Processor Compare

What each processor charges

What Stripe's Pricing Page Says It Charges
A plain walkthrough of Stripe's published fees for US small businesses: card rates online and at the counter, international add-ons, refunds and custom pricing.
Lower Stripe Fees Without Switching Processors
Stripe's fees turn on what you sell, how you take it, and what you refund. Here are the levers, read from Stripe's own pricing page.
What Square Charges for Card Payments
Square's own pricing page lists a rate for each way a card can reach you. Here are those rates, grouped by how the payment happens.
What Square Charges in Fees, by Plan and Sale Type
Square's own pricing page lists a rate for every way a sale can happen. Here is what it says, from taps at the counter to invoices sent by email.
What Square Charges for Each Way You Get Paid
One processor, many rates. Here is what Square's own pricing page says it charges, sorted by how the customer actually pays you.
Square Rates and Fees, in Plain Terms
What Square's own pricing page says it charges, sorted by how you take the payment: in person, online, by invoice, or keyed in by hand.
What Square's Pricing Page Says It Charges
Square fees come down to two questions. What does Square take per transaction, and does it charge anything monthly? Here is what its own page says.
What Authorize.net Charges to Process Credit Cards
Authorize.net's own pricing page lists a $25 monthly fee, per-transaction fees and a few add-ons. Here is what each line says, in plain words.
What Your Shop Pays on a Visa Credit Card Sale
A customer taps a Visa card and some of that money never reaches you. Here is who takes what, and what each processor's own page says it charges.
What Shopify Charges to Take Credit Cards
Shopify's cost comes in two parts: a monthly plan and a cut of each card sale. Here is what its own pricing page lists.
What PayPal Charges to Take a Card Payment
PayPal posts its rates on one fee page. Here is what it says a US small business pays for online, in-person and international card sales, plus the optional extras.
What PayPal Charges a US Business Account
PayPal's own fee pages list a rate for every way you can take money. Here is each one, read straight off the page.
What Clover Fees You Might See Before You Sign
Clover's own pages do not post one flat processing rate. Here is the fee structure it does describe, and where to confirm the rest.