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Payment orchestration platforms · October 2026 Edition

Adyen vs Hyperswitch

One of fourteen models named Adyen first on the direct prompt; zero named Hyperswitch. Adyen was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Hyperswitch by ten and Adyen carries 20 labels and Hyperswitch 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Adyen

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

Hyperswitch

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2013A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Adyen reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Spreedly was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. BlueSnap vs Adyen · BlueSnap vs Hyperswitch · Primer vs Adyen

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 payment orchestration platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AdyenFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHyperswitch
Direct10
Paraphrase101 against Adyen
Comparative10
Budget-constrained131 against Adyen · 1 against Hyperswitch
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Adyen and Hyperswitch stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
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 Hyperswitch first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Adyen on the left and Hyperswitch on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Adyen and Hyperswitch stood in it.

Adyen first, Hyperswitch not the choice

1 of 14 modelsHyperswitch was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniAdyen alternatives: BlueSnap, Juspay

Neither was named

13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5BlueSnap alternatives: BridgerPay, HighRadius, Spreedly
Gemini 3.5 FlashPrimer alternatives: BlueSnap, Resolve Pay, Spreedly, TreviPay, Yuno
Perplexity SonarBlueSnap alternatives: Solidgate, Spreedly
Grok 4.1 FastBlueSnap alternatives: EBizCharge, Spreedly
Mistral SmallBlueSnap, Solidgate alternatives: Spreedly
DeepSeek V4 FlashGr4vy alternatives: Corefy, Primer, Spreedly
Llama 4 MaverickBlueSnap alternatives: Paystand, Spreedly
Qwen 3.7 FlashAirwallex, BlueSnap alternatives: Rapyd, Spreedly, Stripe Treasury
Kimi K2Primer, Spreedly alternatives: Gr4vy, IXOPAY, Yuno
GLM 4.7 FlashXSolidgate, Yuno alternatives: Airwallex, HighRadius, Nium, Paystand, Primer, Spreedly, Tipalti, Upflow
MiniMax M2.5BlueSnap alternatives: Paystand, Spreedly
GPT-6 LunaBlueSnap alternatives: Primer, Spreedly
Muse Glimmer 30BSolidgate alternatives: BlueSnap, HighRadius

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Hyperswitch leads by four points.
Hyperswitch4%#6 of 12
Adyen0%#11 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Adyen6%#6 of 11
Hyperswitch6%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Adyen leads at enterprise.
Adyen8%#6 of 11
Hyperswitch0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Adyen

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Avoid heavyweight enterprise platforms like Adyen unless you already have enough volume to justify them” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“Handles scale without enterprise bloat (unlike Adyen or Rapyd's full stacks)” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“For truly limited budgets, Adyen's pay-per-transaction model or IXOPAY's starter tier at €199/month offer the lowest entry points” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a modern, high-growth tech/SaaS B2B company: Choose Adyen.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Hyperswitch

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“your team takes on infrastructure, security, compliance, and maintenance—so "free" can still mean significant operating cost” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“the best payment orchestration platform is likely Hyperswitch (from Juspay), especially its free self-hosted Community Edition” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose Hyperswitch (free, open-source) if you have technical capacity and want to avoid ongoing platform fees” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Hyperswitch is the absolute best payment orchestrator for a company on a tight budget.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.