Rated higher than Stripe on Trustpilot.
Best for: Small businesses and startups, as Wise Business names them
- Trustpilot4.3/5· 294,008
Our contractor payouts scoreOur score 6.4 of 10from our five criteria, not from platform ratingsHow we score
What Trustpilot, G2 and Capterra show about Stripe, quoted as each source publishes it, last checked 29 Jun 2026.
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Ratings by platform
| Platform | Rating | Reviews | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| TrustpilotChecked 29 Jun 2026 | 1.7 / 5 | 17,255 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| G2Checked 29 Jun 2026 | 4.4 / 5 | 1,245 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| CapterraChecked 29 Jun 2026 | 4.6 / 5 | 3,351 | 29 Jun 2026 |
Figures as each platform publishes them on the date checked; they may have changed since and do not feed our score.
Highest: Capterra 4.6 / 5. Lowest: Trustpilot 1.7 / 5. Platforms differ in who writes reviews, how they collect them and the period they cover.
Top alternatives to Stripe
Providers with a higher contractor payouts score from us than Stripe. How we score
Rated higher than Stripe on Trustpilot.
Best for: Companies paying contractors in many countries by bank, wallet, crypto or card
- Trustpilot3.1/5· 125
Higher contractor payouts score: 6.8 against 6.4.
Best for: Companies of any size that work mostly with contractors spread over many countries
- Capterra4.1/5· 49
Ratings next to other providers
Stripe’s rating on each platform next to up to three providers rated on the same platform: those with the highest contractor payouts score from us. Each rating is shown on the platform’s own scale as the platform publishes it; we do not average or combine them, and they do not feed our score.
AI summary
Written by an AI model from the data on our pages on 16 Oct 2026. Not a recommendation, not our score, and not a quote from any assistant.
What does the data show about Stripe as a contractor payout provider?
AI
Stripe Connect charges 0.25% + 25¢ per payout and $2 per monthly active account, plus 0.25% for funds routing where it applies and from 0.25% for cross-border payouts. Stripe states PCI DSS Level 1 plus SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II audits. Stripe, LLC appears in GLEIF with Delaware file 4675506. Payouts go to bank accounts or debit cards.
What the data does not show
Stripe's Connect page says Connect Onboarding supports 46+ countries and lists no payout countries, so we document none. It states no deposit and no onboarding time.
What are Stripe's main drawbacks?
AI
Coverage we cannot document and an integration the platform must build. The docs allow self-serve cross-border payouts only among five regions: US, UK, EEA, Canada, Switzerland. Fees have several parts (per payout, per monthly active account, 0.25% routing, cross-border), and the 15-minute response target applies only to critical issues on paid support plans.
What the data does not show
This answer does not use review data.
Who should choose Stripe?
AI
Platforms and marketplaces with engineers that pay sellers, freelancers or creators, especially in the US, UK, EEA, Canada or Switzerland. It suits buyers who want a public fee schedule and agreement. Buyers who want contracts or contractor management handled for them should look at other providers.
What the data does not show
Stripe names no headcount range for its customers, so we give none. Global Payouts, a separate preview product, is not scored.
More alternatives to Stripe
Other contractor payouts providers, by our contractor payouts score. How we score
- Contractor payouts price from
- 3% of each payout
- Contractor payouts countries 190 claimed, 98 documented
- Services EOR · Payouts · Contractors · Payroll
- Best for
- Startups, SMBs, agencies and enterprises: the segments Remozo names for its contractor product
- Not for
- Buyers whose security review asks for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 held by Remozo itself
- Top pro
- Contractor payouts claimed in 190+ countries; 98 are listed one by one in Remozo's help centre
- Top con
- Contractor plan from 3% per payout: for contractor payouts, 2 of the 6 other percentage prices we compare are lower and 1 the same. The contractor page says from 1.5%, which we do not score
- Contractor payouts price
- Custom quote
- Contractor payouts countries 200 claimed
- Services Payouts · Contractors
- Best for
- Businesses paying large, distributed payee networks across borders, which is how Tipalti describes Mass Payments
- Not for
- Buyers who need a published per-payout or per-contractor price before contacting sales
- Top pro
- Own SOC 1 and SOC 2 attestations at Type II level, stated on Tipalti's cloud page
- Top con
- Mass Payments shows only a $249 monthly plan fee; transaction pricing is charged on top and not published, so we leave its price unranked
- Trustpilot3.1/5· 97
- G24.5/5· 416
Signals checked 29 Jun 2026
- Contractor payouts price from
- US$49 per contractor a month
- Contractor payouts countries 190 claimed
- Deposit None
- Services EOR · Payouts · Contractors · AOR · Payroll
- Best for
- Crypto and web3 teams paying contractors in stablecoins or crypto, a segment Rise names (startups, web3 startups, DAOs, global agencies)
- Not for
- Companies that need an EOR in countries beyond the US and the UK today
- Top pro
- Prices are published per head: $49 a contractor a month (discounts for startups and non-profits), $299 for Agent of Record, $399 an employee for EOR
- Top con
- EOR is documented in 2 countries (US, UK) against a claim of 90+. The parent, Rise Works, Inc., is on the GLEIF register; no own entity is documented in either country
- Trustpilot4.6/5· 7,623
Signals checked 29 Jun 2026
Method and limits
- We copy each figure by hand from the platform’s public page and link to it, with the date we checked.
- Platform ratings, review themes, Reddit and the AI summary (written by an AI model from our data) are not part of our score, which uses only our five criteria.
- We do not assess whether individual reviews are genuine.
- Themes and Reddit threads are a selection, not all reviews.
- The same method applies to every provider.
- Figures may have changed since the date shown.
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Last checked: 29 Jun 2026.