The most visible online payment gateways in France, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from France in French and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Stripe

78Heralded Score, range 70–85

Most cited source

connectpay.com

6citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Payplug

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 Stripe US New entry 78 , range 70–85 78#1
78
  • : score 78 · #1
88% 48% First reading
2 PayPal US New entry 77 , range 68–84 77#2
77
  • : score 77 · #2
85% 46% First reading
3 Payplug FR New entry 45 , range 37–58 45#3
45
  • : score 45 · #3
41% 23% First reading
4 Mollie NL New entry 45 , range 37–58 45#4
45
  • : score 45 · #4
37% 27% First reading
5 Shopify Payments CA New entry 34 , range 17–43 34#5
34
  • : score 34 · #5
23% 11% First reading
6 Adyen NL New entry 32 , range 12–40 32#6
32
  • : score 32 · #6
24% 6% First reading
7 SumUp GB New entry 31 , range 9–40 31#7
31
  • : score 31 · #7
15% 13% First reading
8 Alma FR New entry 23 , range 7–37 23#8
23
  • : score 23 · #8
16% 6% First reading
9 Square US New entry 18 , range 6–36 18#9
18
  • : score 18 · #9
16% 4% First reading
10 GoCardless GB New entry 12 , range 4–35 12#10
12
  • : score 12 · #10
11% 5% 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 gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. 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
11 visa.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
12 zapier.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 1 8
13 10web.io Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
14 agilepayments.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
15 amasty.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
16 catalystpay.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
17 centralpay.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 chargebackgurus.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
19 clearlypayments.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 easy.tools Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Quelle est la meilleure solution de paiement pour une boutique en ligne ? French PayPal and Stripe, tied
Solutions de paiement en ligne pour les petites entreprises French Mollie, Stripe and SumUp, tied
Comment une petite boutique en ligne peut-elle accepter les paiements par carte ? French PayPal and Stripe, tied
Comment ajouter le paiement en ligne à mon site web ? French PayPal and Stripe, tied
Solution de paiement d’une banque ou prestataire de paiement en ligne pour le e-commerce ? French Mollie, PayPal, Payplug and Stripe, tied
Tarification forfaitaire ou interchange plus pour les paiements en ligne ? French Adyen, Mollie and Stripe, tied
Quelles alternatives au paiement à la livraison pour une boutique en ligne ? French PayPal, Payplug, Shopify Payments and Stripe, tied
Quelles alternatives au virement bancaire pour encaisser des paiements en ligne ? French GoCardless, Mollie, Payplug and Stripe, tied
J’ai une petite boutique en ligne. Quelle solution de paiement choisir ? French PayPal and Stripe, tied
Je travaille dans le e-commerce chez un distributeur et je veux réduire les paiements refusés au moment du paiement. French Alma and PayPal, tied

Each engine's top three

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.

How the leaderboards are measured