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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Plaid

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APlaid in San Francisco offers a suite of applications supporting banks with risk management and customer account management features. Plaid is used by digital financial apps and services like Betterment, Expensify, Microsoft and Venmo, and by banks to make it easier for consumers to connect their financial accounts with the apps and services they want to use. Plaid connects with over 11,000 financial institutions across the U.S, Canada and Europe.

    $500

    per month

    Square Invoices

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ASquare Invoices is a software invoicing solution from Square headquartered in San Francisco, California.N/A
    Pricing
    PlaidSquare Invoices
    Editions & Modules
    Scale
    500+
    per month
    Test
    Free
    Launch
    Pay as you go
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    PlaidSquare Invoices
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsContact sales team for additional pricing. There may be one-time fees, subscription fees, per-request flat fees, or payment initiation fees depending on your needs.—
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    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PlaidSquare Invoices
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PlaidSquare Invoices
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Plaid
    Plaid is extremely well suited to be your payment API if you're a start-up looking to scale your banking connections fast and securely. Their API is fully functional upon integration. Most end-users have encountered Plaid before so it's a trusted platform for many consumers so even if you're a new app, users feel comfortable connecting their bank through Plaid.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Square Invoices is the best service that I have found for what it does: it's easy to use, nice to look at, and never seems to go to spam or be lost by clients. Clients mention that the setup is easier than services my competitors use. You can even attach your contract to the invoice, which is wonderful in case there are questions later on. Unfortunately, not being able to have clients alter quantities or select add-ons means for half of my services, I have to use a different, inferior service.
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    Pros
    Plaid
    • Plaid connects with 100s of US consumer banks.
    • Plaid continuously updates its software to meet the requirements of individual banks.
    • Plaid can get your company's payment processing up and running faster than traditional methods.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Adding a customer to invoice is super simple and takes minimal effort.
    • Payment collection is easy and seamless because Square Invoices allows the recipient to pay using credit/cards.
    • One of the fest features is allowing invoices to be recurring. If my contract stipulates a flat fee monthly, I can set the invoices to recur monthly for the duration of the contract.
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    Cons
    Plaid
    • Consumer feedback or troubleshooting typically comes back to us because Plaid doesn't have an easy way of re-routing support once a user encounters a problem.
    • Update timelines could be clearer when they are working on updating a connection with a certain bank.
    • The search functionality for the user to find their bank could be a little more robust.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • The reports section is not always the easiest to understand. It seems like I have to stop and think about options instead of it being 100% intuitive.
    • With the fees we pay per transaction, it would be nice to be able to add additional "limited" users for no extra cost.
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    Support Rating
    Plaid
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    The only time I had a problem was a false chargeback from a client. Square Invoices referenced our contract and ruled in my favor, and they did so in a timely manner. I sent them the contract and my email history with the client, and they quickly unfroze the amount of money.
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    Plaid
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Square Invoices is easier to use and automatically transfers your money to your bank account vs Paypal that holds your money and you have to manually transfer and it takes 3-5 days (many times more). Square Invoices looks better overall, and for the same fees as Paypal, provides a better service overall.
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    Return on Investment
    Plaid
    • Plaid got us up and running with most US-based and even some international banks with minimal engineering effort.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • I love that I can sort my invoices in total, or by a specific time period to see how my sales are doing and comparing to prior time periods.
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