# Adyen 17 Hacker News commenters recommended Adyen and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. **Verdict:** EU-based payment processor with a unified platform, popular with European retailers; critics say it suits larger merchants, with sales-led signup and strict acceptance. ## Why people recommend it - EU-based, supports European sovereignty (5 comments): "They're also EU-based and a bit more... well known? I liked integrating with them in the past." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48121705)) "Adyen is a big payment processor from the Netherlands which many EU retailers already use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817502)) "Adyen/Mollie are recommended for European centric markets" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48822520)) - Unified platform, API-first design (2 comments): "Adyen has a unified platform solution which is smth stripe doesnt" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47144281)) "Both Mollie and Adyen are API-first." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48423603)) ## What people warn about - Complex integration and awful APIs (3 comments): "integration complexity and minimum processing volumes usually keep early-stage startups on Stripe or Braintree" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319870)) "everyone who maintained the payment service kept cursing Adyen for their awful APIs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417054)) "Integrating directly with Adyen as a small business is like running a kubernetes cluster on AWS to host your blog" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417094)) - Sales-led signup, no self-serve (3 comments): "Adyen has a Talk to our team button. You close the tab and never think about it again until you’re making serious money." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420235)) "That I couldn't sign up using a form and I had to "talk to their team" was a turn-off" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46990655)) "Why don't they have a fax option so you absolutely never think about it again?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48420861)) - Strict about which businesses it accepts (2 comments): "Adyen is good but can be strict with what businesses they support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034372)) "No point in marketing when you outright reject customers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416942)) - Refuses small businesses (2 comments): "Adyen refuses small clients, under the million" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416946)) "Adyen doesn't want small businesses." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417098)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Stripe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stripe.md): 143 recommend - [PayPal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paypal.md): 103 recommend - [Mollie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mollie.md): 11 recommend - [Paddle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paddle.md): 10 recommend - [Agree payment processor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/open-source-zero-webhooks-payment-processor.md): 8 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.adyen.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Adyen", https://hackerapproved.com/p/adyen/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).