# Mollie

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Mollie and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Payment processor recommended for its easy API, developer experience and fees; critics say it turns away small businesses and handles recurring payments poorly.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy API and developer experience (5 comments): "They have no problem dealing with small customers, and have always offered a trivially easy to use API." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425280)) "Mollie developer experience has always been on par with Stripe in my experience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48423603)) "I've used Mollie and can confirm that DX is not any different than Stripe's." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48432885))
- Welcomes small businesses and customers (3 comments): "They have no problem dealing with small customers, and have always offered a trivially easy to use API." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425280)) "I've used them for all sorts of small (and not so small) things." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425294)) "no need to run millions by us to be a first class citizen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817759))
- No forced technical choices (2 comments): "It does have all the features and API craziness other processors offer but you don't have to use any of it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48818131)) "I'm glad Mollie is an option that does not force me into certain technical choices." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111025))
- Reliable for years (2 comments): "I have been a happy customer of the following recommended services for many months or years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48271396)) "haven't had issues since using them since 2006" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817230))

## What people warn about

- Rejects small businesses (2 comments): "Mollie also doesn't want small businesses, unfortunately. (We were rejected as too small.)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417918)) "They rejected us as too small." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47833372))
- Weak recurring payment support (2 comments): "Mollie does not even properly support recurring payments, a pretty important feature for SaaS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743577)) "is woefully incomplete (no failed payment retries for example)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817702))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Stripe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stripe.md): 143 recommend
- [PayPal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paypal.md): 103 recommend
- [Adyen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adyen.md): 17 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.mollie.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mollie", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mollie/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).