Leader
72Heralded Score, range 41–79
The most visible online payment gateways in Netherlands, October 2026
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 | 72 , range 41–79 | 73#1 | 70#2 | 72
| 56% | 28% | None | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 67 , range 32–76 | 65#2 | 70#3 | 67
| 45% | 27% | None | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 63 , range 33–74 | 58#3 | 71#1 | 63
| 52% | 15% | None | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 32 , range 22–59 | 42#4 | 15= #10 | 32
| 27% | 10% | None | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 21 , range 4–50 | 20#6 | 22#7 | 21
| 11% | 4% | None | First reading | |
| 6 |  Shopify Payments CA | New entry | 21 , range 6–51 | 31#5 | 4#21 | 21
| 13% | 4% | None | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 16 , range 2–47 | 8#9 | 30#4 | 16
| 9% | 2% | None | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 14 , range 4–49 | 20#7 | 5= #17 | 14
| 11% | 3% | None | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 12 , range 2–47 | 7#10 | 21#8 | 12
| 8% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 7 , range 1–39 | 3#15 | 15= #10 | 7
| 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
No answer cited a source of this type (Reference).
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Wat is de beste betaalprovider voor een webshop? | Dutch | |
| Online betalingen verwerken voor kleine bedrijven | Dutch | |
| Hoe kan een kleine webshop kaartbetalingen accepteren? | Dutch | Shopify Payments and |
| Hoe voeg ik online betalingen toe aan mijn website? | Dutch | |
| Betaalgateway van een bank of online betaalprovider voor e-commerce? | Dutch | |
| Vaste transactiekosten of interchange-plus voor online betalingen? | Dutch | No brand recommended |
| Alternatieven voor onder rembours betalen in een webshop | Dutch | |
| Alternatieven voor bankoverschrijvingen om online betalingen van klanten te ontvangen | Dutch | |
| Ik heb een kleine webshop. Welke betaalprovider kan ik het beste gebruiken? | Dutch | |
| 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
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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.