Adyen for Platforms vs Square
One of fourteen models named Adyen for Platforms first on the direct prompt; zero named Square. Adyen for Platforms was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Square by seven and Adyen for Platforms carries 47 labels and Square 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the embedded payments platforms page.
By framing
Adyen for PlatformsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSquare
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Adyen for Platforms and Square were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 140 answers naming Adyen for Platforms and the 100 naming Square. In those answers Square took the first choice zero times and Adyen for Platforms one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Adyen for Platforms Square first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Adyen for Platforms on the left and Square on the right.The direct prompt
Adyen for Platforms first, Square not the choice
1 of 14 modelsSquare was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Square2%#5 of 9Adyen for Platforms0%#9 of 9Adyen for Platforms2%#3 of 9Square2%#5 of 9Adyen for Platforms39%#1 of 7Square0%#– of 7What the models said about Adyen for Platforms
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Providers like Adyen, Worldpay (Payrix), or legacy payment facilitators often require $1,000+ monthly minimum fees... Avoid these until you scale.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“usually better once processing volume is high enough to justify custom pricing and additional integration work” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“prioritize Stripe Connect or Adyen (though Adyen is more enterprise-oriented with potentially higher minimums)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative
“most SaaS and marketplace teams start with Stripe Connect or Adyen for Platforms for speed and compliance offload” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“the default starting point for platform embedded payments” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Adyen when international acquiring, complex currencies, or omnichannel enterprise payments outweigh implementation speed.” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
What the models said about Square
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Weaker for pure software-embedded/ISV use cases—better suited for hardware-integrated retail.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Large processors like Stripe, PayPal, and Square often operate under an "aggregator" model” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Very small / in-person + online, no dev resources: Square Free plan.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“they build a secondary backup processor (like Square or Adyen) ready to go live if Stripe locks them out” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“Square/TBD, or Mollie (depending on geography) tend to have far better support infrastructure” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.