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24 alternatives to Balanced

Payments for Marketplaces.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Balanced launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Stripe▲78

   Payment integration and management.

   2018 · stripe.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Paylike▲86

   A modern full-stack payment platform

   2015 · lunar.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Paid▲124

   An API for invoicing

   2015 · paidapi.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Marketplace Hacks▲86

   A slack community of marketplace founders & operators

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Mango▲69

   Better payments

   2014 · mercadolibre.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hire.Bid▲73

   Auction your available time

   2015 · hirebid.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Payola▲83

   A Rails engine for Stripe

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   ..▲106

   ..

   2017 · airtape.net · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tilt 3.0▲193

   Social payments, now with one-to-one payments and requests

   2016 · tilt.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Plasso▲139

    Payments Made Simple

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Stripe: Checkout▲101

    The best payment flow, on web and mobile.

    2014 · stripe.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Chroma Fund▲92

    The blockchain IPO platform

    2015 · chroma.fund · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Balances▲83

    Mint for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (open beta)

    2014 · balances.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Comparably▲194

    See what people like you get paid

    2016 · comparably.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Symple▲128

    Venmo for business payments.

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Equal▲96

    Conveniently manage group expenses and share costs

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Apptopia▲76

    Competitive intelligence for the mobile app economy

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Bazaar Designs▲65

    Web design marketplace

    2015 · bazaardesigns.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Boostable▲72

    Advertising made easy for sellers on marketplaces

    2014 · boostable.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Shout▲68

    A marketplace to sell spots (in line, etc.)

    2014 · shoutinline.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    MoneyWiz▲71

    A modern approach to personal finance

    2014 · moneywizapp.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Landed▲115

    Community down payment support

    2017 · landed.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Path Forward▲90

    A framework for ecommerce and marketplace entrepreneurs

    2015 · gavangtvttbdc.tv · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Raise▲92

    The gift card marketplace

    2014 · raise.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →