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Bitrequest vs CoinGate

Bitrequest has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 7.0 against 5.0, and Privacy 9.0 against 0.0.

Bitrequest

Open-source app for creating crypto payment requests and watching them arrive

Privacy

9.0/ 10

Excellent

Safety

7.0/ 10

Strong

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

CoinGate

MiCA-licensed Lithuanian crypto payment gateway; merchants must pass identity checks

Privacy

0.0/ 10

Poor

Safety

5.0/ 10

Caution

ID mandatory KYC 4 Docs reviewed Full review →

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BitrequestCoinGate
Category Payment Gateways Payment Gateways
KYC policy ID never required ID mandatory
Custody Non Custodial Custodial
Sign-up No account needed Not published
Open source Yes No
Tor onion address No No
Coins BTC, XMR, ETH, LTC, BCH, DOGE, DASH, KAS BTC, ETH, LTC, SOL, USDC, DOGE, TRX
Pay with Crypto, Monero, Lightning Crypto, Lightning
Fees Free software; no fees listed 1% payment processing fee on the Standard plan; crypto payouts 0.50 EUR + 0.5%
Founded Not published 2014
Jurisdiction Not published Lithuania
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Bitrequest

No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededAccepts MoneroOpen sourceNon-custodial

Both

Accepts Lightning

Only CoinGate

CustodialClosed sourceMay request IDAML screeningLegal entity disclosed5+ years operatingRuns an affiliate programme

Where they sit among payment gateways

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → Bitcart Privacy 9.2 · Safety 7.3 MoneroPay Privacy 9.2 · Safety 7.3 SHKeeper Privacy 8.8 · Safety 7.3 Bitrequest Privacy 9.0 · Safety 7.0 BTCPay Server Privacy 8.9 · Safety 6.8 Coinsnap Privacy 6.2 · Safety 6.7 Coinos Privacy 6.4 · Safety 4.5 OxaPay Privacy 5.7 · Safety 3.8 Plisio Privacy 4.9 · Safety 3.8 NOWPayments Privacy 1.7 · Safety 4.4 WolvPay Privacy 2.3 · Safety 3.9 Heleket Privacy 1.7 · Safety 3.1 CoinGate Privacy 0.0 · Safety 5.0 Cryptomus Privacy 0.0 · Safety 3.5
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Questions

Is Bitrequest or CoinGate safer?

Bitrequest has the higher Safety grade: Bitrequest 7.0, CoinGate 5.0, out of 10.

Does Bitrequest or CoinGate require KYC?

Bitrequest is KYC level 0 (ID never required). CoinGate is KYC level 4 (ID mandatory).

Which has more incidents on record?

Bitrequest has 0 and CoinGate has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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