🆚 Square vs. Stripe

Type

Online payment service
Online payment service

About

Square is a payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services.

It offers no monthly fees for basic use, supports contactless, chip, swipe and online payments, provides real-time analytics and instant transfers, and includes inventory, invoicing and appointment management built into its point-of-sale system.

Stripe is a payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration.

It supports over 135 currencies, enables direct bank debits and real-time payments, manages subscriptions with smart retry logic, includes machine learning–based fraud detection, and offers the Stripe Connect solution for marketplaces and platforms to route payouts in more than 45 countries.

Headquarters

Oakland, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Subscription
Free version ✔️ Square Free
Square Plus $49/month
Square Premium $149/month
Processing fees
Tap, dip, or swipe 2.4-2.6% + 15¢
Online 2.9%-3.3% + 30¢
Payment processing, US accounts, per transaction
Domestic cards 2.9% + 30¢
Manually entered cards 3.4% + 30¢
International cards 4.4% + 30¢
Currency conversion 1%
Payment processing, EU accounts, per transaction
Standard EU cards 1.5% + €0.25
Premium EU cards 1.5% + €0.25
UK cards 2.5% + €0.25
International cards 3.25% + €0.25
Currency conversion 2%
Post-payment invoices 0.4% on transaction total, max $2
Identity $1.50/verification
Tax Basic 0.5%/transaction
Tax Complete $1,080+/year
Custom domain $10/month

Categories

Online Payments › Rank #19
Online Payments › Rank #3
Subscriptions › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Stripe online payment service is 12 times more popular than Square.
Total websites

Market share

Online Payments

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Stripe is more popular than Square in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Germany
France
Canada
Italy
Spain
Netherlands
Ireland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Stripe is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Square is more commonly used on fashion and beauty sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Travel
Entertainment
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,086
victoriassecret.com
#1,644
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Name
Rank
#12
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See also

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