{"id":199,"date":"2020-06-10T12:18:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T12:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/?p=199"},"modified":"2020-06-11T06:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T06:09:50","slug":"braintree-vs-chargify-vs-stripe-comparison-of-payment-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalmesh.com\/blog\/braintree-vs-chargify-vs-stripe-comparison-of-payment-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Braintree vs Chargify vs Stripe – Comparison of Payment Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you are thinking about starting an online business, there\u2019s a stack of important decisions you need to make. The crucial ones include selecting a perfect Hosting, Domain, Content Management System (CMS), Shopping Cart and a Payment gateway suitable for your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will focus here to help you with picking the right payment gateway provider to support your purchases\/orders. Payment Gateways are an unavoidable part of online business because these are the platform that authorizes and processes payments for e-businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 A payment gateway and a merchant account are together required to complete an online transaction in E-commerce<\/a>. The cheaper and quicker way to set up small businesses is to find a platform that combines both of these services. On the other hand, Web Developers<\/a> of a few large businesses prefer to have separate service providers. In the end, the selection of payment platforms completely depends on your business requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main difference between Braintree\/Chargify\/Stripe is- Braintree and Stripe are two most popular all-in-one payment platforms, whereas Chargify is a recurring billing and subscription management platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s compare the features of these payment platforms in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Braintree<\/a> is a full-stack payments platform that include both a payment gateway and merchant account. It is used by many leading global companies like Uber, Twilio, Airbnb and GitHub to accept payments in Mobile Applications<\/a> or websites. It is said to be used in 46 countries including North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Stripe<\/a> is also a powerful hybrid platform which owns 10.3% of global market share. It is available in 26 countries including the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and Spain. It\u2019s preferred by organizations like Pinterest, Amazon, Shopify and UNICEF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chargify<\/a> is a recurring billing system that works with the payment gateways to handle subscriptions and make sure the right accounts are charged the right amount every month.  This is specially designed for Web 2.0 and SaaS companies. It is supported by 20+ major payment gateways like Authorize.Net, Stripe and Braintree across the globe. Chargify works for all the countries if the payment gateway supports the business location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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