Booqable shines for B2C online rental — bikes, sports gear, decor — with a turnkey booking widget. As soon as you go B2B (projects in 5 states, quotes and QR-bill via ark.plan) Booqable hits its ceiling. ark.stock is built for the other half of the market.
The online-shop of rentals. Pretty — but short on B2B projects.
Booqable (Groningen, 2014) is deliberately simple and B2C-friendly: integrated storefront, booking calendar, Stripe checkout, daily/weekly/monthly rates. The obvious choice for consumer rental (bikes, ski gear, day-rate camera). Once you shift to B2B — multi-line projects, 3-version quotes, split deposits, Swiss QR-bill invoicing — Booqable runs out of room.
Turnkey B2C storefront — booking widget + Stripe checkout in one day.
Ultra-clean UI, polished mobile UX, very low learning curve.
Day/week/month pricing + flexible availability rules.
Clean Shopify / WooCommerce e-commerce integration.
No complex multi-line projects — built for single-order flow, not 5-status productions with planned maintenance.
No versioned quotes or native e-signature.
No native Swiss QR-bill — invoicing built around Stripe checkout, not Swiss B2B with IBAN and SIX.
AWS hosting per their public security policy — not in Switzerland.
| Feature | ark.stock | Booqable |
|---|---|---|
| B2C online shop + booking widget | Partial | Yes |
| ark.stock has public catalogs + request forms, no integrated B2C Stripe checkout. | ||
| Multi-line rental projects (5 states) | Yes | No |
| Availability conflicts with resolution | Yes | Partial |
| Versioned quotes via ark.plan — every send locks the version | Yes | No |
| E-signature (via ark.plan) | Yes | No |
| Swiss invoicing via ark.plan (SIX / ISO 20022 QR-bill) | Yes | No |
| Preventive/corrective/inspection maintenance | Yes | No |
| QR/barcode/NFC scanner | Yes | Partial |
| Swiss hosting (Infomaniak Geneva, ISO 27001) | Yes | No |
| Swiss nFADP + GDPR compliance | Yes | Partial |
| Modular activation — pay for what you enable | Yes | No |
| Full CSV / Excel / PDF export anytime | Yes | Yes |
What the matrix above asserts, here's how it looks inside ark.stock. Previews faithfully rebuilt from the app.
SIX QR-bill embedded on every invoice. ISO 20022 standard, native IBAN, scanned and paid by any Swiss bank.
Versioned quotes with immutable snapshots. Each send freezes prices and terms — 100 % traceability without guessing what was on the table 6 months ago.
Fast loan in three steps: QR scan, pick borrower, validate. 80 % of loans are routine — the app removes the friction on those 80 %.
Booqable handles simple B2B orders (multi-line, 1-2 states), but not projects tracked in 5 statuses with conflicts or between-rental maintenance. For pro B2B, ark.stock is built around that flow — signed quotes and invoices follow via ark.plan.
If >70 % of revenue is B2C, stay on Booqable and accept the B2B limit. If 50/50 or more B2B, ark.stock handles both: public catalogs with request form for consumers + full projects for pros.
Yes: CSV export from Booqable (items, customers, orders) then map columns in ark.stock Import Mapper. Images can be re-imported in batch. Budget 1-2 days for 500-1 000 items.
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