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    FastSpring

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AFastSpring is an ecommerce solution with features such as subscription billing and customer relationship management.N/A

    Klarna Checkout

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASwedish company Klarna offers Klarna Checkout, a compliant and personalized ecommerce shopping cart solution.N/A

    Paddle

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/ALondon-based Paddle offers an ecommerce and subscription management solution for software companies seeking a streamlined demonstration of their services and centralized management of their different service levels and cloud-based offerings.N/A
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    FastSpringKlarna CheckoutPaddle
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    FastSpringKlarna CheckoutPaddle
    Considered Multiple Products
    FastSpring
    Chose FastSpring
    Compared to Paddle – FastSpring has much more experience in the e-commerce solution market. They already patched many things that Paddle might still go through.

    And Avangate is just very user-unfriendly (In my personal opinion). Their dashboard and checkout are just outdated. …
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    Klarna
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    Paddle
    Chose Paddle
    Paddle supports easy credit/debit card payments. It supports companies across the world. It has the best user experience for our users.
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    Features
    FastSpringKlarna CheckoutPaddle
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of FastSpring and Klarna Checkout and Paddle
    Feature
    FastSpring
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    Ratings
    Klarna Checkout
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Paddle
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    Mobile storefront00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of FastSpring and Klarna Checkout and Paddle
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    FastSpring
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    Klarna Checkout
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Paddle
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    Checkout user experience00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of FastSpring and Klarna Checkout and Paddle
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    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Klarna Checkout
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Paddle
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    eCommerce security00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of FastSpring and Klarna Checkout and Paddle
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    FastSpring
    -
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    Klarna Checkout
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Paddle
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    Order processing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FastSpringKlarna CheckoutPaddle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
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    7.1
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    User Testimonials
    FastSpringKlarna CheckoutPaddle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FastSpring
    FastSpring will be well suited for a company that needs simple checkout solution. As a bonus, you'll get a nice checkout flow. If you're a company that doesn't have the time to concentrate and becomes an expert in data security, currency conversion, global tax management, or fraud detection – this will be a great fit. It's appropriate for anyone who doesn't want to waste time on managing support for their e-commerce business.
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    Klarna
    To get a flexible set of payment options quickly provisioned on your online store, Klarna is ideal. They offer the usual payment options and also additional buy now pay later options which give the customer a full selection of choices. With Klarna you can do one integration and get access to all of these.
    Incentivized
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    Paddle
    I wouldn't recommend them to anybody because their support is getting worse and worse and their business processes require you to contact support whether you want to or not. You will be forced to contact support and then wait for days to get any meaningful response that's not a copy/pasted sentence from FAQ.
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    Pros
    FastSpring
    • FastSpring makes the process of selling ebooks from my website quite painless and virtually invisible for me. I let FastSpring handle all details of the transactions, and I rarely have to get involved directly with the customers who purchase the books.
    • FastSpring is very responsive with respect to technical and customer support. I have had a few occasions when a customer was having difficulty completing a purchase transaction, and FastSpring has always been responsive and helpful in resolving such problems quickly and efficiently.
    • FastSpring offers a flexible set of options for customizing ordering pages that can be included in my website. There are many options, such as promotional coupons, discounts, multiple file downloads, and others.
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    Klarna
    • Flexible payment option.
    • Easy to navigate the back end.
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    Paddle
    • Super easy to implement SDKs across supported platforms that support modern interface paradigms.
    • Real team members that provide backend support for merchant issues. We had issues addressed quickly and taken seriously whenever we needed anything.
    • Help with navigating VAT transparently. We never worried that we were messing up in this complicated area of international sales.
    • Great first line customer support reduces the need for an extensive customer support organization on our end. They dealt with all purchase related issues as well as lightweight technical issues (e.g pointing users to FAQs, update links, etc.).
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    Cons
    FastSpring
    • They should work on integrations, just like other providers offering a script needs to be installed on the site, then the payment forms can be integrated easily
    • Interface seems old, maybe they can work on it
    • Sometimes, we saw duplicate payments on recurring payments
    • WordPress Integration
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    Klarna
    • Some Magento integration needs extra customisation
    • Account setup can take time
    • Able to configure your own offers via the dashboard
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    Paddle
    • Analytics could support more flexible analysis of reported data and better custom events.
    • More customization of the drop in purchase UI on the web without the need for a full custom site integration.
    • Sometimes communication from their front line support staff has gone to the wrong address.
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    Alternatives Considered
    FastSpring
    FastSpring provides an easier solution, and definitely a much better fit for our configuration, which doesn't require a lot of power, just an easy workflow with a single product to purchase, to provide the most straightforward experience to the user. With FastSpring we have been able to accomplish this task in few weeks of integration, and a great help from FastSpring support, which has been the greatest benefit of choosing FastSpring as a partner.
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    Klarna
    Klarna have the most advanced and comprehensive solution which includes buy now pay later.
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    Paddle
    We tried using Stripe before Paddle, but it was a pain integrating it and it lacked the licensing. Paddle allows us just to add a payment button and don’t ever think about payment methods, we don’t have to make a separate button for card payments and another one for PayPal. Paddle does all this in their checkout process.
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    Return on Investment
    FastSpring
    • FastSpring has been vital to my company's online ordering process. I have seen some other companies go out of business, leaving software developers scrambling to find new payment processors. I have no worries about the stability of FastSpring, they do a great job and deserve my business.
    • FastSpring makes it possible to me to have an online and professional looking web store - without writing all of the software myself.
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    Klarna
    • They take a fee, larger than other systems do, so I do lose some money there.
    • I make more sales than I would without the payment option through Klarna.
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    Paddle
    • We wanted to grow faster, which was possible once we integrate recurring payment gateway. And we've got Paddle to do that.
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