Is Stripe or Square bigger? Why is Stripe such an Internet darling compared to PayPal and Square?

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masonette

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masonette
Jan 2, 2021 8 Comments

What is the marketshare for Stripe compared to PayPal and Square? Why is Stripe so respected on Blind compared to PayPal and Square? Is Stripe dominating the payments space?

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  • New
    mCYw08

    New

    mCYw08
    Square has 4.5 ⭐ on Blind compared to Stripe's 4.1 ⭐.
    Jan 2, 2021 2
    • Stripe
      ifae85

      Go to company page Stripe

      ifae85
      Stripe’s was 4.3 less than half a year ago. As rapidly growing companies are wont to do, we are going through change, and went through a lot of hire-and-fire-fast cycles. Stripe is great, but doesn’t always feel the most stable or psychologically safe for career growth unless you are absolutely sure of your abilities.

      Being absolutely sure of your abilities means you have to avoid stretches of bad luck too. If you are having challenges raising kids from home, death in the family, sickness, etc — a bad couple months can be the end of your career there. The Collisons are becoming ruthless, Bezos-esque in some ways (and will probably come out very successful). The deteriorating rating is probably a lagging indicator of that. I won’t say Square is better because I don’t know, but Dorsey is more seasoned and the company is already post-IPO, tells me they are more stable, mature and humane. I believe in Stripe long-term, and that holds high standards and will absolutely thrive as a business. Its growth and product quality blows my mind, even as an insider.
      Jan 3, 2021
    • New
      mCYw08

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      mCYw08
      A lot of the ratings seem inflated. The "popular" 3 ⭐ review reads like a 2 ⭐ at best. Many of the others seem far more negative than their rating. Your assessment seems pretty negative too TBQH.
      Jan 3, 2021
  • Stripe
    striper

    Go to company page Stripe

    striper
    bigger by what measure? revenue? employees? PV? profit?

    I’d say Stripe is an internet/SV “darling” because the founders are solid people and we’re super developer friendly.
    Jan 2, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    AWS-Engr

    Go to company page Amazon

    AWS-Engr
    Stripe has higher comp. Other than that I think square wins in all fronts.
    Jan 2, 2021 1
  • Proactis / Eng
    SwiftUIGuy

    Go to company page Proactis Eng

    PRE
    L3Harris Technologies, Anthem
    BIO
    Software Development Engineer in Test
    SwiftUIGuy
    Stripe isn’t bigger than PayPal or Square in any way.

    The main difference is Stripe is a startup while PayPal and Square are public companies.
    Jan 2, 2021 0
  • PayPal
    T7511

    Go to company page PayPal

    T7511
    I N N O V A T I O N 🙌🏼🌈

    Dominating? Not yet by TPV, but down the line definitely
    Jan 2, 2021 0