Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses , providing APIdriven payments processing and financial services (cards, bank transfers, and crypto/stablecoin transactions) worldwide.
Industry
Market Categories
Payments Processing
Business function (Horizontal)
Headquarters Location
South San Francisco, California
Product Name
Stripe
Parent Company
Stripe
Founder
Patrick Collison and John Collison
Web2vsWeb3
Web2
Access Model
API
Target Users
Corporate + Enterprises + SMEs
Competitors
Adyen, PayPal/Braintree, Square, Checkout.com, and crypto gateways (Coinbase Commerce, BitPay)
Business Function (stablecoins)
Feature completness
Product differentiation
Excels with developer-friendly APIs, AI-driven fraud detection, and stablecoin innovations (e.g., USDC payouts). Its broad platform (Connect, Treasury, Issuing) outshines competitors’ narrower solutions.
Privacy & Data protection certificate
GDPR Compliance
Years in business
15.41
Employees
>500
Horizontal Applications
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments, E-commerce Transactions, Remittances, Settlements, Payment Rail
Tech stack modernity
Cloud-native with microservices, MongoDB-based DocDB, and AI/blockchain integrations (Ethereum, Solana, Polygon), ensuring high reliability.
Product Roadmap
Expanding AI (Payments Foundation Model), stablecoin support, and crypto Visa cards, alongside global tax and payment method enhancements.
Product Roadmap
Expanding AI (Payments Foundation Model), stablecoin support, and crypto Visa cards, alongside global tax and payment method enhancements.
API Quality
Production-Ready
Documentation Link
Enterprise readiness
Built for scale ($1.4T processed), with SLA-backed support, ERP/CRM integrations, and global banking partnerships for enterprises.
Security & Compliance Readiness
PCI DSS Level 1, SOC1/SOC2, GDPR-compliant, with NIST-standard security and EMVCo-certified hardware.
Documentation quality assessment
Comprehensive, with product-specific tutorials, code samples, and compliance details, highly regarded by developers.
Support Methods
Offers self-service support, paid plans with chat, and enterprise plans with SLAs, dedicated managers, and rapid response times.
Critical capabilities
Offers developer-friendly REST APIs, prebuilt checkout, and mobile SDKs for quick integration. Handles $1.4T in 2024 with 99.999% uptime and 250M+ daily API calls, using a cloud-native database (DocDB).
Support & Account Management
Offers self-service support, paid plans with chat, and enterprise plans with SLAs, dedicated managers, and rapid response times.
51 Score™
731.25
Product & Service
80.0
Stability & Maturity
90.0
Technology & Innovation
60.0
Enterprise Readiness
62.5
Categorization
Founder
Patrick Collison and John Collison
Parent Company
Stripe
Market category
Payments Processing
Target Users
Corporate + Enterprises + SMEs
Top competitors
Adyen, PayPal/Braintree, Square, Checkout.com, and crypto gateways (Coinbase Commerce, BitPay)
