APIs · alternatives
Alternatives to Solaris
23 apis tools sit alongside Solaris in this directory. Below is what separates each from Solaris on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 1
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Solaris starts at
- On request
Why people look past Solaris
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Solaris entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Solaris carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 1 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Solaris publishes a single plan, Solaris banking as a service at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Banking as a service platform for embedding deposit accounts, cards and payments, with a sponsor bank behind it
Priced and rated the same as Solaris on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
French neobank and finance management platform for freelancers, SMEs and businesses
- Publishes an entry price of €9/month, where Solaris does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 6 tiers to Solaris's 1.
No code platform for building embedded finance products on your own providers
Priced and rated the same as Solaris on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
European bank API aggregation with a free restricted production tier for your own accounts
- Can be used without paying; Solaris cannot.
- Sold on a Per connected account per month model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Solaris's 1.
UK banking-as-a-service from a company that holds its own full banking licence
- Publishes an entry price of £100/month, where Solaris does not.
- Sold on a Per month with usage drawdown model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Solaris's 1.
"Neobank in a box" for banks in emerging markets, paid on a performance basis
Priced and rated the same as Solaris on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Solaris alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solaris (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| UnitIf you are launching in the United States and want a banking as a service platform with sponsor bank relationships | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| QontoIf you want a finished European business banking product rather than infrastructure to build on | €9/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Solaris |
| ToqioIf you want to build an embedded finance product and choose your own regulated provider underneath | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Enable Banking | Free | Per connected account per month | 2 | vs Solaris |
| Griffin | £100/month | Per month with usage drawdown | 3 | vs Solaris |
| Fintech Farm | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Flybits | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Lithic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Brite Payments | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| i2c | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Fintecture | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Neonomics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Enfuce | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Mambu | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Aiia | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Marqeta | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Highnote | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Meniga | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Paymentology | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Ozone API | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Episode Six | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| Backbase | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
| 10x Banking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Solaris |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Solaris badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (1)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Enable Banking , Free
What you would be giving up
Solaris is most often brought in for a retailer or platform launching a german current account or card product without applying for its own licence, a fintech that needs deposit taking and lending, which an e-money licence cannot provide, a european business needing german ibans because customers reject foreign ibans for salary and direct debit, a company requiring german statutory deposit protection on customer balances as a product claim. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Solaris is broadly right and the question is cost, the Solaris pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the APIs category lists everything the directory holds, and best apis tools ranks them.
Solaris runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Solaris alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Solaris?
- 23 other apis tools are listed in this directory, led by Unit, Qonto, Toqio, Enable Banking. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Solaris?
- 1 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Enable Banking.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Solaris?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Solaris?
- Solaris is most often brought in for a retailer or platform launching a german current account or card product without applying for its own licence, a fintech that needs deposit taking and lending, which an e-money licence cannot provide, a european business needing german ibans because customers reject foreign ibans for salary and direct debit, a company requiring german statutory deposit protection on customer balances as a product claim. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Solaris?
- None of the apis tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Solaris alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, APIs, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Solaris against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Solaris covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every apis tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the APIs category, 23 tools beside Solaris. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.