Flywire vs. GoCardless

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flywire
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Flywire headquartered in Boston offers their secure global payment platform to keep money moving around the world. Flywire offers a custom payment solution and collections network, and is designed to streamline payments process from start to finish.N/A
GoCardless
Score 9.3 out of 10
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GoCardless, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, is a recurring payments platform that integrates with the applications businesses use every day, to give businesses more visibility over payments and saving the time on tasks like payment reconciliation. The vendor states they partner with more than 150 billing and subscription software partners globally, including Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, Zuora and Salesforce.N/A
Pricing
FlywireGoCardless
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FlywireGoCardless
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
FlywireGoCardless
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
FlywireGoCardless
Likelihood to Recommend
Flywire
Many of our international students studying at our institution are financially supported by their parents in their homeland. In other words, they rely on their families for payment of their class fees. So, Flywire makes international payments convenient by making payment by visiting our college website and finding the Flywire payment option. Some prefer this method over credit card payments or by wiring money to the student's bank account in the U.S., which creates a whole additional step in making payments.
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GoCardless Ltd
We believe GoCardless is the best-in-class solution for global companies who wish to streamline payment processing in many countries, especially when integrating within a company website or supported complementary software. It also works very well for recurring payment situations as it can be very streamlined for recurring & auto-payments. This is NOT a tool for credit card processing, so understand that and consider something like Stripe if credit card integration is your goal. The fees for GoCardless may be highly dependent on the anticipated processing volume and size of your business, so do know that very tiny companies may find the fee structure to be higher. For a US-only business, I'm not sure if GoCardless really would make the most sense outside of specifically for integrating within the software for click-thru payment processing. Where GoCardless shines is when your business operates in many countries and is looking for a seamless solution for your customers that also avoids them paying banking fees.
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Pros
Flywire
  • It accepts a wire transfer from virtually all nations outside the U.S.
  • The customer service support is helpful.
  • Once payment information in our system is updated, it allows for payment for classes from overseas to run smoothly.
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GoCardless Ltd
  • Real time status of direct debit payments
  • Homepage dashboard is well made and efficiently tracks the payment status
  • GoCardless website supports multiple language
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Cons
Flywire
  • Delay time could be shortened between the actual time of payment and the confirmation of payment.
  • It could allow for the payer to pay more than the outstanding balance without rejecting additional amounts of money.
  • Refund information by way of Flywire is a little vague.
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GoCardless Ltd
  • Not really useable on mobile - no mobile app and poor display in a mobile browser
  • Takes a while for the first payment in a DD to come in, although I appreciate that's a limitation of DD rather than a GoCardless issue, it's worth noting compared the credit/debit card alternatives
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Usability
Flywire
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GoCardless Ltd
It has a good web dashboard, you can see who has paid, who hasn’t, when payments will be taken from client and when they will arrive in the bank account
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Support Rating
Flywire
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GoCardless Ltd
There is no phone support, email only, and the support is slow coming. The support staff often don't read your support query properly, so you waste time having to re-explain yourself. That is the only downside of this product.
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Alternatives Considered
Flywire
Flywire is relatively simple to use with much quicker response time when it comes to customer support.
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GoCardless Ltd
GoCardless provides a simple way to take one-off card payments or set up direct debits for customers. Payment links can be included on electronic invoices, and certainly, from a UK perspective, it provides a more professional appearance than using, say, PayPal for business-to-business payments.
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Return on Investment
Flywire
  • Cannot think of any negative impact
  • A good number of students are using Flywire to pay for their classes, so it is growing in popularity
  • It reduces the amount of foot traffic at the cashier / payment office when it comes to issues involving payment of classes.
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GoCardless Ltd
  • Increase customer digital payments vs. check by 18% and climbing.
  • Decrease time to pay significantly and allow payment directly at time of order.
  • Reduce write-off and non-payment by customer.
  • Cost to Kanopy has been reasonable and benefit exceeds the fees.
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