The most visible online payment gateways in Netherlands, October 2026

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

Leader

Stripe

72Heralded Score, range 41–79

Most cited source

webwinkelsucces.nl

5citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Adyen

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 Stripe US New entry 72 , range 41–79 73#1 70#2
72
  • : score 72 · #1
56% 28% First reading
2 Mollie NL New entry 67 , range 32–76 65#2 70#3
67
  • : score 67 · #2
45% 27% First reading
3 PayPal US New entry 63 , range 33–74 58#3 71#1
63
  • : score 63 · #3
52% 15% First reading
4 Adyen NL New entry 32 , range 22–59 42#4 15= #10
32
  • : score 32 · #4
27% 10% First reading
5 Pay.nl NL New entry 21 , range 4–50 20#6 22#7
21
  • : score 21 · #5
11% 4% First reading
6 Shopify Payments CA New entry 21 , range 6–51 31#5 4#21
21
  • : score 21 · #6
13% 4% None First reading
7 Buckaroo NL New entry 16 , range 2–47 8#9 30#4
16
  • : score 16 · #7
9% 2% First reading
8 Riverty DE New entry 14 , range 4–49 20#7 5= #17
14
  • : score 14 · #8
11% 3% First reading
9 Helcim CA New entry 12 , range 2–47 7#10 21#8
12
  • : score 12 · #9
8% 1% None First reading
10 MultiSafepay NL New entry 7 , range 1–39 3#15 15= #10
7
  • : score 7 · #10
4% 0% None 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 webwinkelsucces.nl Media 8.3% 4 of 4 3 9
2 ecommercenews.nl Media 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
3 androidworld.nl Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
4 dezaak.nl Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
5 dutchitchannel.nl Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
6 kassasysteemvergelijken.be Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
7 paymentreview.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
8 startups.co.uk Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
9 teknoinside.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
10 zakelijkvooruit.nl Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Wat is de beste betaalprovider voor een webshop? Dutch Mollie and Stripe, tied
Online betalingen verwerken voor kleine bedrijven Dutch Mollie and Stripe, tied
Hoe kan een kleine webshop kaartbetalingen accepteren? Dutch Mollie, Shopify Payments and Stripe, tied
Hoe voeg ik online betalingen toe aan mijn website? Dutch Mollie, PayPal and Stripe, tied
Betaalgateway van een bank of online betaalprovider voor e-commerce? Dutch Mollie
Vaste transactiekosten of interchange-plus voor online betalingen? Dutch No brand recommended
Alternatieven voor onder rembours betalen in een webshop Dutch Riverty
Alternatieven voor bankoverschrijvingen om online betalingen van klanten te ontvangen Dutch Mollie, PayPal, Stripe and Tikkie, tied
Ik heb een kleine webshop. Welke betaalprovider kan ik het beste gebruiken? Dutch Mollie
Ik ben verantwoordelijk voor e-commerce bij een retailer en wil dat er minder betalingen worden geweigerd bij het afrekenen. Dutch No brand recommended

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