Square Payments vs. Stripe Comparison


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About Accept every payment quickly, easily, and securely. Easily accept card payments—no matter if you’re selling on the go or at your store. Streamline the way you create, send, and track your invoices. Customer not there in person? Take remote credit card payments over the phone or from your computer, and get paid fast. Create and grow your online store, and seamlessly accept online payments with Square. We make accepting cards as fast, painless, and secure as possible. There are no extra fees, no long term contracts, and no tricks. Just fast, secure payments you can depend on.		About The new standard in online payments. Stripe is the best software platform for running an internet business. We handle billions of dollars every year for forward-thinking businesses around the world. Stripe builds the most powerful and flexible tools for internet commerce. Whether you’re creating a subscription service, an on-demand marketplace, an e-commerce store, or a crowdfunding platform, Stripe’s meticulously designed APIs and unmatched functionality help you create the best possible product for your users. Millions of the world’s most innovative technology companies are scaling faster and more efficiently by building their businesses on Stripe. We believe that payments is a problem rooted in code, not finance. We obsessively seek out elegant, composable abstractions that enable robust, scalable, flexible integrations. Because we eliminate needless complexity and extraneous details, you can get up and running with Stripe in just a couple of minutes.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported		Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Companies of all sizes		Audience Individuals or companies that accept payments online
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported		Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported		API Offers API Supported
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Pricing Swipe/dip/tap: 2.75%. Keyed in: 3.5% + $.15. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported		Pricing 2.9% + 30¢ per charge Custom enterprise pricing available Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported
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		Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Setting up Stripe is easy, I can even say that you can access this payment processor as soon as you open your account on this platform, so you won't have to wait long days for approval to receive payments, but simply it's an easy sign up and then start using. Another advantage of ease that allows the practical use of Stripe is its interface and it is not very difficult to understand the features it offers, so I can safely say that the way in which this platform can be used is intuitive, making it like this, As I mentioned at the price, a very easy platform to use. The commissions are really low, there is not even a subscription wall in front of you, there are only commissions for transactions that are made, and they are really very low and accessible for any type of business. Other payment processors have subscriptions that can be detrimental since if sales are not generated then there is a loss just by having the payment processor active without doing anything, so Stripe is a good option to "charge" only when a payment occurs payment and not because there are subscriptions involved. I am aware that there are some small things that can be expensive, such as the conversion, since accepting international payments can be expensive just because you have to charge for the conversion and then the transaction, thus having a double charge. It could be solved if only the currency was left as I am receiving it and oneself makes the exchange on another platform or within the same bank account, if possible, I am last, since the bank would have to allow it. Another feature of Stripe that I can't forget to mention is the integration with multiple platforms since I can integrate this payment processor with other platforms to be able to link payments with what I need. For example, I can process a payment with this platform and link the agreements with DocuSign in order to have a centralization of customer information and thus not generate invoices manually, but with the same contract that DocuSign offers me, include it automatically with the payments made. via Stripe. I can also have the accounts of the clients in Salesforce included in the payments made with Stripe in order to have everything connected and centralized without having to link everything manually or have another platform to "link" everything, noting that a payment is from this client or this other, simply to avoid confusion and make everything much easier with payments. API is incredible, it’s obvious how much detail and attention the team at stripe pays to their APIs, it’s a developers dream with how it works. One of the key features is the ease of integration and the multiple ways to offer payments to users from subscriptions and billing systems to invoicing. Another pro of Stripe is how easily you can build and run your payments infrastructure on their system. They offer other services like financing, card issuing, business spend and fraud protection to make sure you have everything you need. Another thing id point out is that it feels like they move with the times as well, when they launched products like Atlas and Crypto, it felt like they were constantly adapting to the needs of their customers every step of the way. This product was extremely easy to setup. We worked on it as a team for 1 hour and we had fully integrated with our website for processing payments and taking orders. The way the product notifies you when a payment is coming helps us to keep up to date with our orders and make sure that we don't fall behind. Stripe is the de facto payment processing solution for thousands of businesses around the world. It does everything we need it to. We use it for accepting online payments and sending invoices. Easy to sign up and easy-to-use application. Technically great, and offers a lot of useful payment methods worldwide. Cons It's amazing how difficult it can be to try to contact support on this platform. The randomness of tech support makes it very unpredictable whether someone will provide an answer or I'll just have to be answered by a bot which doesn't fix anything I'm asking about. I can't even count on live assistance through chat since it is not available all the time, having to opt for traditional methods such as email, slowing down the process of finding solutions by this company since that it takes time to get a response by email which can take up to weeks to be able to have technical assistance by that means. Of all the times I have had to seek help from Stripe support, more than half or the vast majority of answers were not very useful, having answers that are constantly repeated, which is very annoying because I can never find an accurate answer to what I am asking. Also, if I get involved in solving something or getting an answer about such a thing, in most cases they answer me with I will have assistance after talking with technical experts who address the issue more and I would have to wait for an answer that I will get when Stripe support team pleases you. I hope I don't have to assume that Stripe's support team is a small handful of people, which is unheard of for the number of businesses that use this payment processing platform. Just as the commissions are very low, they should also lower the settlement time since it takes approximately 7 days for the payments to be processed in my bank account, so the cash closing is practically slow compared to other payment processors. I understand that payments cannot be made on the same day, but the time should not be that long either, since payments would have to be managed very slowly due to the long time Stripe takes to reflect all payments, so a week seems like a long time to me. This is not an inconvenience that prevents the daily use that is normally given to this platform, but it would not hurt if payments could be processed quickly, it is an inconvenience which, if it did not take so much time, could allow me to have a better workflow than the one I currently have when receiving payments from clients and see that reflected in my bank account in a short time. Their API documentation is amazing, but implementing it was a little tricky when we first started, I also think Stripe isn’t up there yet with Square (Now Block) when it comes to the physical aspect of supporting small businesses and collecting payments. Processing fees are more expensive than we would want. I guess this comes with the ease of setting it up. Eventually we will consider the processing fees more closely once we are hitting our bigger transaction goals. We haven't had any issues with Stripe thus far. Does everything we need it to. They lure you! It's too easy to set up and initially be accepted! The problem starts first when your sales pickup. They let me sign up and paid me twice a month; after 8 weeks, my TTV increased in a healthy way as I added more of their offered payment methods and countries. But instead of paying me the same way, as usual, they put the payment on hold and asked questions. As soon I answered their question, additional questions were asked by always different people, and as well some of the questions were duplicated. Four weeks passed now and all payments are still on hold in total approx, US$450.000! Support-wise, they give you the runaround, and finally, it was escalated, and I received the message that my Travel business is a big risk for them. But no explanation of a payment schedule and how they will pay me for the outstanding amount.! In my opinion, this is criminal! They let me sign up and accept my business transaction but when sales picked up. They stopped paying.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Supported		Training Documentation Not Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Block Founded: 2009 United States squareup.com		Company Information Stripe Founded: 2009 United States www.stripe.com
Alternatives Mollie		Alternatives NMI Payments NMI
Plaid		Square Payments Block
Stripe		EBizCharge
Verifone		Razorpay
Payanywhere View All		Exact Payments View All
Categories B2B Payment Supported Credit Card Processing Supported Payment Facilitation (PayFac) Supported Payment Processing Supported Virtual Terminals Supported		Categories Agentic Commerce Supported Bank Verification Supported Billing and Invoicing Supported Embedded Finance Supported Embedded Payments Supported Invoice Generators Supported Payment Facilitation (PayFac) Supported Payment Gateways Supported Payment Processing Supported Subscription Management Supported Virtual Terminals Supported
Payment Processing Features ACH Check Transactions Not Supported Bitcoin Compatible Supported Debit Card Support Supported Gift Card Management Supported Mobile Payments Supported Online Payments Supported POS Transactions Supported Receipt Printing Supported Recurring Billing Supported Signature Capture Supported Show More Features Credit Card Processing Features Cash Transactions Supported Contactless NFC Supported Electronic Receipts Supported Electronic Signature Supported Mobile Card Reader Supported PCI Compliance Supported		Payment Processing Features ACH Check Transactions Supported Bitcoin Compatible Supported Debit Card Support Supported Gift Card Management Not Supported Mobile Payments Supported Online Payments Supported POS Transactions Not Supported Receipt Printing Not Supported Recurring Billing Supported Signature Capture Not Supported Show More Features Billing and Invoicing Features Billing Portal Supported Contact Database Supported Contingency Billing Supported Customer Portal Supported Customizable Invoices Supported Dunning Management Supported Hourly Billing Not Supported Invoice History Supported Mobile Payments Supported Multi-Currency Supported Online Invoicing Supported Online Payments Supported Payment Processing Supported Project Billing Not Supported Recurring/Subscription Billing Supported Service Ticket Billing Not Supported Tax Calculator Supported Payment Gateways Features ACH / eCheck support Supported Buyer Authentication Supported Credit / Debit Support Supported Customer Information Storage Supported Fraud Prevention Supported Invoicing Supported Multi-Currency Supported PCI Compliance Supported Point-of-Sale (POS) Not Supported Recurring Billing / Subscriptions Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported
Integrations BI Book Supported BigCommerce Supported Booking Tool Supported Contractor+ Supported DrivingSchoolSoftware.com Supported Gravity Forms Supported Hiveage Supported InvoiceBerry Supported Jumper.ai Supported Lunchbox Supported Marina Edge Pro Supported MineOS Supported Ordering.co Supported RepairDesk Supported SimplAgents Supported Synder Supported WHMDC Supported WordPress Supported Xero Supported Zoho Books Supported Show More Integrations View All 200 Integrations		Integrations BI Book Supported BigCommerce Supported Booking Tool Supported Contractor+ Supported DrivingSchoolSoftware.com Supported Gravity Forms Supported Hiveage Supported InvoiceBerry Supported Jumper.ai Supported Lunchbox Supported Marina Edge Pro Supported MineOS Supported Ordering.co Supported RepairDesk Supported SimplAgents Supported Synder Supported WHMDC Supported WordPress Supported Xero Supported Zoho Books Supported Show More Integrations View All 3454 Integrations
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