Stripe
Summary
Platform for integrating payments with websites and apps.
Type of organisation: Privately-owned company (or group)
Market share: #2 brand
Pricing: Too complex to detail
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Software developer
Skills needed to use: Needs tool/domain expert for ongoing use
Requires audience sign-in to use: No, sign-in is optional
Type of organisation: Privately-owned company (or group)
Market share: #2 brand
Pricing: Too complex to detail
Factors driving pricing: Additional features
Skills needed to set-up: Software developer
Skills needed to use: Needs tool/domain expert for ongoing use
Requires audience sign-in to use: No, sign-in is optional
Pros
Releases new features regularly
Open Source alternatives available
Clear data policies
Allows data export
Cons
Lacks accessibility statement
Does not share diversity data
Full Product Data Collection
Data collected January-February 2020
| Product name | Stripe |
| Product URL | https://stripe.com/ |
| Parent organisation | N/A |
| Workflow category | Audience engagement & monetisation |
| Date product founded | 2010 |
| Product description | Platform for integrating payments with websites and apps. |
| What type of company or organisation is the product owned by? | Privately-owned company (or group) |
| Is the company profit-making? | Cannot determine |
| How is this product funded? | VC investment |
| What market share does the tool have? | #2 brand |
| Is there an Open Source alternative in this product space? | Yes. PaymentSpring |
| When did the company last release new features? | Feb-2020. Array of small updates |
| Have they shared details of the product roadmap? | No |
| Is there talk of the product raising further investment? | No |
| Is there talk of the product being acquired? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy business issues or challenges in the last 12 months? | No |
| Is there a pricing model listed on the website? | Yes |
| How clear & transparent is this pricing model? | Partly: some pricing listed; must speak to salesperson to confirm |
| What is the range of prices offered? | Pricing model too complex to detail. Large companies can negotiate discounts. |
| What factors drive higher pricing? | Additional features |
| What skills are needed to get this tool set up & usable? | Software developer |
| What skills are needed to USE this tool day-to-day? | Needs tool/domain expert for ongoing use |
| Does this tool use proprietary file formats for saving documents & outputs? | Defaults to common open standard file formats |
| Is the product reliant on 3rd-party APIs or interoperability to function? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy technical issues in the last 3 years? | No |
| How clear is the Terms of Service for users (i.e. publishing customers)? | Technical, legalistic TOS |
| Does the product have a data collection & usage policy on its website? (Can be a GDPR statement)? | Yes, comprehensive. |
| Is their data policy “GDPR everywhere”? | GDPR unclear on these details |
| Does the product require your audience to sign-in to use it? | No, sign-in is optional |
| IF SIGN IN REQUIRED: Does audience sign-in use 3rd party platforms? | No 3rd party auth, just a user account |
| Does the public product website mention how to export or transfer your data to another service? | Yes: Export/transfer publisher content, Yes: Export publisher metadata |
| Does the public product website mention how to delete your data? | Only limited deletion available |
| Have there been any newsworthy security breaches with this product in the last 3 years? | No |
| Does the company have an accessibility statement on its website? | No / cannot find |
| Does the company release information on the diversity of the workforce? | No |