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> **The Open-source Stripe Connect Alternative. Pay your marketplace sellers globally with USDC. Near-zero fees. Instant payouts. No vendor lock-in. Self-host your entire payout stack.**
-Zoneless is a self-hosted payment infrastructure for marketplaces and platforms. It provides a Stripe-compatible API for account onboarding, transfers, and payouts — except sellers get paid in USDC to their Solana wallet.
+Zoneless is a free, open-source drop-in replacement for the payout part of Stripe Connect. It lets you pay marketplace sellers globally with stablecoins (USDC) using an identical API to Stripe — at near-zero fees.
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+**[See the Live Demo →](https://zoneless.com/#live-demo)**
```typescript
// import Stripe from 'stripe';
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+## Zoneless vs Stripe Connect
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+| | Zoneless | Stripe Connect |
+| --------------------- | ------------------------ | ----------------- |
+| Monthly account fee | Free | $2/active account |
+| Payout fee (domestic) | ~$0.002 (SOL gas) | 0.25% + $0.25 |
+| Payout fee (intl) | ~$0.002 (SOL gas) | $1.50 per payout |
+| Cross-border fee | None | +0.25–1.25% |
+| Currency conversion | None (USDC) | +0.50–1% FX fee |
+| Payout speed | Seconds | 2–7 business days |
+| Global coverage | 220+ countries & regions | ~47 countries |
+| Source code | Open source (Apache 2.0) | Proprietary |
+| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
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## Quick Start
```bash