CoinGate vs. Stripe Payments

CoinGate

Stripe Payments

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
CoinGate	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	CoinGate is a payment gateway that allows customers to pay with Bitcoin ⚡, Litecoin, Ether and 70 other cryptocurrencies. Users can receive payouts in crypto as well as real-time settlements in Euros, safeguarding the merchant from crypto price volatility. The automated gateway handles crypto payments every step of the way, from the creation of an invoice to confirmation of payment to customer support. ___________________________________ INTEGRATION METHODS It…	$0.01 per transaction
Stripe Payments	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	Stripe is a payment gateway software solution which supports a range of payment related needs such as subscription management and recurrent billing via Stripe Billing, integration with third party payment services via the Stripe Connect API, assistance starting an Internet business which accepts payements via Stripe Atlas, fraud prevention via Stripe Radar, and payment analytics via Stripe Sigma. Additional features and modules include Stripe Issuing, which allows users to create,…	$0.02 per charge

Pricing

CoinGate

Stripe Payments

Editions & Modules

Universal pricing: 1% fee
per transaction

Sigma: $0.02
per charge
Radar: $0.05
per screened transaction
Issuing: $0.10
per virtual card
Terminal: 2.7% + 0.05
per successful charge
Integrated: 2.9% + 0.30
per successful charge
Atlass: $500
one-time fee
Premium Support: 1,800
per month
Customized: Contact sales team

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
CoinGate	Stripe Payments
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Only 1% transaction fees. No setup fees, no registration or support fees.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	CoinGate	Stripe Payments
Considered Both Products	CoinGate No answer on this topic	Stripe Payments Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments Stripe saves us money on fees and doesn't require a paid subscription to use for transactions. It's also easier for customers to complete transactions without logging in to something. Incentivized Helpful? NV Nikki Valentine Director of Finance Chose Stripe Payments In my opinion, Authorize was as old as the hills and did not link payments to the Xero invoice. Incentivized Helpful? David Chen CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose Stripe Payments QuickBooks & PayPal have done a good job actually getting me the cards & bank transfers I run through them! Incentivized Helpful? MW Mark Wong Head of Web Development Chose Stripe Payments Stripe is easier to use and offers better support and rates. My favorite part with Stripe is probably their ready-to-use plug-in that's offered for me. We have multiple eCommerce stores and we rely on our payment process going smoothly. The plug-in from Stripe is free, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments We found that Stripe was much easier to have integrated with our site, as well as easier on the users when it comes to inputting payments. On our end, the dashboard and reporting are very easy to utilize and make it very easy to understand how our business is doing. Incentivized Helpful? Doug Walker Owner Chose Stripe Payments Stripe compares to all these with the same amount of fees, but easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Duncan McMillan Director Chose Stripe Payments The Stripe API provides a great deal more functionality, is better documented, and is usually perceived by our clients as a more ‘professional’ solution. It also provides a more extensive feature set in the account dashboard. Incentivized Helpful? David Calvert Pastor for Creative Arts Chose Stripe Payments We selected Stripe largely because it was already integrated into Planning Center Online Giving - we had the option of choosing other payment processors, but it would have added work and complicated the information flow. Stripe made their services easy to adapt to, and the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments We also use Your Pay from First Data to process credit card payments for some of our legacy customers. The functionality is fairly similar, although the user interface in First Data is a bit more clunky than Stripe, and it doesn't allow for customers to enter their own credit … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments First of all Mollie doesn't have as much development libraries as Stripe and the API is not that good as it is in Stripe because I had an return value which was not really documented in the time I searched for it (fixed as of now). Stripe is in my opinion also more flexible as … Incentivized Helpful? Rod Thompson President Chose Stripe Payments Stripe is much easier to set up and use and it just works! When it comes to credit card processing, we wanted an system that was easy to integrate into our sales process and for us, Stripe was it. If you are selling online and need to process payments, I would highly recommend … Incentivized Helpful? MD Mark Doherty Web Developer Chose Stripe Payments Stripe provides far better tools for reporting and tracking of revenue. It also enabled the feature to checkout on our website without requiring a redirect or having to complete a site audit as is required with some card processors. The website installation was completed within … Incentivized Helpful? Josh Collier, Website Designer Co-Owner Chose Stripe Payments I had a customer who was going to use Heartland for payments. Their integration with woocommerce didn't seem as good, it took forever to get an account with a ton of information needed. Though Heartland had cheaper per charge fees they do have a monthly fee also. I have used … Incentivized Helpful? Meredith Brough Business Owner and Sleep Coach Chose Stripe Payments I didn’t use Square for very long. I was charging customers for a direct sales company and that was fine. But now that I have my own website and many products to manage, I needed a company that could help me manage my customers and collect payments from out of the country. I … Incentivized Helpful? Bobby Greenawalt Founder & President Chose Stripe Payments Heartland is not even a comparison. I used Heartland for about five years. Customer service was non-existent, the technology was terrible. Stripe is in a league of its own when it comes to credit card processing and its abilities to assist you in just about anything you need … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments I have used square. I found this more helpful for in-person payment processing vs. stripe seems better for online or remote processing. Incentivized Helpful? NV Neus Virgili CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose Stripe Payments When you compare it to PayPal, Stripe is a no brainer. Better fees, better support. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments Paypal is much better due mainly to the server hardly ever having outages, just as easy if not easier to install and customers are used to the brand and trust it more than others. Square is very similar to Stripe but obviously integrates with its own system so has very few … Incentivized Helpful? Peter Micalizzi Founder/Director Chose Stripe Payments We use PayPal to accept PayPal payments but their fee structure is not as advantageous as Stripe so we don't use them for card payments. What Stripe does, they do very well and short of finding another company that offers comparable services with fewer fees, I don't see a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments Stripe is already integrated with Shopify so is easier to set up for your eCommerce site without the need for programming. Incentivized Helpful? Angel RIBO - The CEO Confidant Chief Executive Officer Chose Stripe Payments Apple Pay is like a black box for us. We have not been able to accomplish anything that we have accomplished so easily with Stripe. I cannot give my full opinion about how they compare, but I would also add that talking to Apple in my opinion is like preparing for at least 1 … Incentivized Helpful? Bryan McAnulty Owner / Founder Chose Stripe Payments PayPal's support during issues has been abysmal in our experience to say the least. Our software team has reported bugs to PayPal's team, and these bugs were either ignored after years of multiple reports and in some cases simply deleted without response. If PayPal were not … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments As mentioned, if you are selling on Shopify, I would go with Shopify Payments instead of Stripe. The main difference between the two are the fees. Stripe currently charges a 2.9% + $0.30 while Shopify Payments can drop to 2.4% + $.30 per order. Another difference is that … Incentivized Helpful? Dr Olivier Becherel - Leadership and Executive Coaching Mentor & Coach Chose Stripe Payments Stripe is much easier to set up and use, has a simpler UI, and lower transaction fees. A no-brainer when it comes to taking credit card payments online. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Stripe Payments Stripe was basically the easiest to install, configure, and use with my set up of WordPress with WooCommerce. Additionally, I was able to expand functionality with paid plugins to get me the setup I needed to sell to my customers. Other processors have the same fee structure, … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

CoinGate

Stripe Payments

Payment Gateways

Comparison of Payment Gateways features of Product A and Product B
	CoinGate - Ratings	Stripe Payments 7.9 Ratings 8% above category average
Fraud Detection	00 Ratings	7.70 Ratings
API or SDK	00 Ratings	7.50 Ratings
Recurring Payment Support	00 Ratings	8.10 Ratings
Billing and Invoicing Support	00 Ratings	7.60 Ratings
Global Support	00 Ratings	7.80 Ratings
Payment Form Acceptance	00 Ratings	8.50 Ratings

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User Ratings
	CoinGate	Stripe Payments
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	CoinGate	Stripe Payments
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	We had a client who wanted a QR to use in their marketing, which enabled their clients to donate to us. It was so useful to be able to set it up, and we can track the views and donations received using this code. Another client with issues with our website wanted to set up a monthly subscription, so I sent her a payment link, which worked brilliantly. For clients that want to make one-time donations, it also lets the client choose the amount. The only scenario where we haven't been able to help is when clients want to change the card associated with the payment - whilst we understand it is for security/gdpr, it means they have to cancel and set up something new, which poses the danger that we may lose them as a customer. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	They are reliable. I can count on everything going smoothly with transactions. They are accurate. I don’t run into problems with collecting the proper amounts or being overcharged for fees. They have good customer service. If I have a question about the customer portal or a problem with a customer, they help me resolve these issues. Incentivized Meredith Brough Business Owner and Sleep Coach Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	No automatic tax support. This is the biggest one for us. For customers that need to process complex tax situations like collection VAT or GST, Stripe allows you to create tax rates, but your software team must build out the software to support proper collection. I hope Stripe provides built-in support for taxes better in the future. Processing rates are slightly higher than some more legacy payment gateway/merchant account solutions, but we believe this is worth it for the level of service Stripe provides. As payment worldwide requirements are complex and differ from use case to use case, while the documentation and support is great, sometimes support is needed in order to understand the areas of the API that will be necessary for a specific use case. Incentivized Bryan McAnulty Owner / Founder Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	Stripe is the leader in the industry when it comes to any type of industry. All that is needed is a plan and then implementing that plan either with a developer, or through the help of Stripe's customer service team to assist in getting you setup. The ease of use time it takes to get up and running is second to none Incentivized Bobby Greenawalt Founder & President Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Stripe offers a very easy-to-navigate platform with many different functions. From linking it to our website and accounting platform to tracking our payments, being able to issue a refund quickly if required, and setting up QR codes and payment links for subscriptions or one-time donations, it really covers so many aspects that we need and use on a weekly and monthly basis. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Stripe's support is nearly perfect – great attention to detail, fast response times, and a willingness to really dig into issues and get to the bottom of them. In the five years we've been using Stripe, the only negative thing I can say about their customer support is that it seems like there has been a slight shift to less technical front-line support agents, which means it's more likely your issue will have to be escalated before you get more information. This, however, has happened as Stripe rolled out more real-time support features like call and chat, and that really isn't workable if you're escalating everything right off the bat. It's absolutely an acceptable trade-off. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	It took less than an hour to have everything setup and running Incentivized Bobby Greenawalt Founder & President Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	Stripe is easier to use and offers better support and rates. My favorite part with Stripe is probably their ready-to-use plug-in that's offered for me. We have multiple eCommerce stores and we rely on our payment process going smoothly. The plug-in from Stripe is free, constantly updated, secure, and very easy to implement. Incentivized MW Mark Wong Head of Web Development Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	It makes getting money from your clients really easy It gives your clients the guarantee that their payment information is totally secure and confidentially used and kept It is very easy to integrate with online assets of the company In a couple of occasions, some companies have wanted me to use Stripe for them to pay me, and I have had a couple of hiccups. This was more related to the way that these companies set up the Stripe integration of my account to their platform. In both cases, the integration has not been possible and to this date, I still do not know why with exactitude. As I said before, the commissions kept by Stripe could be lower, and shared with the CC companies, rather than having us clients pay for all of o it. Incentivized Angel RIBO - The CEO Confidant Chief Executive Officer Read full review
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