01 / Compare · Kinnovis
The transparent, UK-native alternative to Kinnovis.
Kinnovis is a strong, modern, AI-led platform. StoreBay’s difference is specific: transparent published pricing, UK-native data residency, and a dependable billing spine — without a quote-only barrier.
The short answer
Kinnovis is a genuinely strong, modern, award-recognised platform — AI-led (JaneAI), with its own public API, e-signature, analytics and access control. The honest difference is narrow and specific: StoreBay publishes its pricing where Kinnovis is quote-only, is UK-native with UK data residency where Kinnovis is an Austrian/EU company, and runs on a dependable reliability spine. Choose StoreBay for transparent pricing and UK-native data; choose Kinnovis if AI-first operations and a proven European platform matter most.
Pricing
Published
Data residency
UK (LON1)
Reliability spine
A stated pillar
At 50 units
£63/mo +VAT
02 / The comparison
StoreBay and Kinnovis, side by side
A fair matrix: the top rows are the real difference; the lower rows are honest parity — Kinnovis has an API, e-sign, analytics and access control too.
| Capability | StoreBay | Kinnovis |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | Published base + per-unit ladder · unlimited free sites | Sales-led; no public price list |
| UK data residency | DigitalOcean LON1 + UK GDPR + PCI SAQ-A | Austrian/EU company; no public UK-residency claim |
| In-house billing engine + event-log audit | Every payment and message retried, replayed, audited — a stated pillar | No public evidence of an equivalent reliability spine |
| App marketplace + developer sandbox | Open marketplace + sandbox, included | Public API (Kinnovis Connect); no marketed marketplace |
| Website builder | Composable, section-based + block library | Free bundled website |
| Public API | Included in the base plan + sandbox | Yes — Kinnovis Connect |
| Native e-sign | Legally-recognised, can't be altered after signing | Yes — e-signature |
| Analytics | Live multi-site, real time | Yes — analytics dashboard |
| Access control | Nokē, BearBox, PTI Cloud, OpenTech + Paxton bridge | Yes — Kinnovis Access |
| AI | Not a marketed product today | JaneAI — its AI chatbot |
03 / The core difference
Transparent, UK-native, dependable
Kinnovis and StoreBay overlap on a lot. Where they genuinely differ is pricing transparency, data residency and the reliability spine.
Both platforms are modern and open, so honesty matters here. The real differences are three: StoreBay publishes its pricing — a base plus a per-unit ladder you can compute — while Kinnovis prices by quote.
StoreBay is UK-native, hosted on DigitalOcean LON1 with a scoped UK data-residency posture; Kinnovis is an Austrian company (Kinnovis GmbH) with no stated UK-residency commitment — which can matter to UK operators with UK-data-handling preferences.
And StoreBay runs on a dependable billing spine — a transactional outbox and append-only event log, so every payment, message and access command is retried, replayed and audited — with an open marketplace and sandbox on the one plan. Kinnovis has an API; StoreBay adds the marketplace and the reliability layer.
| StoreBay | Kinnovis | |
|---|---|---|
| Public price list | Yes — a base + per-unit ladder you can compute | No public price list (quote-only) |
| Know your bill before a call | Yes — from £63/mo +VAT at 50 units | Requires a sales conversation |
| Data residency | UK — DigitalOcean LON1 | Austrian/EU; no public UK-residency claim |
04 / Where Kinnovis wins
When Kinnovis is the better choice
Kinnovis is a capable, award-recognised, modern platform. A fair comparison says clearly where it leads.
05 / Migrating from Kinnovis
A guided move, not a rebuild
Export your data and our team handles the mapping alongside you.
Moving from Kinnovis?
There is no dedicated one-click Kinnovis importer, so we map your fields with you from a clean export — units, customers and live agreements. Our guide to switching storage software walks through what to expect.
See how migration works →Comparison based on Kinnovis’s publicly available information as of 2026-07-18. Kinnovis is a trademark of its respective owner; StoreBay is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kinnovis.
06 / FAQ
Common questions
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