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Stripe

Stripe is an online payments platform for businesses, set apart by pay-as-you-go pricing with no setup or monthly fees.

South San Francisco, CA, US🇺🇸
Founded
2010
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Its software combines tools for digital commerce and financial workflows. These tools help companies handle transactions and related business processes without building payment infrastructure themselves.

Stripe sells to startups and large enterprises in the technology and internet sectors. It is positioned as programmable financial infrastructure, competing with payment processors and broader financial software providers.

Stripe - M & A Snapshot

Open M & A

  • Parafin

    Acquired by Stripe • Undisclosed • Sep 30, 2026

  • Clerky

    Acquired by Stripe • Undisclosed • Aug 26, 2026

  • OpenRouter

    Acquired by Stripe • $8B • Aug 19, 2026

  • Metronome

    Acquired by Stripe • $1B • Jan 13, 2026

  • Valora

    Acquired by Stripe • Undisclosed • Dec 10, 2025

  • Orum.

    Acquired by Stripe • Undisclosed • Jul 18, 2025

  • Privy

    Acquired by Stripe • Undisclosed • Jul 1, 2025

  • View all 17 deals

Stripe - Products & Services

  • Stripe ACH Direct Debit logo

    Stripe ACH Direct Debit

    US bank-debit payment service letting businesses accept account-to-account ACH payments at lower cost than card acceptance.

    Competing Products

    Dwolla logo
    GoCardless logo
    AeroPay logo
  • Stripe Sigma logo

    Stripe Sigma

    Payment-data analytics tool for custom SQL and natural-language reporting, financial reconciliation, and operational monitoring.

    Competing Products

    Yuno logo
    Yuno logo
    Yuno logo
  • Stripe Tax logo

    Stripe Tax

    Stripe Tax automates global sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance for businesses using Stripe.

    Competing Products

    Anrok logo
    Taxually logo
    Taxually logo
    Numeral logo
    Numeral logo
    Numeral logo
    Avalara logo
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  • Stripe Crypto logo

    Stripe Crypto

    Stripe's infrastructure for stablecoin payments, payouts, and fiat-to-crypto onramps.

    Competing Products

    Coinbase logo
    BitPay logo
    MoonPay logo
    Sardine logo
  • Stripe Global Payouts logo

    Stripe Global Payouts

    Global payout platform from Stripe for sending money to recipients in 60+ countries and stablecoins.

    Competing Products

    Chimoney logo
    NextPay logo
    AeroPay logo
    Sardine logo
    Flutterwave logo
  • Stripe Payments logo

    Stripe Payments

    Stripe Payments provides online payment processing, billing, fraud prevention, and global payment-method acceptance for businesses.

    Competing Products

    Yuno logo
    Astrius logo
    PayPal logo
    Yuno logo
    Graph Finance logo
    Yuno logo
    Storspay logo
    +13
  • Stripe Terminal logo

    Stripe Terminal

    In-person payments platform unifying online and offline payments with integrated hardware and developer-first software.

    Competing Products

    Visa logo
    Clover logo
    Visa logo
    Parrot Software logo
    Flutterwave logo
    Block logo
    Toast logo
  • Stripe Issuing logo

    Stripe Issuing

    Card issuance infrastructure platform enabling businesses to create, manage, and distribute virtual and physical payment cards.

    Competing Products

    Adyen logo
    Flutterwave logo
    Column logo
    Graph Finance logo
    Thredd logo
    Marqeta logo
  • Stripe Treasury logo

    Stripe Treasury

    Banking-as-a-service platform enabling businesses to store funds, send money, manage expenses, and access stablecoins.

    Competing Products

    Goldman Sachs logo
    Graph Finance logo
    Erebor logo
    Mercury logo
  • Stripe Capital logo

    Stripe Capital

    Business financing with flat-fee loans and merchant cash advances repaid as a percentage of daily sales.

    Competing Products

    Flutterwave logo
    PayPal logo
    Shopify logo
    Block logo
    Toast logo
    Uncapped logo
  • Stripe Atlas logo

    Stripe Atlas

    Startup incorporation service enabling founders to form a Delaware C-Corp or LLC and set up banking for .

    Competing Products

    Clerky logo
    doola logo
    Firstbase.io logo
    Flutterwave logo
  • Stripe Radar logo

    Stripe Radar

    AI-powered fraud prevention platform trained on over trillion in annual payment volume across the Stripe network.

    Competing Products

    Yuno logo
    Coris logo
    Yuno logo
    Sardine logo
  • Stripe Billing logo

    Stripe Billing

    Recurring revenue and subscription management platform with usage-based pricing, invoicing, and revenue recognition.

    Competing Products

    Chargebee logo
    Cheddar logo
    Lago logo
    Recurly logo
    Yuno logo
    Orb logo
    Zuora logo
  • Stripe Connect logo

    Stripe Connect

    Marketplace and platform payment infrastructure enabling multi-party payment routing, onboarding, and payouts.

    Competing Products

    Adyen logo
    PayPal logo
    Checkout.com logo
    Graph Finance logo
    Mangopay logo
    Xendit logo

Stripe - Similar Companies

Rutter logo

Rutter

Confido Legal logo

Confido Legal

Rainforest logo

Rainforest

Block logo

Block

Wise logo

Wise

Visa logo

Visa

Yuno logo

Yuno

y.uno

Numeral logo

Numeral

numeral.com

Taxually logo

Taxually

taxually.com

Avalara logo

Avalara

avalara.com

TaxJar logo

TaxJar

taxjar.com

Anrok logo

Anrok

anrok.com

Quaderno logo

Quaderno

quaderno.io

BitPay logo

BitPay

bitpay.com

MoonPay logo

MoonPay

buy.moonpay.com

Coinbase logo

Coinbase

coinbase.com

Sardine logo

Sardine

sardine.ai

Flutterwave logo

Flutterwave

flutterwave.com

NextPay logo

NextPay

nextpay.ph

Chimoney logo

Chimoney

chimoney.io

Stripe - Quick Facts

Who are Stripe's competitors?

Companies similar to Stripe include Yuno, Numeral, Taxually and Avalara.

When was Stripe founded?

Stripe was founded in 2010.

Where is Stripe's headquarters located?

Stripe's headquarters is located in South San Francisco, CA, US.

How much disclosed funding has Stripe raised?

As of Feb 24, 2026, Stripe has disclosed funding of $8.7B (USD). Undisclosed round amounts are excluded.

How many employees does Stripe have?

Stripe has 8,500 employees as of Jan 1, 2025.

Stripe - Classification

Industry
  • Financial Technology Companies
  • Payment Service Providers
Ownership
  • Private equity-backed
  • Venture-backed
Technology
  • API
  • FinTech
Geographic Exposure
  • EMEA
  • North America
Model
  • Platform
Revenue
  • Recurring
  • Transactional
  • Usage-based
Customer
  • Enterprises
  • SMB
Tags
  • Fintech
  • Platform
  • SaaS
NAICS
  • 520000Finance and Insurance
  • 522000Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
  • 522300Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
  • 522320Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities
SIC
  • 8700Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
  • 8740Management And Public Relations Services
  • 8742Management Consulting Services
Show 24 more industry codes
NAICS
  • 513200Software Publishers
  • 517111Wired Telecommunications Carriers
  • 540000Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
  • 541500Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • 510000Information
  • 513000Publishing Industries
  • 517000Telecommunications
  • 541000Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
  • 517100Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite)
  • 513210Software Publishers
  • 517110Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
  • 541510Computer Systems Design and Related Services
  • 541511Custom Computer Programming Services
SIC
  • 4810Telephone Communications
  • 4813Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone
  • 4800Communications
  • 6000Depository Institutions
  • 6200Security And Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges, And Services
  • 7300Business Services
  • 6280Services Allied With The Exchange Of Securities Or Commodities
  • 7370Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related
  • 6282Investment Advice
  • 7371Computer Programming Services
  • 7372Prepackaged Software