For technology and vendor partners

If your product genuinely helps businesses, we want to understand it.

Processors, gateways, POS, SaaS, lenders, payroll, loyalty, integrations. We write about far more systems than we sell, and we are happy to write about yours.

Being evaluated is not being endorsed, and most systems we research do not become platforms we lead with. That is not a slight — we would rather know nine properly than list ninety.

Become a technology partner

How we look at it

What we would want to understand.

Published because a standard nobody can read is not a standard. None of these are pass/fail on their own — a system can be weak on one and still be the right answer for a particular business.

Merchant fitWho is it genuinely right for, and who should not buy it?
TransparencyIs the pricing published, and does the contract say what it costs to leave?
SupportWhat happens at 7pm on a Friday when it stops working?
EconomicsDoes the merchant, the agent and you all survive the deal?
Contract qualityTerm, auto-renewal, notice window, what may change without asking.
Technical reliabilityUptime, and what happens to the merchant when there is not any.
ImplementationHow long from signature to actually working, honestly measured.
Agent and ISO economicsWhether the people selling it can sustain a business doing so.
Data accessCan the merchant get their own data out, in a usable form?
IntegrationDoes it connect to the rest of what the business already runs?

Become a technology partner

Tell us what you have built and who it is for. We will tell you honestly what we think.