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Best Payments & billing for startups, ranked by the Proven Trust Index

The highest Proven Scores in Payments & billing are Stripe (78/100, Established), Plaid (62/100, Established) and Adyen (60/100, Established). They are ranked on the Proven Trust Index using Proven marketplaces, Member redemption clicks, Client quality, Operating tenure, Market standing, Connected relationships and Connected data. Inputs without data are left out and the score is scaled to 100. Vendors cannot pay to change a score.

Ranking

RankNameProven ScoreBandBest for
1Stripe78EstablishedUse case: Payments & billing
2Plaid62EstablishedTeam size: 1,500 employees · Region: San Francisco, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
3Adyen60EstablishedUse case: Payments & billing
4PayPal for Startups & Enterprises59EstablishedTeam size: 24,000 employees · Region: San Jose, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
5Checkout.com55EstablishedStage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 2,300 employees · Region: London, United Kingdom · Use case: Payments & billing
6Chargebee54EstablishedUse case: Payments & billing
7BILL52EstablishedTeam size: 1,700 employees · Region: San Jose, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
8Recharge47EmergingStage: Series B · Team size: 580 employees · Region: Santa Monica, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
9Zuora43EmergingStage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 1,700 employees · Region: Redwood City, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
10Paddle42EmergingUse case: Payments & billing
11Mollie Payments42EmergingStage: Series C · Team size: 1,200 employees · Region: Amsterdam, Netherlands · Use case: Payments & billing
12Sequence38EmergingStage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 69 employees · Region: New York, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
13Tabs38EmergingTeam size: 3 employees · Region: United States · Use case: Payments & billing
14m3ter37EmergingStage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 32 employees · Region: London, United Kingdom · Use case: Payments & billing
15Maxio36EmergingStage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 300 employees · Region: Peachtree Corners, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
16Tabs34EmergingStage: Series B · Team size: 230 employees · Region: New York, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
17Merchant Advocate31EmergingTeam size: 120 employees · Region: United States · Use case: Payments & billing
18Ordway27EmergingStage: Venture (Round not Specified) · Team size: 65 employees · Region: Washington, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
19Cardfox Payment Consultants & Brokers22EmergingTeam size: 1 employees · Region: Sandyford, Ireland · Use case: Payments & billing
20NoFrixion19EmergingStage: Angel · Team size: 30 employees · Region: Dublin, Ireland · Use case: Payments & billing
21Cacheflow12EmergingStage: Merger / Acquisition · Team size: 14 employees · Region: Palo Alto, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
22Solvimon10Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing
23HitPay9Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing
24Metronome8Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing
25Modern Treasury8Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing
26Flowglad7EmergingTeam size: 7 employees · Region: New York, United States · Use case: Payments & billing
27Pomelo6Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing
28Dodo Payments5Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing
29Razorpay5Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing
30Turnstile5Emerging. Provisional scoreUse case: Payments & billing

How this group is ranked

Vendors in Payments & billing are ordered by Proven Score. Data updated 2026-10-27. Inputs without data are left out and the score is scaled to 100. A score without client quality is marked Provisional score.

InputHow it is measuredMax
Proven marketplacesInvestor, bank and government marketplaces on Proven that list the vendor. Log scale, full marks at 150.15
Profile viewsMember views of the vendor profile across Proven marketplaces. Log scale, full marks at 10,000. Added once the data feed is live.15
Member redemption clicksClicks by verified members on the vendor's offers. Log scale, full marks at 5,000.15
Client qualityClients the vendor names on its own website, case studies or press releases, weighted by caliber. Full marks at 4.20
Operating tenureYears since founding, from a public record. Full marks at 15 years.10
Market standingPublicly traded or owned by a public company 10. Private company valued $1B+ or established partnership 6.10
Connected relationshipsClient relationships confirmed by CRM sync or Crossbeam. Log scale, full marks at 500.10
Connected dataCrossbeam connected 3, CRM syncing 2.5

Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Scores can't be bought. About the data.

Comparisons

Source: Proven platform data, public records and vendor websites. Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Scores can't be bought. Data updated 2026-10-27. About the data · Proven