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title: "Paystation: search popularity in New Zealand"
description: "A New Zealand online payment gateway. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/paystation"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Paystation: search popularity in New Zealand

A New Zealand online payment gateway. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Paystation
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among payment processors**: 0.69%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payment processors | 12 | 0.69% | 390 |
| Payment providers | 8 | 0.9% | 390 |

- [Payment processors](/demand/nz/categories/nz-payment-processors)
- [Payment providers](/demand/nz/categories/nz-payment-gateways)

## Top payment processors in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Paystation was mentioned in two out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Paystation is the fifth most recommended of the 15.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stripe | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Windcave | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| PayPal | 3rd | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Square | 3rd | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Paystation | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Airwallex | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Shopify POS | 6th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Adyen | 8th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Revolut | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| GoCardless | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Worldline | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Wise | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Mollie | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Braintree | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Checkout.com | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about payment processors

- Asked ChatGPT "Which payment processor should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Stripe, 2. Windcave, 3. Square, 4. Shopify POS
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best payment processors in New Zealand?": 1. Stripe, 2. Windcave, 3. Airwallex, 4. PayPal, 5. Paystation, 6. Shopify POS
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best payment processor in New Zealand for online payments?": 1. Stripe, 2. Windcave, 3. Paystation, 4. Shopify POS
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best payment processor": 1. Stripe, 2. Square, 3. PayPal, 4. Adyen
- Searched Google, AI Overview "online payment processors": 1. Stripe, 2. PayPal, 3. Square, 4. Adyen

Not named in any answer: Revolut, GoCardless, Worldline, Wise, Mollie, Braintree and Checkout.com.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 19, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for Paystation changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Paystation in New Zealand held steady at 390.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Paystation fell from 11th to 12th among payment processors in New Zealand.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Paystation’s share of searches among payment providers in New Zealand held steady, from 0.73% to 0.9%.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand payment processors in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Revolut gained share of searches among payment processors in New Zealand, from 15.8% to 18.5%.
- In September 2026, PayPal lost share of searches among payment processors in New Zealand, from 62.7% to 61.1%.
- In September 2026, GoCardless lost share of searches among payment processors in New Zealand, from 3% to 2.5%.
- Worldline’s share of searches among payment processors in New Zealand has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2% to 1.2% in September 2026.
- In September 2026, Braintree rose from 12th to 11th among payment processors in New Zealand.
- In September 2026, Stripe rose from 7th to 6th among payment processors in New Zealand.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand payment providers in September 2026?

- In September 2026, PayPal gained share of searches among payment providers in New Zealand, from 79.4% to 80.1%.
- Worldline’s share of searches among payment providers in New Zealand has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.6% to 1.6% in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for POLi in New Zealand fell 38.7% over 12 measured months, from 1.4K to 840 in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Smartpay in New Zealand fell 36.2% over 12 measured months, from 1.7K to 1.1K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Windcave in New Zealand fell 20.1% over 12 measured months, from 4.8K to 3.9K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Adyen in New Zealand fell 19.4% over 12 measured months, from 360 to 290 in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.63% | 11 |
| Nov 2025 | Payment processors | 480 | 0.77% | 10 |
| Dec 2025 | Payment processors | 320 | 0.51% | 12 |
| Jan 2026 | Payment processors | 320 | 0.5% | 12 |
| Feb 2026 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.63% | 11 |
| Mar 2026 | Payment processors | 480 | 0.73% | 11 |
| Apr 2026 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.62% | 11 |
| May 2026 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.62% | 12 |
| Jun 2026 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.59% | 12 |
| Jul 2026 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.6% | 12 |
| Aug 2026 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.7% | 11 |
| Sep 2026 | Payment processors | 390 | 0.69% | 12 |
| Oct 2025 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.73% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | Payment providers | 480 | 0.9% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | Payment providers | 320 | 0.62% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | Payment providers | 320 | 0.61% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.74% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | Payment providers | 480 | 0.9% | 8 |
| Apr 2026 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.74% | 8 |
| May 2026 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.75% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.74% | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.76% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.89% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | Payment providers | 390 | 0.9% | 8 |

## How are Paystation’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Paystation’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “paystation”

## Which payment processors compete with Paystation?

- [PayPal](/demand/nz/brands/paypal)
- [Revolut](/demand/nz/brands/revolut)
- [Windcave](/demand/nz/brands/windcave)
- [Airwallex](/demand/nz/brands/airwallex)
- [GoCardless](/demand/nz/brands/gocardless)
- [Stripe](/demand/nz/brands/stripe)
- [Worldline](/demand/nz/brands/worldline)
- [Wise](/demand/nz/brands/wise)
- [Square](/demand/nz/brands/square): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/paystation-vs-square
- [Mollie](/demand/nz/brands/mollie): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/mollie-vs-paystation
- [Braintree](/demand/nz/brands/braintree): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/braintree-vs-paystation
- [Adyen](/demand/nz/brands/adyen): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/adyen-vs-paystation
- [Shopify POS](/demand/nz/brands/shopify-pos): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/paystation-vs-shopify-pos
- [Checkout.com](/demand/nz/brands/checkout-com)

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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