Arcot
The Arcot Network is a payment authentication network that enables card issuers, merchants, and payment processors to authenticate cardholder identity during online payments.
It is built on the 3-D Secure protocol that Arcot co-created with 
Visa in 2001, and provides fraud scoring based on the Arcot Global Data Consortium, machine learning rules for automated authentication decisions, and exemption handling for Strong Customer Authentication and PSD2 compliance.
According to our data, Arcot ranks 13th among the online payment services we track.
It has 2% of the online payment market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Online Payments
- Rank: 13
- Market share: 2%
- Fraud Prevention
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 15.2%
🏆 Arcot Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in France in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Denmark in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Switzerland in the Fraud Prevention category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Sweden in the Fraud Prevention category.
⚡ Sites Using Arcot
We have data on 5,362 websites that use the Arcot online payment service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Arcot is wizzair.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2,379 | English | ||
| 2 | #2,894 | United States | American English | |
| 3 | #4,061 | American English | ||
| 4 | #4,262 | Sweden | English | |
| 5 | #5,604 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 6 | #6,709 | Japan | English | |
| 7 | #7,631 | Germany | American English | |
| 8 | #8,375 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 9 | #9,557 | Mexico | Spanish | |
| 10 | #9,786 | English | ||
| 11 | #9,899 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 12 | #9,988 | France | French | |
| 13 | #16,505 | English | ||
| 14 | #17,591 | English | ||
| 15 | #17,687 | Netherlands | English | |
| 16 | #18,468 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #18,666 | France | French | |
| 18 | #20,401 | Ireland | English | |
| 19 | #21,326 | United States | English | |
| 20 | #22,116 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Arcot:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Arcot are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
- United States 21.6%
- United Kingdom 17.5%
- Netherlands 8%
- Germany 7.6%
- Australia 4.9%
- France 4.1%
- Italy 4.1%
- Denmark 2.3%
- Poland 2.2%
- Other 27.7%
Most Arcot users speak English, German, or Dutch.
- English 59%
- German 8.1%
- Dutch 6.2%
- French 5.2%
- Spanish 5%
- Italian 3.3%
- Danish 1.9%
- Polish 1.7%
- Portuguese 1.5%
- Other 8.1%
The Arcot online payment service is especially popular on .com, .co.uk, and .de top-level domains.
- .com 45%
- .co.uk 10.5%
- .de 5%
- .nl 5%
- .com.au 3.8%
- .fr 2.5%
- .it 2.2%
- .dk 1.7%
- .pl 1.3%
- Other 23%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Arcot include online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business.
- Online Shopping 45.2%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12.6%
- Business 12%
- Fashion/Beauty 7.9%
- Software/Hardware 2.3%
- Sports 2.1%
- Real Estate 2.1%
- Internet Services 1.8%
- Health 1.8%
- Other 12.2%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Arcot?
Arcot is owned by Broadcom Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.
Which country uses Arcot the most?
The majority of Arcot users are from the United States.
Who uses Arcot?
According to our data, Arcot is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as wizzair.com,
ugg.com, and
loaded.com.
How does Arcot compare to its competitors?
Arcot is a fairly popular online payment service, ranking ahead of 124 other online payment services we track.
What are the alternatives to Arcot?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Arcot may include Plaid,
TruValidate, and 
ThreatMetrix.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.