Stripe
Moat score
The developer default for payments, now positioning itself as the rail for agentic commerce.
MOATE3.4Deep
3.4 Deep
| Dimension | MOATE | Community |
|---|---|---|
| Switching costsweight 15Payments integration reaches deep into a business; migrating to Adyen is possible but rarely worth it. | 8 | — |
| Network effectsweight 15Link and the partner ecosystem create pull; each merchant makes checkout better for the next. | 6 | — |
| Scale & cost advantageweight 12Processing volume in the trillions; fraud models improve with every transaction. | 7 | — |
| Brand & pricing powerweight 12The developer brand of the category; pricing holds despite cheaper alternatives. | 8 | — |
| Cornered resourceweight 12Money-transmission licenses, fraud data, and Link identities. | 7 | — |
| Distribution controlweight 12The default choice in developer documentation and inside Shopify, but not an owned surface. | 6 | — |
| Disruption resilienceweight 12Building the checkout rail for AI agents before the traffic exists. | 7 | — |
| Independenceweight 10Rides Visa, Mastercard, and the banks upstream; regulators in every market. | 5 | — |
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