iATS Payments vs. PayKickstart

If you need a basic Salesforce integrated payment processor then you could consider using iATS. If you have complex needs and need a complex integration with Salesforce you might want to look elsewhere.

Incentivized

ANALYTICS & REPORTING: It lets you gain the insight you need to make informed decisions to improve and grow business. It gives you access to all of your reporting and analytical data. Some of the insights you'll have access to:

1. Transactional Reports
2. Subscription Analytics
3. Performance Reports
4. Event and Activity Logs

Incentivized

• Excellent customer service
• Can process ACH transactions as recurring donations
• Integrates with Salesforce
• Records name of credit card holder in iATS reports
• Can process recurring donations on a monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis

Incentivized

• Subscriptions
• Checkout forms
• Dashboard

Incentivized

• Better cut-off times for reporting purposes - sometimes previous day's transactions are reported on the next day's reports.
• Include Discover card transactions in the same deposit with the other cards.
• Take out fees immediately instead of waiting until the end of the month and doing a lump sum.

Incentivized

• Better payment plans
• Support Crypto payments with the legal transparency
• Build in A/B testing capability

Incentivized

There are some situations where i would choose iATS, but there are other excellent competitors that should be considered as well. Which you choose will depend on your particular needs, the size of your organization and what functionality you need

Incentivized

Authorize.Net does not currently integrate with Salesforce which was a critical function that we needed, so we switched to iATS a little over 2 years ago once we implemented our Salesforce database. We are currently in the process of switching to Classy/WePay for the added features and better field mapping capabilities.

Incentivized

PayKickstart is an established named and has a repute of its own. PayKickstart is powerful and versatile. You can use it for a very simple one time fee checkout. Very easy to setup and compared to other platforms, lets you control the products and get daily insights of our data.

Incentivized

• Increased donations.
• Increased monthly recurring gifts.
• Decreased use of Discover cards (we discourage using Discover cards).

Incentivized

• It's been a pivotal tool for growth
• It's helped me predict our monthly recurring revenue
• It's been a critical part of our growth

Incentivized