GoCardless vs. iATS Payments

I think it's a great payment gateway for small businesses which are new to the business and looking for something low budget & an easy-to-use platform to begin accepting the payments. It does streamline the cash flow & gives good visibility to payment status but sometimes it takes 3-4 days in the reconciliation of balances which might not be suitable for businesses looking to have a quick turn-around-time of balances.

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If you just need a basic payment processor, then iATS will work fine. If you are looking for more advanced integrations or automated functions then you may want to keep looking. We've utilized iATS for over 2 years and are currently in the process of switching to Classy/WePay due to the extra features they offer.

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• Reliably takes recurring payments
• Makes it easy and secure for customers to set up their direct debits with us
• Informs us when payments have failed at the customer's end
• Makes it easy to see upcoming payments that will be collected

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• Relatively good UI
• Good support

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• Reduction in fees for customers who use it for large volumes of clients
• Easier for clients to review their payment plans
• Payment sooner to our bank account

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• Website form integration into Salesforce needs improvement. You can create custom questions on your website, but there is no way to have the data import into certain fields, it only syncs to the database in the iATS fields, which makes reporting very difficult.
• It's very tedious to set up a recurring donation, in fact, every time I do it I have to have their support team walk me through and ensure it's set up correctly.
• No option for donors to elect to cover the transaction fees.
• Automatic email notifications from online transactions are limited.
• Sometimes (but not always) there is a one day delay in the transactions syncing to the database.

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It has a good web dashboard, you can see who has paid, who hasn’t, when payments will be taken from client and when they will arrive in the bank account

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There is no phone support, email only, and the support is slow coming. The support staff often don't read your support query properly, so you waste time having to re-explain yourself. That is the only downside of this product.

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There are some situations where i would choose iATS, but there are other excellent competitors that should be considered as well. Which you choose will depend on your particular needs, the size of your organization and what functionality you need

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GoCardless better fit Kanopy's needs for the following reasons: (1) desire to decrease credit card payments which carry higher costs, (2) single payment solution for 12+ countries via direct debit at no fees for customers, and (3) better customer integration potential for company website portal and A/R 3rd party tool.

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iATS has a lot more functionality than PayPal, particularly when it comes to Salesforce integrations. Click&Pledge has the best Salesforce integration, while Classy has the slickest UI.

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• Customers appreciate using a bank account for payments to eliminate any credit card fees that may be implemented in the future.

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• Increased donations.
• Increased monthly recurring gifts.
• Decreased use of Discover cards (we discourage using Discover cards).

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