GoCardless

Overview
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GoCardless
Score 9.2 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
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Considered Both Products
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Chose GoCardless
GoCardless better fit Kanopy's needs for the following reasons: (1) desire to decrease credit card payments which carry higher costs, (2) single payment solution for 12+ countries via direct debit at no fees for customers, and (3) better customer integration potential for …
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We didn't research a lot of platforms as GoCardless offered pretty much everything we were looking for, i.e low cost, easy to use & implement.
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It stacks up well against Stripe but I think they serve different purposes. Stripe is better when it comes to integrations, GoCardless is great for recurring payments, particularly for service-based businesses.
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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 …
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Gocardless had no integration or monthly fees. You only pay for what you use. Windcave has monthly fees (and a setup fee).
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For direct debit it is superb. Integration is much easier, and it supports the different strands of our company's UK and European payments landscape.
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[GoCardless has] lower fees and is easier to use.
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User Ratings
GoCardless
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoCardless
Likelihood to Recommend
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
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
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
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
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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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
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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