Cake Pay vs Anon
It is a trade-off. Anon has the higher Safety grade (4.7 against 3.0), while Cake Pay has the higher Privacy grade (6.2 against 5.8).
Cake Pay
Gift-card and prepaid-card store from the Cake Wallet team; under maintenance
Privacy
6.2/ 10
Fair
Safety
3.0/ 10
Poor
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Suspended Full review →
Anon
Virtual prepaid Visa cards of up to $1,000 each, funded with crypto
Privacy
5.8/ 10
Fair
Safety
4.7/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Cake Pay | Anon | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Gift Cards | Gift Cards |
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | No ID mentioned |
| Custody | N/A | Custodial |
| Sign-up | Email required | Email required |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | XMR, BTC, LTC | BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH, BCH, USDT |
| Pay with | Crypto, Monero | Crypto, Monero |
| Fees | Not published | Card creation and load fees apply at issuance (amounts not published on the pages reviewed) |
| Limits | Not published | Up to $1,000 per card; unlimited number of cards; Apple Pay and Google Pay only for cards loaded with more than $500 |
| Jurisdiction | Not published | United States |
| Not available in | Not published | Cards not redeemable in Albania, Belarus, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, South Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Zimbabwe |
| Incidents on record | 1 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Cake Pay
Nothing distinct
Both
Accepts MoneroRequires email
Only Anon
CustodialClosed sourceNo phone neededLegal entity disclosed
Where they sit among gift cards
Questions
Is Cake Pay or Anon safer?
Anon has the higher Safety grade: Cake Pay 3.0, Anon 4.7, out of 10.
Does Cake Pay or Anon require KYC?
Cake Pay is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Anon is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).
Which has more incidents on record?
Cake Pay has 1 and Anon has 0 documented incidents in the registry.