Checkout.com vs. Merchant e-Solutions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Checkout.com
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Checkout.com headquartered in London enables businesses with technology designed to make payments seamless. Checkout.com boasts the fastest, most reliable payments in more than 150 currencies, with in-country acquiring, fraud filters and reporting through one API. Checkout.com can accept all major international credit and debit cards, as well as popular alternative and local payment methods. The company launched in 2012 and now has a team of over 1100 people across 18 offices worldwide.N/A
Merchant e-Solutions
Score 6.8 out of 10
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Merchant e-Solutions is a payment gateway software solution offered by Cielo.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Checkout.comMerchant e-Solutions
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Checkout.com
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Features
Checkout.comMerchant e-Solutions
Payment Gateways
Comparison of Payment Gateways features of Product A and Product B
Checkout.com
7.9
39 Ratings
18% above category average
Merchant e-Solutions
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Ratings
Fraud Detection7.532 Ratings00 Ratings
API or SDK8.337 Ratings00 Ratings
Recurring Payment Support8.029 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and Invoicing Support7.833 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Support8.236 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Form Acceptance7.533 Ratings00 Ratings
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Checkout.comMerchant e-Solutions
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Checkout.comMerchant e-Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(45 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(43 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Checkout.comMerchant e-Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
Checkout.com
Checkout offers great service and expertise and stands above its peers in full-service offering, integration, and ongoing support. However, Checkout is not suitable in a scenario where Paysend is fully licensed and a direct acquirer of the scheme. In this scenario, Paysend can perform the full value chain in-house.
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Cielo
They are a great solution for any company using NetSuite's ERP platform as it is a direct integration into the software platform. They are able to accept all major credit card providers and their rates seem to be in line with the industry. As a small business, we do not have an account rep which does leave us feeling unimportant.
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Pros
Checkout.com
  • They provide excellent advice from knowledgeable subject matter experts on all things payments.
  • They adapt quickly to our business-changing needs, helping us stay agile as our business grows.
  • They provide trustworthy and reliable services that enable us to take payments with as little friction as possible.
  • They are as passionate about performance as we are, working closely with us to ensure we maximize the chances of success for every transaction.
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Cielo
  • Process credit card payments.
  • Collect money faster.
  • Integrated with our NetSuite ERP system.
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Cons
Checkout.com
  • Their dashboard can get better. They have been making improvements
  • Faster settlements as it's a bit of a pain to have big reserves till ACH clears every day
  • Much stronger consumer facing brand name in the US so more end customers trust the links powered by Checkout.com
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Cielo
  • User interface.
  • Account support for smaller businesses.
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Likelihood to Renew
Checkout.com
We have a long term contract and we already have them in our plans for the next 5 years.
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Cielo
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Reliability and Availability
Checkout.com
In the last 3 years that I have been working with Checkout.com, they had an unplanned outage that lasted less than a few minutes. Their uptime is amazing. If they have maintenance, unlike banks, they don't have downtime during this time. We frequently require their support and Checkout.com responds to us within minutes. When we have important rollouts, I schedule calls with our merchant support manager to monitor the rollout/perform tests, etc. It is always easy to find time lost even with short notice.
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Cielo
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Performance
Checkout.com
Checkout.com performance as an acquirer and a PSP is excellent. We have too many transactions per day, therefore reports take some time to generate before they are available for downloading. But it indeed takes reasonable time. We use native/h2h integration therefore, there is no redirection issue, all pages load quickly on our side. Based on my experience, Checkout.com will never never integrate with software or systems that will slow them down. Amongst all payment methods they offer, all are processed immediately, without delays.
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Cielo
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Support Rating
Checkout.com
When we were discovering the possibility of opening an entity in the United States to process transactions as domestic cards, Checkout.com did not just quickly provide the requirements to open that market as we asked them to but showed us slides with all the possibilities we had for each of their licenses in the world, calculating an estimate of the acquiring costs and acceptance rate we would have, based on the cross-border volumes we were processing with them, to evaluate other ways to improve our business.
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Cielo
Perhaps they treat larger clients better, but we do not have an account rep and the only time we interact is when we have a problem or reach out to them.
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Alternatives Considered
Checkout.com
Both CyberSource and Ingenico provided poor support on any types of issues. Integration was a nightmare as it took months just to set them up as compared to Checkout.com. Checkout.com provided us with quick integration and constant monitoring of our transactions which is what we really needed.
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Cielo
Much better rates and better to deal with.
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Scalability
Checkout.com
Our tech team implemented payments API to process payments online. Analytics team receives transaction repots that we use to build our own performance dashboards and help to reconcile transactions. API is indeed flexible - we don't use all features but if required we can easily implement them. When Checkout.com adds new features or functionalities, some of them can be used even on an older API version which saved us tech resources and implementation time. We use the same API to expand into new markets - technically we don't need to change anything when we want to launch payments in a new country.
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Cielo
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Return on Investment
Checkout.com
  • Checkout has allowed us to enter markets worldwide without having to find a new provider—the same seamless experience across Europe, the UK, and Australia.
  • The efficient chargeback setup on the portal allows us to monitor and respond to chargebacks promptly and efficiently, and help is always available for cases that are a little less black or white.
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Cielo
  • Reduced outstanding receivables.
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