public evidence of Bacs-specific handling |
| UK storage licence agreementsA licence to occupy rather than a lease or tenancy, e-signed at move-in. | Licence to occupy, e-signed | No public evidence of UK licence templates | No public evidence of UK licence templates | No public evidence of UK licence templates | No public evidence of UK licence templates | No public evidence of UK licence templates | No public evidence of UK licence templates |
| UK data residencyA public, scoped commitment that customer data is held in the UK. | DigitalOcean LON1, UK GDPR | No public scoped commitment found | Local hosting is a stated sales theme | Austrian/EU; no public UK claim | No public scoped commitment found | No public scoped commitment found | No public scoped commitment found |
| Public review baseA meaningful volume of public, verifiable customer reviews. | None yet — we are new | Capterra UK reviewed | Capterra UK reviewed | Award-recognised, EU adoption | Capterra UK reviewed | Long-established since 1996 | Deep Capterra UK review base |
● included · ◐ partial · ◔ higher tier or add-on · ○ not offered · — no public evidence found. “No public evidence” means we could not find it published, never that a vendor lacks the capability. Every cell restates a fact stated in full, with its source and capture date, on that vendor’s comparison page. All names are trade marks of their owners, used for identification only.
03 / Head to head
Pick a comparison
StoreBay vs Stora
Stora publishes tiered pricing and reserves the public API, advanced reporting and dynamic pricing for its higher tiers. See how that lines up against StoreBay’s single, everything-included plan.
Read the comparison →StoreBay vs Storman
Storman sells through a quote-only motion with no public price list. See a like-for-like look at capabilities, and why StoreBay publishes its pricing openly.
Read the comparison →StoreBay vs Storeganise
Storeganise publishes a starting price and is strong in valet storage, internationally. See how a UK-native platform with unlimited free sites and a fully published pricing formula compares.
Read the comparison →StoreBay vs Kinnovis
Kinnovis is a modern, AI-led platform with its own API — and quote-only pricing. See where StoreBay differs: transparent published pricing, UK-native data residency and a dependable billing spine.
Read the comparison →StoreBay vs SiteLink
SiteLink is long-established and consolidating into Storable. See what a UK operator specifically needs — Bacs Direct Debit, storage licence agreements, UK VAT and data residency — and where each platform stands.
Read the comparison →StoreBay vs 6Storage
A well-reviewed international platform with years of trading behind it. See the narrower UK differences: a published pricing formula, Bacs Direct Debit and UK data residency.
Read the comparison →Trademarks are the property of their respective owners; naming a competitor here is factual comparison, not affiliation. Want the bigger picture first? What to look for in self-storage software →
04 / Buying guides
The wider market, honestly
Best self storage software UK (2026)
Seven platforms compared side by side — Capterra UK ratings, pricing transparency and UK presence, every claim dated 17 July 2026. StoreBay appears in the list, and says so.
Read the guide →Self storage software cost (UK)
What UK operators actually pay: the few published prices, the three pricing models, and the cost drivers — payment processing, tier gating, onboarding fees — that decide the real total.
Read the guide →