Leader
73Heralded Score, range 66–77
The most visible online payment gateways in Europe, October 2026
Most cited source
95citations
From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT
Brands
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Search | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | New entry | 73 , range 66–77 | 75#1 | 71#2 | 73
| 59% | 29% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 71 , range 67–75 | 70#2 | 72#1 | 71
| 56% | 26% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 32 , range 24–52 | 37#3 | 23#3 | 32
| 18% | 11% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 29 , range 23–51 | 35#4 | 19#4 | 29
| 20% | 7% | | First reading | |
| 5 |  Shopify Payments CA | New entry | 28 , range 23–51 | 35#5 | 15#5 | 28
| 18% | 8% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 23 , range 19–48 | 32#6 | 8#13 | 23
| 16% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 9 , range 5–36 | 8#8 | 9#11 | 9
| 5% | 4% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 8 , range 4–34 | 7#10 | 9#12 | 8
| 6% | 2% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 8 , range 4–33 | 7#13 | 10#8 | 8
| 6% | 2% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 8 , range 4–33 | 7#14 | 10#9 | 8
| 5% | 3% | | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Social | 11.0% | 2 of 4 | 59 | Not read |
| 2 | | Vendor site | 6.0% | 3 of 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | | Vendor site | 3.6% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | | Community | 3.3% | 3 of 4 | 9 | Not read |
| 5 | | Vendor site | 3.1% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | | Review site | 1.9% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | | Regulator | 1.4% | 1 of 4 | 9 | Not read |
| 8 | | Media | 1.9% | 2 of 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | | Media | 2.4% | 3 of 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | | Media | 2.1% | 3 of 4 | 3 | 7 |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Was ist das beste Zahlungsgateway für einen Onlineshop? | German | |
| Online-Zahlungsabwicklung für kleine Unternehmen | German | |
| Wie kann ein kleiner Onlineshop Kartenzahlungen akzeptieren? | German | No brand recommended |
| Wie kann ich Online-Zahlungen auf meiner Website anbieten? | German | |
| Zahlungsgateway einer Bank oder Online-Zahlungsanbieter für den E-Commerce? | German | |
| Pauschalgebühren oder Interchange-Plus-Modell bei Online-Zahlungen? | German | No brand recommended |
| Welche Alternativen zur Nachnahme gibt es für einen Onlineshop? | German | |
| Welche Alternativen zu Banküberweisungen gibt es, um online Kundenzahlungen einzuziehen? | German | |
| Ich betreibe einen kleinen Onlineshop. Welches Zahlungsgateway sollte ich nutzen? | German | |
| Ich leite den E-Commerce-Bereich eines Einzelhändlers und möchte, dass beim Bezahlvorgang weniger Zahlungen abgelehnt werden. | German | No brand recommended |
Each engine's top three
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Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.