Plaid comparisons
Plaid is compared head-to-head with Envestnet | Yodlee, Ripple Treasury and Mastercard Open Banking Payments and more: 7 head-to-heads in Bank Connectivity Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Plaid head-to-head
- Plaid vs Envestnet | Yodlee
- Plaid vs Ripple Treasury
- Plaid vs Mastercard Open Banking Payments
- Plaid vs Stripe Financial Connections
- Plaid vs TIS Bank Connectivity
- Plaid vs MX
- Plaid vs GoCardless Bank Account Data
Plaid vs each of them
| # | Tool | Paid from | Supported data types | Connection methods | Refresh frequency | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Plaid | account and routing numbers, balances, identity, transactions, investments, liabilities, income, statements | Plaid Link credentials-based authentication, OAuth, app-to-app OAuth, and manual or micro-deposit flows | On_demand | 9.3 | |
| 1 | Envestnet | Yodlee | account details, balances, transactions, holdings, statements, interest details, payment details, coverage, account numbers, account-holder details, payment profiles | FastLink, Open Banking, screen scraping, online banking credentials | Real_time | 9.4 | |
| 3 | Ripple Treasury | 9.2 | ||||
| 4 | Mastercard Open Banking Payments | Account details, account-holder information, balances, transactions, bank statements, transaction snapshots | Open banking APIs; bank authentication and consent flow | On_demand | 9.1 | |
| 5 | Stripe Financial Connections | account details, balances, ownership, transactions | OAuth and institution login through Stripe Financial Connections Link | On_demand | 9.0 | |
| 6 | TIS Bank Connectivity | payments, bank statements, financial reports, account and liquidity data | API, host-to-host, SWIFT, EBICS, SFTP, direct plug-ins, agents, regional clearinghouses, custom connections | Real_time | 8.8 | |
| 7 | MX | accounts, balances, transactions, investments, statements, identity, account ownership, rewards | OAuth APIs, tokenized connections, direct connections, whitelisted screen scraping, microdeposits | Real_time | 8.7 | |
| 8 | GoCardless Bank Account Data | account holder name, account numbers, IBANs, transactions, current balances, available balances | PSD2 APIs, open banking consent, financial-institution authentication, GoCardless-hosted credential collection for some institutions | On_demand | 8.6 |
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