Payment Gateway Reviews

Authorize.Net’s payment gateway is one of the most versatile tools for eCommerce. It’s got a solid feature set, including recurring billing and echeck/ACH processing. However, deciding where to get your gateway from is often the biggest challenge. Here’s what you need to know about your options.

The PayTrace gateway is a great product with solid features. While options such as support for recurring billing and a customer information database are standard features on most gateways, PayTrace’s ability to process Level III credit card data sets it apart from many of its competitors. It’s a particularly handy feature for B2B merchants.

With everything Braintree has accomplished, it's poised to continue as one of the most important providers in the eCommerce and mobile processing worlds. Considering the enormous number of unique features and services you get at no additional charge, and for no monthly fee, Braintree may have the best value in the entire eCommerce processing industry.

Stripe Payments is a powerful tool for some businesses that want to sell online, but it can easily be overkill for others. See whether the customizable checkout, extensive integrations, and advanced invoicing and recurring billing features are right for you.

Adyen is an international merchant account provider known for its big-name users, including Microsoft, Pinterest, eBay, Uber, and Spotify. Impressed yet? It's hard not to get a little starstruck, but we didn't want to let that sway our non-biased approach. You'll find that as a small business owner, you may have some things to be cautious about, and we'll tell you why in this review.

BlueSnap is primarily an eCommerce-focused company that works with Fiserv (formerly First Data) to offer the complete line of Clover terminals and point-of-sale (POS) systems. BlueSnap’s integrated payments platform offers all the payment gateway features you could ask for. Read more in our comprehensive BlueSnap review.

Coinbase Commerce is just the basics and a great first stop for merchants who want to see if cryptocurrency is a viable payment alternative in a time of rising credit card interchange fees. That said, Coinbase Commerce's limitations may quickly become apparent to merchants who want to wade into deeper waters. In particular, the limited and conservative cryptocurrency options may be a sticking point.

The company's EPD Gateway is its primary product, with associated merchant accounts provided through partnerships with numerous major US and international processors and banks. It's also possible to use the gateway with your existing merchant account if you already have one. Easy Pay Direct primarily markets its products and services to high-risk merchants, which means if you're a gun merchant, CBD seller, nutraceuticals vendor, or "adult" product business, your day has finally come! Lower-risk businesses can probably find a better deal elsewhere, but Easy Pay Direct does have several features that might be of interest to non-high-risk businesses as well.

Overview: Based out of Houston, Texas, eProcessing Network (ePN) has been providing business software and services to merchants since 2000. The company’s primary product is the ePNSecure Payment Gateway, a payment gateway similar to Authorize.Net that allows merchants to process credit, debit, and eCheck (ACH) payments through a website, virtual terminal, or mobile processing system. […]