Bitcoin Core vs. Plaid

Bitcoin Core

Plaid

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Bitcoin Core	Score 7.3 out of 10	N/A	Bitcoin Core is programmed to decide which block chain contains valid transactions. The users of Bitcoin Core only accept transactions for that block chain, making it, according to its supporters, the Bitcoin block chain others want to use.	N/A
Plaid	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Plaid in San Francisco offers a suite of applications supporting banks with risk management and customer account management features. Plaid is used by digital financial apps and services like Betterment, Expensify, Microsoft and Venmo, and by banks to make it easier for consumers to connect their financial accounts with the apps and services they want to use. Plaid connects with over 11,000 financial institutions across the U.S, Canada and Europe.	$500 per month

Pricing

Bitcoin Core

Plaid

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Scale: 500+
per month
Test: Free
Launch: Pay as you go

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Bitcoin Core	Plaid
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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User Ratings
	Bitcoin Core	Plaid
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Bitcoin Core	Plaid
Likelihood to Recommend	Open Source Bitcoin Core is the canonical way to run Bitcoin. If you want to send or receive Bitcoin or understand how it works, installing and running Bitcoin Core is a must. If you are not a technical user, you may use Umbrel as a wrapper to Bitcoin Core, which will install it and manage it for you. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Plaid Plaid is extremely well suited to be your payment API if you're a start-up looking to scale your banking connections fast and securely. Their API is fully functional upon integration. Most end-users have encountered Plaid before so it's a trusted platform for many consumers so even if you're a new app, users feel comfortable connecting their bank through Plaid. Incentivized Sura Hart Program Manager Read full review
Pros	Open Source Simple, secure access to the Bitcoin blockchain Open source, auditable and solid performance Send and receive Bitcoin immediately Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Plaid Plaid connects with 100s of US consumer banks. Plaid continuously updates its software to meet the requirements of individual banks. Plaid can get your company's payment processing up and running faster than traditional methods. Incentivized Sura Hart Program Manager Read full review
Cons	Open Source UX may seem clumsy the first time but it's getting better It may take days to download the blockchain depending on your disk and bandwidth speed, but that's by design Support for commercial hardware wallets is still missing, and I think they will keep it that way Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Plaid Consumer feedback or troubleshooting typically comes back to us because Plaid doesn't have an easy way of re-routing support once a user encounters a problem. Update timelines could be clearer when they are working on updating a connection with a certain bank. The search functionality for the user to find their bank could be a little more robust. Incentivized Sura Hart Program Manager Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Open Source Electrum needs a Bitcoin Node to run. You can run your own Bitcoin Core service and connect it to Electrum for a full stack, self-custodial Bitcoin wallet. You may run a public Bitcoin Core node, so other people with Electrum use it to verify their transactions, helping the network work faster. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Plaid No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Open Source It's free software so ROI is basically exponential Our financial team now understands and has access to Bitcoin Running Bitcoin Core helps add traction to the network and helps it to get adopted more Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Plaid Plaid got us up and running with most US-based and even some international banks with minimal engineering effort. Incentivized Sura Hart Program Manager Read full review
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