🆚 Afterpay vs. Mastercard

Afterpay is a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) payment service that lets shoppers split purchases into installment plans at checkout both online and in stores without interest if payments are made on time.

It offers "Pay in 4" plans generally over six weeks with automatic debit from a linked card, optional longer monthly plans for larger purchases, instant approval decisions without traditional credit checks, and app-based payment management with reminders.

Mastercard is a global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.

It supports payments in more than 210 countries and territories, offers contactless and mobile tap-to-pay transactions, provides layered security including tokenisation and real-time fraud monitoring, and gives card-holders travel insurance and extended warranty benefits depending on the card tier.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥉 Third most popular in New Zealand in the Payments category.
• ⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Payments category.
• 🔥 15th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Payments category.
• 🔥 17th most popular in Canada in the Payments category.

• 🥇 Most popular in Croatia in the Payments category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Macedonia in the Payments category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Payments category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Payments category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the Payments category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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