GoCardless vs Wirecard

Overview

GoCardless

Stacks53

Followers73

Votes0

Wirecard

Stacks6

Followers12

Votes0

GoCardless vs Wirecard: What are the differences?

GoCardless: The UK's #1 for online Direct Debit. GoCardless makes it super simple for businesses to take regular payments online direct from their customers' bank accounts, perfect for invoicing and recurring subscriptions; Wirecard: A digital platform provider in retail, travel and banking sectors. It is a global internet technology and financial services provider which is listed on the German stock exchange. It offers worldwide services for innovative digital payments: online, mobile, and at the POS.

GoCardless and Wirecard belong to "Payment Services" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by GoCardless are:

Low pricing for everyone
Simple dashboard for managing payments
Developer friendly

On the other hand, Wirecard provides the following key features:

Payment. Accept payments worldwide, securely, transparently and efficiently
Mobile payment. Enable cashless payment at every PoS
Risk management

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Advice on GoCardless, Wirecard

Taylor

May 23, 2020

Decided

With COVID-19 looming over us, businesses are, more than ever, looking for ways to set up online payments.

And having recently gone through implementing both Stripe and GoCardless to get monthly subscriptions set up and automated on my company website, I felt there was no better time to write this blog post!

If you're currently looking at working with a Payment Gateway provider API, or you're currently working with one but are not a fan, are looking to automate things a bit more, or are just generally thinking about changing, then you should have a read of my latest blog post where I compare Stripe and GoCardless.

I compare APIs in depth, specifically the subscription checkout flow that both offer (they're very similar, with some BIG differences).

There are plenty of code examples on how to set it up in a Node.js environment and right at the end, I rate each API based on the following factors:

API ease of use
API documentation
Payment pages
Costs / fees
Security
Developer appeal
Customer experience
Free Trial

So feel free to check it out, and I hope you like it. Please leave any feedback as it is very helpful. Thanks!

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Detailed Comparison

GoCardless	Wirecard
GoCardless makes it super simple for businesses to take regular payments online direct from their customers' bank accounts, perfect for invoicing and recurring subscriptions.	It is a global internet technology and financial services provider which is listed on the German stock exchange. It offers worldwide services for innovative digital payments: online, mobile, and at the POS.
Low pricing for everyone; Simple dashboard for managing payments; Developer friendly; Instant setup; Recurring payments	Payment. Accept payments worldwide, securely, transparently and efficiently; Mobile payment. Enable cashless payment at every PoS; Risk management; Innovative card technology; Integration & Testing Solutions; Optimize customer dialogue and improve loyalty; Value-added services.
Statistics
Stacks 53	Stacks 6
Followers 73	Followers 12
Votes 0	Votes 0
Integrations
No integrations available	PayPal Wufoo Shopify WEBPAY Weebly Xero BigCommerce

What are some alternatives to GoCardless, Wirecard?

Stripe

Stripe makes it easy for developers to accept credit cards on the web.

PayPal

PayPal is an online payments and money transfer service that allows you to send money via email, phone, text message or Skype. They offer products to both individuals and businesses alike, including online vendors, auction sites and corporate users. PayPal connects effortlessly to bank accounts and credit cards. PayPal Mobile is one of PayPal’s newest products. It allows you to send payments by text message or by using PayPal’s mobile browser.

PrestaShop

PrestaShop is written in PHP, is highly customizable, supports all the major payment services, is translated in many languages and localized for many countries, and is fully responsive (both front- and back-office).

Braintree

Braintree replaces traditional payment gateways and merchant accounts. From one touch payments, to mobile SDKs and international sales, we provide everything you need to start accepting payments today.

Magento

Magento Community Edition is perfect if you’re a developer who wants to build your own solution with flexible eCommerce technology. You can modify the core code and add a wide variety of features and functionality.

Shopify

Shopify powers tens of thousands of online retailers including General Electric, Amnesty International, CrossFit, Tesla Motors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Foo Fighters, GitHub, and more. Our platform allows users to easily and quickly create their own online store without all the technical work involved in developing their own website, or the huge expense of having someone else build it. Shopify lets merchants manage all aspects of their shops: uploading products, changing the design, accepting credit card orders, and viewing their incoming orders and completed transactions.

Recurly

Recurly is the leading pay-as-you-go recurring billing service because setup is easy, integrations are quick, and our service grows with the needs of your business.

Adyen

A payments technology company that provides a single global platform to accept payments anywhere in the world. Businesses can process payments across online, mobile and in-store (POS) with over 250 payment methods and 187 currencies.

Spree

The Spree storefront offers a full feature set and is built on common standards, so you don't have to compromise speed to market, efficiency or innovation. The modular platform allows you to easily configure, supplement or replace any functionality you need, so that you can build the exact storefront that you want.

Saleor

Saleor is a rapidly-growing open source e-commerce platform that has served high-volume companies from branches like publishing and apparel since 2012. Based on Python and Django, the latest major update introduces a modular front end powered by a GraphQL API and written with React and TypeScript.

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With COVID-19 looming over us, businesses are, more than ever, looking for ways to set up online payments.

I compare APIs in depth, specifically the subscription checkout flow that both offer (they're very similar, with some BIG differences).

There are plenty of code examples on how to set it up in a Node.js environment and right at the end, I rate each API based on the following factors:

API ease of use
API documentation
Payment pages
Costs / fees
Security
Developer appeal
Customer experience
Free Trial

So feel free to check it out, and I hope you like it. Please leave any feedback as it is very helpful. Thanks!