- This is a live API. AFAIK Plaid does not return live data from the bank as you request, but cached data instead. When you make an API call to Teller, it hits the bank and returns live data to you. It also does this rather quickly.
- Teller can make external payments and inter-account transfers. We didn't launch those publicly today, but they exist and will be coming very soon.
- Teller exposes more than transactions, you can see details of (and cancel) regular payments from your account, e.g. standing orders and Direct Debits.
Hey all - co-founder of Plaid[0] here. First congrats to Stevie - awesome to see Teller launch - great to see some innovation on the other side of the pond. Looks like a great product!
There’s quite a few differences between Plaid and Teller - an obvious one being that Teller is UK only and Plaid is US only! Feel free to email me (william at plaid.com) if you’d like to talk through anything about Plaid.
Stevie summed it up well I just want to add as a paying user of Plaid and a beta user of Teller, they aren't even in the same league. Teller is a by far better product and developer experience.
Plaid's data is also stale, overpriced, poorly documented and often doesn't work as advertised for many banks listed as supported. Their platform has serious billing issues and documentation inconsistencies all of which we have raised with them.
