# Editorial policy

Title: Editorial policy

Description: The fairness rules every page follows. Read November 9, 2026. Source pages linked. Compared with Stripe. No invented rates. See sources. Cited.

These are the rules for fees, dates, and ranks. Stripe's trademarks belong to Stripe, Inc., and they are used here to identify that company's products. A fee, a date, or a rank is not changed to favor a provider. The figures were read on November 9, 2026.

## How are fees and ranks handled?

A fee, a date, or a rank is not changed to favor a provider. Frame's profile uses Frame's pricing page as the source, including the parts that compare less favorably with Stripe: the card rate is a floor, the dispute fee is $25 against Stripe's $15, and the product is US-only.

## What will a page not do?

- Sell a ranking. Placement is the methodology, not a media buy.
- Invent a rate to fill a cell. The cell says the price is quoted or unverified.
- Claim that a provider accepts an industry unless the provider's own page says so. Frame's positioning, regulated and higher-risk US businesses, up-front underwriting, is not a list of approved MCCs.
- Describe a tool that sits on Stripe as a way to escape a Stripe shutdown. Outseta and CheckoutPage are called out for this.
- Pretend Koji is a current option. Koji's own notice says it shut down on 1 February 2024.

## How do corrections work?

A provider or a reader can report a wrong figure on the corrections page. The change, if we make one, is logged on the changelog with the date and the source. A request to be ranked higher without a factual error is not a correction.

## How should you quote this site?

Quote the figure and the "last verified" date together, and prefer the provider's own pricing page for a binding number.

## Questions

### Can a fee be changed to favor a provider?

No. A fee, a date, or a rank is not changed to favor anyone. Frame's dispute fee stays $25 against Stripe's $15 because that is what the pricing pages said on November 9, 2026.

### What if a rate is missing?

The cell says the price is quoted or was not transcribed. Inventing a percent to fill the cell is not allowed.

### Can a page claim a provider accepts an industry?

Only when that provider's own page says so. Frame's positioning for regulated and higher-risk US businesses is not a list of approved merchant category codes.

### Are tools built on Stripe treated as an exit?

No. Outseta and CheckoutPage sit on Stripe. A closed Stripe account is a closed account for those tools too.

### Is Koji a current option?

No. Koji's own notice says the product shut down on 1 February 2024.

## Sources

Last verified November 9, 2026.

- Stripe pricing: https://stripe.com/pricing?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stripealternatives.com

## Related

- [About](/about.md)
- [Corrections](/corrections.md)
- [Changelog](/changelog.md)
- [Methodology](/methodology.md)
- [Stripe alternatives directory](/index.md)
- [Stripe pricing and US card fees](/alternatives/stripe.md)
- [Pricing dataset checked November 9, 2026](/data/pricing.md)
- [How to switch from Stripe](/guides/switching-from-stripe.md)