About authorize.net
authorize.net pricing
authorize.net does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial. authorize.net paid version starts at US$25.00/month.
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authorize.net Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Simple and Easy To Deploy
Overall, after the initial phone calls and emailing documents, its been a pleasure using the service. No headaches and it just sits in the background doing what its supposed to be doing.
Pros
I like the ease of use. and ease of deployment of the service. my main reason for using it is because ITS not all the other providers out there. its a REAL merchant account.
Cons
The actual process to get approved is LONG and kind of a pain because it is a REAL merchant account, they also do a hard pull on your credit, which was less t Han ideal but a pessary evil to get the service.
- Industry: Textiles
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Payment Processor Easy to Use
Pros
Easily connects to backend of websites. Stores credit cards as tokens and is safe and easy
Cons
Hard to find transactions, have to know the last 4 of the credit card and the date the credit card was processed.
Reasons for Switching to authorize.net
We use all payment options, but Authorize was the easiest to connect to our 3rd party platform.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Holds Funds like PayPal Does - Avoid.
I'm not saying that Authorize.net does not work for everybody. But the digital marketer is in particular I would steer clear because it has the same issues that PayPal exhibits were sometimes a hold your funds for no reason and you have to fight to get them. Youre flagged as high risk
I was a customer with Authorize.net for about three months and I was approved for ACH bank transfers by their credit team. I put two of them through and all of a sudden my bank transfer account was shut down and they didn't tell me why other than my account was deemed high-risk by their bank and no matter what I did it would never be reopened ever. To my knowledge the only thing that makes it high-risk is that I charged about $5k in two days - Which I told the underwriter team was my norm before I signed up. They knew how much money I would be processing each month. They also told me that my business model wasn't elibigile for bank transfers.
My clients couldn't even ask for a refund. All they could do was dispute the charges that were on hold and if they did that it would hurt my account and my credit. To this day they still have about $4400 of my money that I will not get until the end of January if my account is in good standing. Well I shut down the account and moved over to QuickBooks so hopefully I get paid.
Again I'm doing recurring bank transfers with my client so this might not be the case for everybody and this might be great for credit card transactions.
Pros
It was very easy to set up recurring payments and sync with my webmaster.
Cons
- The UI is extremely outdated and looks like it's from the early 2000s.
- Your invoices are not customizable and they look tacky
- Navigating around the menu is not user-friendly as finding where you're trying to go and can be difficult
- Customer support is not the greatest and sometimes I can't help you with your problems or get back to you in a timely matter
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Quickbooks OnlineReasons for Switching to authorize.net
I moved to QuickBooks.- Industry: Publishing
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Authorize.net valuable service
Pros
The product is easy to use and provides a critical function (online ordering)
Cons
Seems like there are some unnecessary hoops to jump through for different levels of sales.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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The most affordable payment processing option out there!
Pros
The fees are a fraction of some competitors, but the software works seamlessly
Cons
I can't think of anything I dislike. It really is awesome software.
