HACKER Q&A
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What Is Your Experience with Payment APIs from Visa and/or MasterCard?


How do they compare with, say, Stripe or PayPal?


  👤 orliesaurus Accepted Answer ✓
I wrote a blog post a few days ago about this. Here's what answers this question from the Stripe perspective:

Unlike most API companies, specifically payment ones, using Stripe is like travelling in Premier/First class on a 17 hours flight.

Most companies don’t spend nearly enough time documenting and providing developers a great experience, like they do.

Stripe does things the way developers love it:

The documentation is so incredibly accurate and thought-out. It has helped Stripe build a core audience of fanatic customers. The visual aspect of every thing built by Stripe is flawless. It makes you feel empowered, curious and safe (you know what to expect on every click) It’s always easy to find whatever documentation you’re looking for. They provide wrappers/libraries, technical support and a lot of perks to partners.