There are lots of gateways. This is a geeks guide to the features and pricing of each gateway.
| Gateway | Compatible Processing Networks | List Price | Typical Market Price | Tokenization | Dynamic Descriptors | Transparent Redirect | Card Portability |
| Authorize.net | CardWorks, Chase Paymentech Tampa, First Data Omaha, First Data Nashville,First Data EFSNet, Global Payments East, Heartland, Nova / Elavon RBS WorldPay, TSYS Acquiring Solutions (SM)Source | $99 setup fee$20 per month$0.10 per transaction$0.25 per batchSource | Many processors on the FeeFighters marketplace charge Authorize.net at $10 / month + 0.05 / transaction. | Yes, called CIM (Customer Information Manager) for $20 additional / month. | No. | Yes, called Direct Post Method. | No. |
| Payflow (Paypal, formerly Verisign) | FDMS Nashville,FDMS North,FDMS South,Global Payments Central,Global Payments East,Merchant e-Solutions,Elavon (formerly Nova),Paymentech Salem,Paymentech Tampa,TSYS Acquiring Solutions | $249.99 setup$59.95 per month (includes 1,000 transactions)$0.10 / transactionSource | The bidders on FeeFighters will typically charge less than $100 / setup, less than $50 / month (with 1,000 transactions for free) and less than $0.10 / transaction. | Reference transactions, which are very similar to tokenization. | Yes, on First Data North, Paymentech Salem and TSYS. Source | No. They recommend an iFrame of their hosted payments page. | TBD. |
| NMI (Network Merchants Inc) | CardWorks,Elavon, EPX, FDMS – Nashville, FDMS – Omaha, Global Payments – East, Global Payments Canada, Interlink, Merchant E Solutions Trident, Chase Paymentech Salem, Chase Paymentech Tampa, TSYS / Vital | NMI is only sold through resellers, there is no list price. | The bidders on FeeFighters will typically resell NMI for $10 / month + $0.10 / transaction. | Yes, called Customer Vault. Typically costs $10 / month and $0.10 per record addition, deletion or modification. | Yes, on Chase Paymentech Salem and Vital / TSYS. | Yes, called Three-Step-Redirect. | Yes. $0.30 per record to export. |
| Trustcommerce | Elavon,TSYS (Sierra),First Data (Nashville),Global Payments East,Paymentech (Salem),Paymentech (Tampa),Fifth Third (FTPS) | $20 per month$0.18 per transactionSource: Called and asked. | $20 / month and $0.12 / transaction on FeeFighters marketplace. | Yes, called Citadel. Typically additional $10 / month. | Yes, on Chase Paymentech Salem and Vital / TSYS. | Yes, called TC Trustee Merchant Host. | Yes. |
| Braintree | First Data Nashville,TSYS / Vital, Paymentech (in certain cases) | $49/month and $.10 per transaction. | Only available directly from Braintree at the list price. | Yes, called Vault. $20 / month and $0.01 / card stored / month. | Yes. | Yes, called Transparent Redirect. | Yes. |
| First Data Global Gateway (formerly known as Linkpoint) | First Data Nashville | No list price. Pricing depends on the ISO, reseller or sales rep you are buying from. | On the FeeFighters marketplace, pricing for First Data Global Gateway is as low as $10 per month flat, but many bidders also have a per-transaction fee between $0.05 and $0.10. | No. | No. | No. | No. |
| Beanstream | First Data (Nashville), Global Payments, Paymentech (Tampa), Elavon, TSYS / Vital. | $99 setup$20 per month$0.15 per transaction | Only available straight from Beanstream at the list price. | Yes. $20 per month and $0.05 per transaction. For example, a tokenized transaction is $0.20 – $0.15 for the transaction and $0.05 for the token save or retrieval. | Yes, on Global Payments. | No. | No. |
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