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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Pay

    Score4.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Pay (including Google Pay Send, formerly Google Wallet) is a payment processing solution from Google.N/A

    PhonePe

    Score6 out of 10
    N/APhonePe is a mobile payments app that allows you to transfer money instantly to anyone, by using just their mobile number.N/A

    Podium

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APodium, formerly Repdrive, is a ratings and review management platform from the company of the same name in Provo, Utah.N/A
    Pricing
    Google PayPhonePePodium
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google PayPhonePePodium
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Phone app is free. Transaction fees will vary according to businesses.—
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    Community Pulse
    Google PayPhonePePodium
    Considered Multiple Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    PhonePe
    Chose PhonePe
    The only thing that I find as a reason to use phonePe is the ease, comfort and convenience in doing what you want from a payment app. You get multiple competitors but you need to select for the best UX
    Incentivized
    Podium
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    58%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    58%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    64%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    70%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    52%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    59%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    Google PayPhonePePodium
    Payment Gateways
    Comparison of Payment Gateways features of Google Pay and PhonePe and Podium
    Feature
    Google Pay
    -
    Ratings
    PhonePe
    5.2
    2 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Fraud Detection00 Ratings3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    API or SDK00 Ratings3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recurring Payment Support00 Ratings7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and Invoicing Support00 Ratings7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Support00 Ratings6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Form Acceptance00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google PayPhonePePodium
    Small Businesses
    Apple Pay
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Apple Pay
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Affinity CRM
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Payoneer
    Score8 out of 10
    Payoneer
    Score8 out of 10
    Hunter
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Checkout.com
    Score10 out of 10
    Checkout.com
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google PayPhonePePodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.0
    (22 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.9
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google PayPhonePePodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    PhonePe
    Primary benefit is hassle-free payment to the merchant. You can purchase both online and offline without using cash to make the payment. Simply scan the QR code using the Phonepe app on your smartphone to make a payment into the merchant's account. And as said, its rewarding, you surely get a scratch card on every transaction that may either offer you cashback or a discount code for some vendor site shopping.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    Podium is well suited for several types of businesses. If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, Podium would be a great way for you to ask that customers leave you a review online sharing their awesome experience. For medium to large businesses, Podium review invites can be automated through the company's customer management system, allowing the use of Podium to be simple and not timely, even with a large customer base. It may not be appropriate for a large company to manually send out individual review invites
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    PhonePe
    • Payment status confirmation
    • User details before the payment start
    • Bills and Payment
    • Reminders of the bills
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    • Maintains conversations indefinitely, so we are able to go back to confirm details from conversations.
    • Provides the ability for our company to have a 'team' messaging platform where we can communicate with one another via single person to a single person, groups where we can add/subtract members of the group... this is invaluable to our organization.
    • Until today(!), we could 'share' or forward a message to one another; oddly, that feature disappeared just today, so I'm hoping it's a glitch!
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    Cons
    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
    Incentivized
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    PhonePe
    • Like GPay, you dont have the option for secure login using PIN or password.
    • Sometimes your transaction gets stuck in between for long duration, so that's a technical bug with this app.
    • if you are booking your travel tickets with PhonePe and in case you cancelled it. Then you wont get any refunds for that.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    • Account manager communications: I had been asking my Podium account manager for integration with our CRM tool for over 8 months before my account manager fell silent. After another 6 months, I proactively reached out only to find out that the integration had been in Beta for months and 8 other companies had already integrated. It was frustrating that my account manager did not remember a key request and make the Beta available to me the minute that it was open.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    PhonePe
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    Again, Podium has been so wonderful in the year and a half we have been using it, we are able to integrate it with our CRM and use alot of the available features. The most helpful has been getting TONS of reviews on MULTIPLE sites through Podium!
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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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    PhonePe
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    While giving our clients the ability to leave a review was there, we had much worse results and got fewer reviews through the Podium portal than we did by sending our clients simple email requests, or simply having our service staff ask for a review while still on the clients' job sites.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    PhonePe
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    We haven't had any outages or issues whenever we need it over the last few years of use
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    PhonePe
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    It moves quickly and has no issues with delays. Performance is good as it is a web-based tool
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    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.
    Incentivized
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    PhonePe
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    I have to send an email to get information. They have a chat system but I end up having to go through my rep for account questions. It was a little frustrating to not have a direct phone number to call with questions. I would like to see a helpline added.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    PhonePe
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    We only had a hard time getting our technicians to remember to send the review invites.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    PhonePe
    In case of payment failed we check the payment on the our app its showing on our app then it will definitely come other wise it will be refund to the customer, Its a unique feature. None of the other app has this feature. Its very simple to use as compare to the other compititive apps.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    We use Digital Air Strike at our two GM dealerships because it is one of a small list of reputation management companies authorized by GM as part of their SFE program. Digital Air Strike surveys our customers and invites them to write a review about our dealership. It is not as effective or flexible as Podium so we have been using Podium at those dealerships alongside Digital Air Strike. We also recently started a trial use of ReplyPro which is a service that monitors review sites and writes customized responses to positive reviews and suggested responses to negative reviews. I'd like to see Podium add this as part of their service so we can consolidate 3rd party vendors and manage every aspect of online reputation management from one place.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    PhonePe
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    Its easy to scale to different departments as needed. We initially began using it to solve one problem and as new features became available it was easy to scale this and include other departments who could benefit from its tools
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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
    Incentivized
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    PhonePe
    • PhonePe instantly fetches the complete bank information based on your verified number.
    • You can even buy gold and invest in mutual funds via same app.
    • There are lots of fake accounts on PhonePe so the company should allow legitimate account users only.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    • I am glad there are card readers now, sales team members too often try to just send a request instead of taking payment onsite.
    • It's made capturing messaging leads much easier.
    • It's worth the cost but if it did a few more things it would be worth a lot more to us. Document signatures, surveying after jobs, even geotagging of photos/reviews for SEO
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