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Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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For those in the ruby/rails world, there's a gem which does this (make it easy to switch between payment vendors) for you: Active Merchant ( http://activemerchant.org/ ).

Yeah, but is there a gem for allowing me to switch payment abstraction gems?

ActiveActiveMerchant.

Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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I use both. Braintree for SaaS income (monthly, one-off, client contracts), and Stripe for marketplace payments (Stripe Connect - event ticket sale service fees). It works well, and helps me reconcile the income easier into separate clearing accounts that I set up with Xero. I was originally enticed to Braintree because of the first free $50,000 of processing. I have been very happy with both.

Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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I wrote about that last year ( https://blog.wearewizards.io/looking-at-payments-solution-fo... ) and I need to actually implement it this week. Haven't decided yet but quaderno + stripe is the best choice I've seen so far. Definitely interested in more feedback too!

Thanks, thats good info. I am very interested to hear about your conclusion and experience when you set it up. Are you integrating with an accountancy package like Xero/Sage? Quaderno/Stripe sound promising to me too but I can't find genuine feedback from Quaderno users. Its a real shame Recurly isn't priced to be an easy choice. It seems expensive to triple dip on subscription fees, transaction fees and %revenue and…

I'll probably do a write-up once we are done but it could take some time with the uncertainty of the pound and the brexit since we are 2 EU migrants. We might end up doing multi-currency or only €/$ to avoid betting too much on the pound right now

Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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"If I were you, no matter who you choose to integrate, I'd encapsulate it behind your own payment "service" so that even if you have to switch or you need to add more then one (highly recommended), then you can." This is the best advice in the comments. I've seen my own code and others become overly coupled to a specific provider's terminology, mechanisms, and expectations - leading it to be exceptionally painful whe…

For those in the ruby/rails world, there's a gem which does this (make it easy to switch between payment vendors) for you: Active Merchant ( http://activemerchant.org/ ).

Awesome gem, thanks for that!

Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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I wrote a comparison for Australian companies recently: https://medium.com/@grmcameron/stripe-vs-braintree-for-your-... 1. Feature Related Main Takeaways: Stripe vs Braintree feature comparison: Braintree allows payments through Paypal (This can increase conversion if you believe your customer base feels more comfortable when using Paypal, a name they will likely recognize, as their card details are not revealed.) St…

Braintree does process American Express:

https://www.braintreepayments.com/en-au/payment-methods/acce...

Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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The biggest issue with Stripe is that it does not handle 3D-secure requests [1] which protects you against various frauds. Hopefully, they are starting to implement it for UE, US and also there are many FinTech SaaSes whose uses machine learning to help you improve protection.

[1] https://support.stripe.com/questions/does-stripe-support-3d-...

Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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The biggest issue with Stripe is that it does not handle 3D-secure requests [1] which protects you against various frauds. Hopefully, they are starting to implement it for UE, US and also there are many FinTech SaaSes whose uses machine learning to help you improve protection. [1] https://support.stripe.com/questions/does-stripe-support-3d-...

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Re: Ask HN: Stripe or Braintree?

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The biggest issue with Stripe is that it does not handle 3D-secure requests [1] which protects you against various frauds. Hopefully, they are starting to implement it for UE, US and also there are many FinTech SaaSes whose uses machine learning to help you improve protection. [1] https://support.stripe.com/questions/does-stripe-support-3d-...

Hey there, I work at Stripe. We're working to roll out 3D Secure, and it's in private beta right now for European, U.S., Canadian and Australian accounts. If you're interested, send me an email at edwin.wee@stripe.com!
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