Pricing trends for Payments: 3 tracked pricing changes across 16 vendors. Direction: prices rising.

Payments Pricing Trends

Pricing direction: ↑ Prices rising

16
Vendors
1%
of All Tracked Changes
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At-Risk Vendors
restructured 2 new tier 1

Pricing Change Timeline

new tier Currencyapi discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown medium
The free tier now offers 300 requests per month. The page also mentions paid plans starting at $7.99/month with 15,000 requests/month and a private forum access. Source ↗
restructured Polar discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown high
The original 'Pay-as-you-go' tier is no longer available. There's a 'Starter' free tier with different pricing (5.00% + $0.50 per transaction) and several paid tiers (Pro, Growth, Scale) with varying monthly fees and transaction rates. A 'Startup Program' offers the 'Scale' plan free for 12 months. Source ↗
restructured Stripe effective 2026-02-01 high
Managed Payments (Merchant of Record) service entering general availability — Stripe handles tax, billing, fraud, and disputes Source ↗

Stable Picks

Vendors with no recent pricing changes and low risk scores.

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