Stripe alternatives
Every payments provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Stripe's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Stripe's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.
- Lemon SqueezyMerchant of record: Supported vs Not supported
- PolarFree tier: Yes vs No · Merchant of record: Supported vs Not supported
- Dodo PaymentsMerchant of record: Supported vs Not supported
- PaddleMerchant of record: Supported vs Not supported
Where Stripe stands against these 4
Stripe's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.
- Free tier
- No. 1 of the 4 alternatives that document it has one: Polar.
- Per-transaction fee
- 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards and 2.5% + 20p for EU cards, on the UK pricing pageCheapest of the 5 that document it. Next: Dodo Payments — 4% + 40 cents per transaction on cards and wallets, plus 3% for PayPal and 1% for cards and payment methods…
A rank whose 80% interval overlaps its neighbour's is an ordering, not a finding; the intervals are on each provider's page and in /scores.json.