Online shop software Switzerland — comparison

Selling with the QR-bill and TWINT, not just with a credit card.

Swiss specifics

What is different in Switzerland

Online shop

The Swiss market imposes requirements that an international solution usually lacks — it is built for other legal systems. Buy from abroad and you notice at the year-end close, in the VAT filing or with the first payroll declaration. These are the points that decide in this category:

This category lists only vendors with a Swiss legal entity. Foreign solutions are not excluded — none of those that matter here names a franc price.

TWINT as a payment methodThe most widespread cashless payment method in Switzerland, unknown abroad. A foreign shop system often knows TWINT only through a payment service provider as an intermediate layer — that costs per transaction and has to be negotiated separately. Ask whether TWINT is connected directly or runs through Saferpay, Datatrans or Stripe.
QR-billMandatory standard since the payment slip was retired. Check both directions: issuing invoices with a QR code and reading incoming QR documents — the second is missing more often.
VAT 8.1 / 2.6 / 3.8 %The software has to carry all three Swiss rates — standard, reduced and the special rate for accommodation — and assign them correctly on documents and in the filing. Foreign programs often know only one rate per country.
Data locationSwiss data centres are not a legal requirement, but often a procurement criterion – especially for personal data and public-sector contracts.
Ten-year retentionThe Swiss Code of Obligations requires ten years of audit-proof retention – including readability. Clarify what happens to your data after you cancel.
Export and exitBefore signing up, check what an export looks like (entries, documents, master data). A solution without a usable export is a one-way street.

Criterion	Free platform with Abacus coreDetails	Till and stock, servers in GermanyDetails	Swiss made, TWINT and QR-billDetails	Cheap entry point, Swiss hostingDetails
Paying in Switzerland
TWINT as a payment method	✓	not researched	✓	not researched
QR-bill in the shop	✓	not researched	✓	not researched
Cost & onboarding
List priceas stated by the vendorbars: 0 to CHF 199	free–CHF 49	CHF 29–169	CHF 39–199	from CHF 40
Pricing model	Subscription	Subscription	Subscription	Subscription
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud
Free version	✓	not researched	not researched	not researched
Payroll, VAT & law
Data location	Switzerland	EU	Switzerland	Switzerland
Payments
QR-bill	✓	not researched	✓	not researched
Scope & extensions
Open API	✓	not researched	✓	not researched
Collaboration & vendor
Languages	DE · FR · IT	DE	not researched	not researched
Vendor	Swiss21.org AG (Abacus, Glarotech, SmartWe)	ETRON Softwareentwicklungs- und Vertriebs GmbH	Glarotech AG	Metades The Growing Squares GmbH
Headquarters	St. Gallen	Zürich	Wil SG	Wolfhausen ZH
Vendor website	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗	open ↗