Mollie

Judgement

What it is

Building block

What it does

European payment service provider supporting cards and local methods such as iDEAL, Bancontact and SEPA, with plugins for common shop systems.

Adopt it when

A European small or midsize merchant wants simple pricing and broad local payment methods.

Watch out

It focuses on Europe, so coverage elsewhere is limited.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Cloud service

What the license allows

Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Under it

Every program, Mollie included, runs on a microchip.

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape