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Bloc vs Stitch

A verified, side-by-side comparison. Both records are status-checked by Wycord, so you are comparing what each actually offers today, not a stale listing.

Category
APIs
APIs
Type
Open Banking
Open Banking
Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇿🇦 South Africa
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Approval required
Pricing
Not listed
Not listed
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
cards, baas, accounts
payments, open-banking, pay-by-bank, south-africa, graphql
Summary
Banking-as-a-Service provider offering cards, accounts and a compliance layer.
South African open-banking and pay-by-bank platform exposing a GraphQL API for Pay By Bank, Card, DebiCheck, Manual EFT, Capitec Pay and disbursements, with an in-browser Stitch IDE for building queries. Distinctive for its GraphQL-first developer experience.

Bloc vs Stitch at a glance

Bloc and Stitch are both listed under Open Banking in Wycord's APIs index.

Bloc is based in Nigeria and Stitch in South Africa.

Both currently show the status "Docs live".

On access, Bloc is marked "No approval needed" and Stitch "Approval required".

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 100% uptime for Bloc (36 checks) and 100% for Stitch (36 checks).

Average response time on live probes was 211 ms for Bloc and 246 ms for Stitch.

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Access: Bloc, No approval needed; Stitch, Approval required.
  • Country: Bloc, Nigeria; Stitch, South Africa.
  • Average latency: Bloc, 211 ms; Stitch, 246 ms.

Topics

Only Bloc: cards, baas, accounts.

Only Stitch: payments, open-banking, pay-by-bank, south-africa, graphql.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, Bloc or Stitch?
They are level at 100% over the last 30 days.
Do Bloc or Stitch need approval before use?
Bloc is marked "No approval needed" and Stitch "Approval required".
Is the documentation for Bloc and Stitch working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are Bloc and Stitch based?
Bloc is based in Nigeria; Stitch is based in South Africa.

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