Compare · payment processing

Adyen VS Apple Pay_

As of 4 November 2026, Apple Pay is named by 106 companies and Adyen by 145; Adyen skews to companies under 200 people (40% vs 46%), Apple Pay to companies over 1,000 (26% vs 32%).

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

The website-and-DNS footprint is not comparable between a marketing suite and a CRM: Adyen's script and mail records show on hundreds of thousands of small sites, Apple Pay rarely leaves a trace outside its own apps. Compare on the job-posting numbers; use the footprint for reach.

Adyen: 2–200 employees
40%
Apple Pay: 2–200 employees
46%
Adyen: 1,000+ employees
32%
Apple Pay: 1,000+ employees
26%
Postings per company, 90 days
1.6 · 2.3
Website or DNS footprint
0 · 0
145companies name Adyen
106companies name Apple Pay
6name both
225 · 240postings in 90 days, Adyen · Apple Pay
02 — Side by side

Who chooses which

Share of each tool's companies in every segment. "Leans" marks a gap of more than two points.

By company size
SegmentAdyenshareApple PayshareLeans
Self-employed53%88%Apple Pay
2-10 employees107%1110%Apple Pay
11-50 employees1712%1211%even
51-200 employees3121%2625%Apple Pay
201-500 employees1913%1211%even
501-1000 employees1712%98%Adyen
1001-5000 employees3121%1918%Adyen
5001-10000 employees53%33%even
10,001+ employees107%66%even
By industry
SegmentAdyenshareApple PayshareLeans
Technology & software6343%3735%Adyen
Business & finance services2316%3735%Apple Pay
Commerce & trade1712%88%Adyen
Manufacturing & industry118%11%Adyen
Media & content118%55%Adyen
Consumer services & leisure53%33%even
Hospitality & travel53%33%even
Health care32%22%even
Transport, logistics & rental32%22%even
Automotive11%––outside top 12
Public, community & associations11%33%Apple Pay
Property & construction11%22%even
Utilities & infrastructure––33%outside top 12
By country
SegmentAdyenshareApple PayshareLeans
United States7854%5855%even
United Kingdom1611%88%Adyen
Netherlands75%––outside top 12
Sweden64%––outside top 12
Canada53%33%even
Australia43%22%even
Germany43%55%even
France43%33%even
India43%––outside top 12
Belgium21%––outside top 12
Ukraine21%––outside top 12
Austria11%––outside top 12
United Arab Emirates––44%outside top 12
Switzerland––33%outside top 12
Poland––33%outside top 12
Brazil––22%outside top 12
Lithuania––22%outside top 12
Singapore––22%outside top 12
Postings by team (share of each tool's postings)
SegmentAdyenshareApple PayshareLeans
Software engineering10134%10535%even
Finance & accounting3913%155%Adyen
Product, program & project management3913%3712%even
IT operations & business systems186%176%even
Data & AI155%21%Adyen
Legal, compliance & risk155%83%Adyen
Sales93%93%even
Business development & strategy72%124%even
General management & consulting62%––outside top 12
Customer service & success31%124%Apple Pay
Marketing & communications31%93%Apple Pay
Design & UX21%10%even
Engineering (non-software)10%10%even
hospitality and food service––52%outside top 12
Retail & store operations––31%outside top 12
Unclassified––31%outside top 12
Cite this

Quote the sentence with the date and the link. The numbers change daily; the link always shows the current ones.

Apple Pay is named by 106 companies in job postings and Adyen by 145; 6 name both. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/compare/adyen-vs-apple-pay)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • Job postingsRead hourly from career sites. A tool counts when the employer's own text names it as the team's system; both tools can count for one company.
  • Website and DNSScripts and embeds on the company's pages, plus SPF, DKIM, MX and CNAME records of its domain that point at the vendor.
  • SegmentsCountry, size and industry from the company profile built from its website.
  • Not a reviewNo ratings, prices or feature claims. For those, read the vendors.
FAQ

Adyen vs Apple Pay: questions

Which is more used, Adyen or Apple Pay?

By companies naming it in their own job postings, Adyen (145) over Apple Pay (106). By website-and-DNS footprint, Apple Pay (0 vs 0), because its scripts and mail records sit on many small company sites.

Who chooses Adyen?

40% of Adyen companies have 2 to 200 employees, against 46% for Apple Pay. 32% of Adyen companies have over 1,000 employees, against 26% for Apple Pay.

Do companies run both?

6 companies name both in their postings, usually Adyen in marketing and Apple Pay in sales, or during a migration.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the employer's own text in job postings read hourly from career sites, and from scripts found on company websites in our crawl. No vendor data, no surveys.

Companies and people

Get either list your way

The same data as a search, over MCP and the API, as bulk files, or pushed to you as it changes.

Every company on either tool,
with the person who owns it

Filter on Adyen or Apple Pay, and get 1,000 records free.

  1. 01Sign up, no card
  2. 02Connect Claude, ChatGPT or an API key
  3. 03Ask for your market, 1,000 records free