Compare Checkout.com vs Circle
Customers evaluate the quality of Checkout.com's products using the following success metrics.
Overview

Checkout.com is 12 yrs old and is based in United Arab Emirates.
Checkout.com offers companies to accept payments around the world through one application program interface. It facilitates an integrated payment processing platform allowing the processing of payments in real-time, sending payouts, issuing, processing, and managing card payments. It also offers fraud prevention and secure authentication. The company was formerly known as Opus Payments. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Circle is 11 yrs old and is based in United States.
Circle provides a financial technology solution allowing users to send and receive funds globally. It offers crypto treasury management solutions for businesses to manage digital assets. It serves asset managers, financial technology companies, and financial institutions. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Leadership
Guillaume Pousaz (Founder, Chief Executive Officer)
Jeremy D. Allaire (Founder, Chief Executive Officer)
Investors
Insight Partners, Blossom Capital
Coinbase, Marshall Wace Asset Management
Product
Why Checkout.com beats Circle
Why Circle beats Checkout.com
Benefits
- Payment acceptance rate
- Global scalability
- Payment performance optimization
- USDC Circulation
Products
Consolidated payment technology platform
Checkout.com's consolidated payment technology platform offers merchants an all-in-one solution featuring a fully proprietary payment processing, acquiring, and payment gateway, resulting in offering optimal authorization rates and complete access to data.
Circle Account
The Circle Account is a full stack solution that replaces a fractured system for business banking. Securely custody funds, send and receive payments globally and streamline treasury operations all connected through USD Coin (USDC) and integrated with a suite of APIs.
Customers
Checkout.com works with 4 known companies.
Circle works with 2 known companies.
Known Partners
Curve, Careem
FTX, CMS
Why They Buy
POLi is very pleased that Checkout.com has decided to expand its payment choices by offering POLi. We are finding that merchants are increasingly seeking to avoid the complexity of managing multiple integrations by seeking out a single point of integration with companies such as Checkout.com. Within the Australasian region POLi is a leading alternative payments product with a strong market share in gaming, travel, foreign exchange and online retail. We expect to continue expanding quickly and this partnership with Checkout.com will accelerate our ability to bring the benefits of POLi to more merchants and customers.
Circle will take care of the processing, storage, and USD to USDC conversion. Users will then receive their funds in their Crypto Wallet within three business days.
News & Analysis
Checkout.com has been mentioned in our research 13 times.
Circle has been mentioned in our research 15 times.
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Market
ESP Rankings position vendors based on their resources and execution.
Checkout.com is a Leader in Cross-border payments infrastructure & enablement
The cross-border payments infrastructure & enablement market offers solutions for businesses to send and accept payments globally on their own websites and payment platforms. The companies generally offer APIs that allow businesses from banks to online marketplaces to accept and process payments across currencies and platforms (such as mobile), make payouts, verify users’ identities, issue credit cards, and more. Some companies also make it possible for businesses to send and receive payment in cryptocurrencies.
Circle is a Leader in Cross-border payments infrastructure & enablement
The cross-border payments infrastructure & enablement market offers solutions for businesses to send and accept payments globally on their own websites and payment platforms. The companies generally offer APIs that allow businesses from banks to online marketplaces to accept and process payments across currencies and platforms (such as mobile), make payouts, verify users’ identities, issue credit cards, and more. Some companies also make it possible for businesses to send and receive payment in cryptocurrencies.