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24 alternatives to Strike
Stripe-like API for BTC payments using Lightning.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Strike launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2011 · strikesapphire.com · its alternatives →
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Strike▲113Send money instantly, with no fees, anywhere in the world
2021 · invite.strike.me · its alternatives →
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Stripe: Relay▲423Let customers buy products directly within other mobile apps
2015 · docs.stripe.com · its alternatives →
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Build your pixel‑perfect payments experience
2021 · stripe.com · its alternatives →
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Stripe Terminal▲372The programmable point-of-sale solution 💳🛠️
2018 · stripe.com · its alternatives →
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Autumn▲719If you’re on tech twitter you may have noticed an increasing dissent with Stripe and it’s DX. t3.gg (Theo) summarizes it best: “IMO, the biggest issue with Stripe is the "split brain" it inherently introduces to your code base. When a customer checks out, the "state of the purchase" is in Stripe. You're then expected to track the purchase in your own database via webhooks. There are over 258 event types. It's far too easy to have a payment be failed in stripe and "subscribed" in your app.” We've built an OSS abstraction to build any pricing model 1 line of code. The idea is a layer over…
2025 · useautumn.com · its alternatives →
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Stripe is often seen as the gold standard for international and cross-border payments. But in reality, many founders, especially those outside the US, have a different experience: Merchants are frequently offboarded without much explanation. Stripe isn’t available or fully supported in many countries. Even when available, setting up a legal entity, handling tax compliance, or managing FX fees can be a huge overhead. We built Dodo Payments to solve exactly this. (https://www.dodopayments.com) It’s a Merchant of Record (MoR) platform designed to help digital founders and indie…
Oct 2025 · dodopayments.com · its alternatives →
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Send and receive lightning fast Bitcoin payments.
2024 · relai.app · its alternatives →
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Accept payments directly on your phone, quickly and easily
2018 · chargeforstripe.com · its alternatives →
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Accept bank payments with a few lines of code.
2016 · stripe.com · its alternatives →
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Bitcoin Payments Faster & Cheaper
2018 · lightning.engineering · its alternatives →
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Bitkit▲191Self‑custodial Bitcoin & Lightning wallet to pay anyone
2024 · bitkit.to · its alternatives →
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