Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Venmo
The 20 closest peer-to-peer payments alternatives to Venmo, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Venmo? The closest matches are Cash App, PayPal and Chime. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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- Sites searched
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01 · Entity
About Venmo
Venmo venmo.com
Pay Friends | Payments App | Venmo
Welcome to Venmo! Manage your account balance, send/receive money, split bills, pay friends, and stay connected with your network all in one place.
Wikidata: American mobile payment service
Summary by Claude
Venmo is a US mobile payment app for sending and receiving money between friends, splitting bills, and paying businesses, with a debit card, credit card, online checkout, cash-back rewards and crypto trading.
- Who it’s for
- US consumers and small businesses
- Business model
- Transaction and instant transfer fees, card interchange
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Venmo’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Venmo
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Venmo, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Send, Receive, Invest, & Manage Your Money with Cash App
Download Cash App to send & receive money instantly, spend with the Cash App Card, buy bitcoin, invest in stocks, & manage your finances.
Very close cos 0.906 - 02
Pay, Send and Save Money with PayPal | PayPal US
From paying friends to saving money or getting cash back when you shop, explore what the new PayPal app has to offer.
Very close cos 0.899 - 03
Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue
Stripe is a financial services platform that helps all types of businesses accept payments, build flexible billing models and manage money movement.
Close cos 0.878 - 04
Klarna US - A secure, flexible way to manage your money
Manage everyday payments securely with Klarna - online, in store, or with the Klarna Card. Flexible and interest-free options in the United States.
Close cos 0.876 - 05
Trade Crypto, Predict Outcomes & Earn — All in One Platform | Gemini | Gemini
The crypto super app for trading, predicting, and earning. Buy 90+ cryptos, trade prediction markets, and earn with staking and the Gemini Credit Card.
Close cos 0.879 - 06
Just a quick security check | Revolut
financial technology company
Close cos 0.874 - 07
Send or Transfer Money Online with Remitly
Send money online faster and more securely with Remitly, and discover our great exchange rates and low money transfer fees.
Close cos 0.873 - 08
Capital One | Credit Cards, Checking, Savings & Auto Loans
Learn how banking with Capital One can help you meet your financial goals.
Close cos 0.878 - 09
Shop - Shopping designed around you
Shop from top brands, earn exclusive rewards, and track your packages all in one place. Now available on iOS, Android, and web.
Close cos 0.875 - 10
FunPay — Shop for Gamers
On FunPay, you can buy game currencies, accounts, items, skins and boosting services.
Close cos 0.873 - 11
Send & Receive Money in the United States
Send and receive money transfers from the United States with Western Union. Check exchange rates, track transfers and send money online instantly.
Close cos 0.872 - 12
Crypto.com Deutschland: Kryptowährungen sicher kaufen, verkaufen und handeln
Über 400 Kryptowährungen sicher kaufen, verkaufen, verwahren und handeln mit Crypto.com.
Close cos 0.875 - 13
Business Account, Invoicing & Accounting Integrations | Finom
Finom is an online payment solution for entrepreneurs that makes it easy to open a business account and securely manage their finances.
Close cos 0.871 - 14
Paytm: Secure & Fast UPI Payments, Recharge Mobile & Pay Bills
Send money with UPI using any bank account. Recharge mobile and pay bills.
Close cos 0.870 - 15
Payment services to power your performance | Checkout.com
Boost your acceptance rate, cut processing costs, fight fraud, and create extraordinary customer experiences with Checkout.com's payment solutions.
Close cos 0.872 - 16
Zelle® | Send and receive money directly to and from your bank account
Zelle® is a direct and fast way to send and receive money with enrolled friends, family and others you trust. Look for Zelle® in your banking app to get started.
Close cos 0.869 - 17
Eldorado - Largest & Safest Game Items Marketplace
Buy game items, accounts, currency, top ups, boosting & gift cards safely. Shop millions of offers for hundreds of games. Legit sellers, always in stock.
Close cos 0.872 - 18
bunq: Open a Bank Account in 5 Minutes
No paperwork, no branch visits. Open your bunq account in 5 minutes and start banking today.
Close cos 0.872 - 19
Forbidden - Depop
social e-commerce company
Close cos 0.871 - 20
Bitpanda - Start investing today
Trade in minutes from only €1. Your No.1 European broker for stocks, crypto, indices, ETFs and precious metals. Trade 24/7. Fee-free on all deposits.
Close cos 0.871
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to venmo.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Venmo uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Venmo is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 ip4:66.211.170.95/32 ip4:66.211.170.86/31 ip4:66.211.170.88/29…
- Payments
- PayPal page source: paypalobjects.com
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: R1TRSK64LIMCdFX0h-WS48-KK4UakhSiYATCm5wmFzId6eS5viLIdg==
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms65330905
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 ip4:66.211.170.95/32 ip4:66.211.170.86/31 ip4:66.211.170.88/29…
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 ip4:66.211.170.95/32 ip4:66.211.170.86/31 ip4:66.211.170.88/29…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-1457.awsdns-54.org
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=6OGABxXS_kcZlt7_gGCpm3k8ZP8DVA45JigzLiZ4l44
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Q8BdHlO6NYSN5njfC2rlbPQxksVfADlcxarxq4f…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification= jUnvvQ8CzWsJIDQpJn8ticS07DMTfhtEys1fTqdceTg
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Venmo adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace 15/20
- Atlassian 14/20
- Apple Business 13/20
- Microsoft 365 12/20
- Adobe · not on venmo.com 11/20
- Cloudflare · not on venmo.com 10/20
- DocuSign · not on venmo.com 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on venmo.com 10/20
- OpenAI · not on venmo.com 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Stripe · not on venmo.com 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on venmo.com 6/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on venmo.com 6/20
- SendGrid 6/20
- OneTrust · not on venmo.com 6/20