Stripe

Following data shows why Stripe is recommended for listed teams. The Fit Score represents the percentage fit of Stripe to each company stages, as calculated by the SSIE.

• Solo / Indie

  $0–$2,000 MRR

  86
  • Custom contracts / procurement on the 0.4% plan
  • Data encryption at rest and in transit
  • Self-serve signup from $2/mo, no sales call required

• Idea-Stage

  $0

  88
  • Data export and portability
  • Accepts payments globally with 195+ countries and 135+ currencies

• Pre-Seed

  $0–$10k MRR

  91
  • Supports 100+ payment methods including Alipay and iDEAL
  • Open-source codebase, independently reviewable

• Seed

  $10k–$100k MRR

  94
  • Offers fraud prevention with machine learning and Radar
  • Public API documentation for developers

• Series A

  $100k–$500k MRR

  94
  • Single sign-on with SAML and directory provisioning
  • Role-based access control with admin audit logging
  • Multi-factor authentication
  • SCIM user provisioning and directory sync
  • Third-party penetration testing
  • Active security and vulnerability disclosure programme
  • Zero-trust security architecture
  • Provides pre-built payment forms and UI components

• Scaleup

  $500k–$2M+ MRR

  91
  • Published uptime SLA and incident response commitments
  • SOC 2 Type II - core enterprise certification
  • Manages subscriptions and usage-based billing

• Late-Stage

  $2M+ MRR

  88
  • SOC 1 Type II - core enterprise certification
  • Supports global payouts and flexible payout options

• Public / Enterprise

  $100M+ ARR

  86
  • SOC 3 Type II - core enterprise certification
  • Pre-built third-party integrations