Flywire vs. Google Pay

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Flywire
Score 9.1 out of 10
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The Flywire global payment network enables secure transactions for businesses, organizations, and payers worldwide. The solution leverages vertical-specific software and payments technology to embed within existing A/R workflows for clients across industries.N/A
Google Pay
Score 4.9 out of 10
N/A
Google Pay (including Google Pay Send, formerly Google Wallet) is a payment processing solution from Google.N/A
Pricing
FlywireGoogle Pay
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FlywireGoogle Pay
Free Trial
NoNo
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
FlywireGoogle Pay
Best Alternatives
FlywireGoogle Pay
Small Businesses
Apple Pay
Apple Pay
Score 8.9 out of 10
Apple Pay
Apple Pay
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Apple Pay
Apple Pay
Score 8.9 out of 10
Apple Pay
Apple Pay
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Checkout.com
Checkout.com
Score 8.7 out of 10
Checkout.com
Checkout.com
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
FlywireGoogle Pay
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(5 ratings)
2.0
(22 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
FlywireGoogle Pay
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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Google
I have only scratched the surface of Google Pay's capabilities because we do not have a physical store. I believe the benefits would increase for locations where smartphone payment is already underway in physical stores that also do online sales. If your business deals with very little foot traffic or does not offer a variety of payment choices, do more research before adding Google Pay as an option — Google Pay is an eager competitor to Apple Pay, and therefore offers businesses opportunities to run promotions and other incentives to adopt Google Pay currently, so it still may be worthwhile to smaller businesses. Google Pay is about to implement a banking option, which will likely add to the number of users and therefore excited customers with Google Pay to spend with you. The web implementation seems simple and should be a good addition to websites where multiple payment types are available.
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Pros
Flywire
  • Online payment capture is huge! And it's secured.
  • Contracts get signed extremely fast using Sertifi.
  • You receive an email notification once the customer signs, to know the transaction is complete.
  • You also receive a notification when the customer 'views' the agreement.
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Google
  • They provide good rewards like cash back offers and gift vouchers.
  • Easy to pay by scanning the QR code.
  • Help us to find best recharges for our mobile.
  • Easy to pay electricity bill.
  • Will notify us if our validity expires on recharges.
  • Self money transfer, we can transfer money to other account if both the accounts are linked with Google Pay.
  • We can check balance by enter the UPI Pin.
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Cons
Flywire
  • Still needs improvement in setting permissions for who in the organization can see full credit card numbers.
  • Could use additional backup material for disputes with credit card companies.
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Google
  • It would be helpful if Google Pay could sync with things like Apple Pay so that saved payment methods can be automatically imported
  • There are certain times when Google Pay grants offers for cash back at merchants but the transfer time on the cash back is something like 30 days, which is a long time to wait
  • Google Pay could also integrate with other credit card and bank apps to add stored payment methods from there
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Usability
Flywire
No answers on this topic
Google
I feel that this system not safe. Google keep charging my credit card but they say they cannot trace the payment because there is no transaction record! I cannot stop the payment.
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Support Rating
Flywire
No answers on this topic
Google
I have had no direct experience with the Customer Support team for google pay. I never faced any issues or problems. I heard from other friends and colleagues that the customer service is great. This method of payment is now more and more being used as it is more secure and also at the same time fast and easy.
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Alternatives Considered
Flywire
PandaDoc, DocuSign. Honestly they all seem to work for what we were looking for, but Sertifi was a good price and an easy implementation, our use case was probably too basic to really find holes in any of the products in the space because they all seemed to be able to handle the basics that we needed.
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Google
GooglePay appears similar but the seller charges no commission. On the downside, there is also no payment protection. So if a transaction goes wrong and it is paid directly from a bank account or via a debit card then you have no buyer protection. This is a significant risk when using GooglePay. PayPal has its own buyer protection.
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Return on Investment
Flywire
  • Great feedback from end clients - prior to Sertifi, we were manually creating PDFs and documents as well as mailing them for signature. This new process has increased our return time incredibly!
  • Prior to Salesforce, potential recipients were sending emails in as requests that were being tracked in an Excel spreadsheet. Now we have the process automated where they can submit everything online, a document get auto-generated and auto-sent out 10 days later. We've saved SO much time because of this newfound efficiency!
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Google
  • Google Pay (formerly known as Google Wallet) organizes spending and makes recommendations--all around grouped conversations
  • Improves risk mitigation and ensures safety and account health of our vendors
  • Increased efficiency and pushes payments through at a faster rate
  • Provides work-life balance when fiscal deadlines slowly approach
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