What Flutterwave does
Flutterwave is a payments platform that lets businesses and individuals accept, send and manage money online and in person. It serves enterprises, small businesses, individuals and developers. Named features include Online Checkout with plugins for Shopify, WordPress, WooCommerce, Joomla and PrestaShop, payment collection, single and bulk transfers, a free online Store, Invoices, Payment Links and POS systems. Consumer products include the Send App for money transfers, Market, Afritickets for events and Swap for exchanging Naira. Developers get APIs for transfers, one time and recurring payments, payment verification, virtual card creation and customer verification. Supported methods include cards, mobile money, M-Pesa, USSD and bank transfer. The home page does not show pricing figures.
How Flutterwave compares with its closest alternatives
1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan, as Flutterwave does. All 5 offer an API, as Flutterwave does. Flutterwave offers a web app and a mobile app. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, all 3 offer a web app and 2 offer a mobile app. Flutterwave was founded in 2016; the alternatives were founded between 2006 and 2017, 4 of them earlier. Flutterwave is based in Lagos, Nigeria; 1 of its 5 alternatives is in Nigeria too, and the others in India, Indonesia, Brazil and elsewhere.