---
title: "Xente alternatives"
description: "Compare 55 published alternatives to Xente."
canonical_url: "https://liners.com/xente/alternatives"
markdown_url: "https://liners.com/xente/alternatives.md"
type: "product-alternatives"
language: "en"
updated_at: "2026-10-06T10:07:20.451Z"
---

# Xente alternatives

Compare 55 published alternatives to Xente.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Xente](/xente)
- [Alternatives](/xente/alternatives)

## Summary

Compare 55 published alternatives to Xente.

## About these alternatives

The most practical Xente alternatives in 2026 are [PawaPay](https://liners.com/pawapay), [Cellulant](https://liners.com/cellulant), [HUB2](https://liners.com/hub2), [CodeLnPay](https://liners.com/codelnpay), and [Localpayment](https://liners.com/localpayment). The right choice depends on where you operate in Africa, whether you are pay-in or payout heavy, and how much you need mobile money coverage versus multi-currency treasury.

Xente is a B2B payments platform built for African and global businesses to collect local payments, run payouts, and manage treasury, liquidity, and compliance across Africa. The platform reports USD 1B+ in processed transaction value, 4,000+ business customers, 35+ payment options, and 99.9% uptime, with primary coverage starting in Uganda and a wider cross-border focus.

Most businesses comparing Xente competitors are trying to solve one of three issues: they need stronger coverage outside Uganda, they want a provider that is more specialised in mobile money interoperability (especially at scale), or they want a clearer fit for a specific workflow like payroll-style bulk payouts or remittance disbursements. None of this makes Xente a poor choice; it means the market now has specialists worth comparing.

## What to Compare When Choosing a Xente Alternative
- **Country coverage you can verify**: confirm the provider supports your live markets, not just “pan-African” claims, and check specific support for [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria) and [Uganda](/countries/uganda) if those matter to you.
- **Mobile money depth**: look for direct operator reach, refund support, and reliability for wallet pay-ins and payouts, not only card and bank rails.
- **Pay-ins vs payouts strength**: some tools are best at collections, others at disbursements; match your highest-volume flow first.
- **Bulk payments and controls**: check limits, batch processing, approval flows, and whether you get the audit trail your finance team needs.
- **Multi-currency and FX handling**: compare how pricing is quoted for FX, what currencies you can hold or settle in, and how treasury workflows work day to day.
- **API quality and developer tooling**: review auth methods, webhook reliability, test environments, and how quickly you can ship an integration.
- **Reconciliation and reporting**: insist on clean settlement reports, payout statuses, and references that match your internal ledger.

## Compare Xente Alternatives by Use Case
- **Mobile money collection and payouts across many markets**: [PawaPay](https://liners.com/pawapay) focuses on mobile money aggregation and supports 19 African markets through one API.
- **Francophone Africa mobile money routing and interoperability**: [HUB2](https://liners.com/hub2) is built around interoperable mobile money payments across Francophone Africa via APIs.
- **Payroll-style cross-border payouts, including crypto rails**: [CodeLnPay](https://liners.com/codelnpay) is positioned for paying remote workers across borders with bank, card, mobile money, and crypto options.
- **Cross-border pay-ins, payouts, and FX under one API**: [Localpayment](https://liners.com/localpayment) covers multiple countries including Nigeria and Uganda and is geared around pay-ins, payouts, and treasury.
- **Card, bank, and offline plus online acceptance**: [Cellulant](https://liners.com/cellulant) supports collections across mobile money, cards, and bank accounts, with settlement and reconciliation.

To find more apps like Xente, browse the Liners directory below and filter by [Fintech](/categories/fintech) features such as [Cross-Border Payments](/tags/cross-border-payments), [SaaS](/tags/saas), [B2B](/tags/b2b), [Mobile Money](/tags/mobile-money), and [Bulk Payments](/tags/bulk-payments). You can shortlist similar apps, compare them side by side, and pick what works instead of Xente for your specific countries and payment rails.

## Alternatives

| Name | URL | Tagline | Country | Rating |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fincra | /fincra | Collect payments and send payouts across borders with one API | Nigeria | 5 |
| DusuPay | /dusupay | Accept and pay out across Africa with one integration | Uganda |  |
| Cellulant | /cellulant | Cellulant accept and manage payments across African markets via one API | Kenya |  |
| AZA Finance | /aza-finance | Cross-border FX, payments, and settlement for Africa | Kenya |  |
| CrissCross | /crisscross | One API for collections, FX, and payouts across African markets | South Africa |  |
| Passpoint | /passpoint | Connect African payment methods with one unified API | Nigeria | 4 |
| 54pay | /54pay | Collect and send payments across Africa with one API | Nigeria |  |
| Klasha | /klasha | Accept and send cross-border payments in local currencies | Nigeria | 5 |
| Bani | /bani | Collect and settle cross-border payments across Africa fast | Nigeria |  |
| Elemi Pay | /elemi-pay | Accept and pay out across Africa with one API | Kenya |  |
| Onafriq | /onafriq | Interoperable payments across Africa via one integration | South Africa |  |
| PawaPay | /pawapay | Collect and pay out mobile money across Africa with one API | Kenya |  |
| dLocal | /dlocal | Financial technology for markets of the future | Nigeria |  |
| Localpayment | /localpayment | One API for cross-border pay-ins, payouts, and FX | Nigeria |  |
| Payaza | /payaza | Accept and manage online payments across currencies | Nigeria | 5 |
| BorderPay Africa | /borderpay-africa | Global business accounts and African payouts in one place | Nigeria |  |
| Kora | /kora | One integration for pay-ins, payouts, and settlements across Africa | Nigeria |  |
| Flick | /flick | One connection for global payments, accounts, and financial data | Nigeria |  |
| Budpay | /budpay | Payment infrastructure for businesses in Africa and beyond | Nigeria |  |

## Related pages

- [Product page](/xente)
- [Alternatives](/xente/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/xente/reviews)
- [Transparency](/xente/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/xente/alternatives)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)
