Square vs Stripe

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kgAv78

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Jul 28, 2020 105 Comments

If you had similar offers from Square and Stripe, which one would you take?

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    • Square
      bloopedy

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      bloopedy
      My point wasn't that Square is worth more and therefore a better company to work for. If that were all that mattered, we'd all be working at Amazon. It was just that Square and Stripe have comparable valuations, so the idea that Stripe is a once-in-a-lifetime unicorn and Square isn't doesn't really seem to check out.

      Also, if you think the difference between Square and Stripe is in-person vs online payments, I agree with the comment before me that you don't understand what square does. Square provides a variety of easy-to-use and deeply integrated seller products (payments, POS, lending product, payroll software, inventory software, e-commerce software, etc.) plus a consumer P2P payments app (Cash App) whose potential for integration into the seller ecosystem hasn't even come close to being fully realized yet.

      You can do all that stuff with Stripe, but you have to build it yourself with the APIs. Again, I'm not saying one model is better than the other; they serve different niches. But "in-person" vs. "online" is a disingenuous comparison.
      Jul 31, 2020
    • Yes
      Aug 4, 2020
  • Stripe
    UCHy21

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    UCHy21
    Square
    Jul 29, 2020 6
  • Microsoft / Eng
    mfCG87

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    mfCG87
    Square seems to have more diverse and interesting products, plus their stock is πŸ”₯
    Jul 28, 2020 4
  • Square because it's public. Stock options are more attractive.
    Jul 28, 2020 0
  • Square
    bloopedy

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    bloopedy
    I think Square has more upside than Stripe. Stripe basically markets their payment APIs to developers. Square has a diverse ecosystem of integrated products (including payment APIs)
    Jul 29, 2020 4