Pricing

Pricing for software companies

Pay only when you get paid. Sell with Pandabase as merchant of record, or with Pandabase Direct as the seller yourself.

Merchant of record

Pandabase network

Pandabase is the seller on every order and takes on the liability that comes with it.

5.9% + 50¢

per successful transaction

  • + 1.5% for cards and APMs outside the US
  • + 0.5% for subscription payments
  • Pandabase is the legal seller of record
  • Sales tax, VAT and GST filed and paid
  • Fraud screening and dispute handling
  • Processor fees included
  • Standalone 3DS at $0.12 per authentication
  • Checkout, billing and invoicing

Pandabase Direct

You're the seller

Sell directly and stay the merchant of record yourself, with payments processed through our partners.

3.9% + 29¢

per successful transaction

  • + Interchange++ from our partner PSP, passed through at cost
  • Checkout, billing and invoicing
  • Same payment methods and currencies
  • Interchange++ passed through at cost
  • Standalone 3DS at $0.12 per authentication
  • Not included: Tax registration and filing
  • Not included: Dispute and fraud liability

Custom

For companies with large volume or a business model that needs something different.

  • Volume discounts
  • Multi-product pricing
  • Country-specific rates
  • Dedicated support

All prices are in USD. These rates apply to software and digital products. Other verticals are priced at 8–9%depending on the vertical. Talk to sales for a quote.

What's included

Choose who carries the liability.

On Pandabase Direct you stay the seller and keep the tax, disputes and liability. As merchant of record, Pandabase takes them on for you.

Pandabase Direct compared with merchant of record
FeaturePandabase DirectMerchant of record
Checkout, cards, wallets and local methods
Billing, invoicing and payment links
Legal seller of recordYouPandabase
Sales tax and VAT registrationYou register
Tax filing and remittanceYou file
Dispute handling and liabilityYou
Billing support for buyers
Processor feesPassed throughIncluded

Rates

See what each sale costs.

Enter a sale amount below to see the fees and how much you keep.

Sale amount

Tax, fraud screening and disputes are handled for you.

You keep from a $49.00 sale

$45.61

You keep 93.1%Pandabase fee $3.39

5.9% × $49.00 + 50¢ = $3.39 · 6.92% effective

  1. 6 rates

    Payments

    Sell with Pandabase as merchant of record, or with Pandabase Direct as the seller yourself.

    Merchant of record

    Cards and wallets

    Credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, online and in-app.

    • Visa
    • Mastercard
    • American Express
    • Discover
    • Apple Pay
    • Google Pay
    • + 1.5% for cards issued outside the US
    • + 0.5% for subscription payments
    • 8–9% for verticals other than software

    5.9% + 50¢

    per successful transaction

    Merchant of record

    Bank and local payment methods

    iDEAL, Pix, UPI, Pay by Bank, Alipay, WeChat Pay and more.

    • iDEAL
    • Alipay
    • WeChat Pay
    • + 1.5% for payment methods outside the US
    • + 0.5% for subscription payments
    • 8–9% for verticals other than software

    5.9% + 50¢

    per successful transaction

    Merchant of record

    Adaptive currency

    Show prices in the buyer's local currency at checkout.

    3–4%

    paid by the customer, not you

    Pandabase Direct

    Cards, wallets and local methods

    The same checkout and payment methods, settled through a partner processor.

    • + Interchange++ from our partner PSP, passed through at cost
    • Tax, disputes and liability stay with you

    3.9% + 29¢

    per successful transaction

    3D Secure

    Standalone 3DS

    Ask the cardholder's bank to verify a card payment before you charge it, so eligible fraud liability shifts to the issuer.

    $0.12

    per authentication

    Checkout and payment links

    Hosted, embedded and in-app checkout

    Local currencies, languages and payment methods in every market.

    Included

    in the standard rate

  2. 4 rates

    Revenue

    Subscriptions, invoices and disputes.

    Billing and invoicing

    Recurring and usage-based billing

    Plans, seats, credits, trials, proration and failed payment retries.

    + 0.5%

    per subscription payment, on top of the transaction rate

    Billing and invoicing

    Invoices

    Hosted invoice pages with automatic reminders and receipts.

    Included

    in the standard rate

    Disputes

    Dispute handling

    We respond to chargebacks with evidence on your behalf.

    $30

    per dispute

    Disputes

    Dispute prevention

    Resolve disputes with the card issuer before they become chargebacks.

    $30

    per dispute prevented

  3. 4 rates

    Money management

    Get paid out, keep books and store secrets.

    Payouts

    US payouts

    ACH payouts to US bank accounts.

    $1

    per ACH payout

    Payouts

    International payouts

    Payouts to bank accounts outside the US.

    2–4% + $1

    per payout, depending on the country

    LedgerAlpha

    Accounts and journal entries

    Post balanced entries and close periods over the API.

    Free

    during alpha

    VaultAlpha

    Tokenization and storage

    Tokenize cards and sensitive data through our vault.

    Free

    during alpha

Need pricing for your volume or business model?

Talk to sales

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Answers about fees, tax and payouts. Ask us anything else.

  • As merchant of record, you pay 5.9% + 50¢ per successful transaction, including processor fees. On Pandabase Direct you pay 3.9% + 29¢ per successful transaction, plus Interchange++ from our partner payment processor. All prices are in USD and fees are taken out before the money reaches your balance.

    • + 1.5% for cards and payment methods outside the US (merchant of record)
    • + 0.5% for subscription payments
    • $30 per dispute, and per dispute prevented
    • Payouts are $1 per ACH payout in the US, and 2–4% + $1 outside the US
    • Adaptive currency is 3–4%, paid by the customer