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    Braintree, a PayPal service

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ABraintree, a Paypal service and subsidiary, is a billing platform which stores credit card data directly from the merchant’s systems on secure servers, and it allows for cards to be recharged or refunded . Braintree also supports international payments. Pricing is 2.9% plus a 30c transaction fee.N/A

    Maxio

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMaxio helps B2B SaaS companies maximize their revenue operations. The financial operations platform is designed to meet the unique financial challenges of B2B SaaS, including billing, subscription management, revenue & expense recognition, and SaaS metrics & analytics.

    $599

    per month

    Pricing
    Braintree, a PayPal serviceMaxio
    Editions & Modules
    Standard Pricing
    2.9% +$0.30
    per transaction
    Custom Pricing
    Contact for quote
    Build
    $0
    30 Day Trial
    Grow
    $599
    per month up to $100k in monthly billings
    Scale
    Custom
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    Pricing Offerings
    Braintree, a PayPal serviceMaxio
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Build Plan - Developer-friendly sandbox where you can try out billing for free for 30 days. Grow Plan - Complete B2B subscription management platform with billing, revenue recognition, and reporting. Scale Plan - Tailored solution to support high billing volumes and advanced requirements. Talk with Sales about available volume-based discounts.
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    Braintree, a PayPal serviceMaxio
    Considered Both Products
    PayPal
    Chose Braintree, a PayPal service
    We started using Chargify, but migrated to Braintree due to its more up-to-date libraries and easy integration with Paypal. We have not tried any other competitor, however, Stripe seems very interesting, specially now that their cross-country support is really broad. We are not …
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    Chose Maxio
    I was not part of the decision to select Chargify.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    40%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    75%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Braintree, a PayPal serviceMaxio
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    Braintree, a PayPal serviceMaxio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (15 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    Usability
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    User Testimonials
    Braintree, a PayPal serviceMaxio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PayPal
    Braintree is a lower cost alternative to many of the options business owners have through their bank. However, they will need to be techy or be working with a developer to set up. The setup and backend isn't as user friendly as alternatives. Braintree is a great option if you'll need to manually type in credit card details. Banks will sometimes charge a lot more for that option. The manual option is nice if your clients aren't as tech savvy and prefer to pay over the phone than to pay on your website.
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    In my opinion, Maxio is well suited for a large company with simple products/billing scenarios and 10s of thousands of dollars available to waste on implementation, learning curve, and mistakes. For any other company, I do not advise purchasing Maxio.
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    Pros
    PayPal
    • Braintree has excellent integration with the BigCommerce platform. The switch of our previous payment processing gateway to Braintree was very easy and only required a few clicks.
    • Tying into Braintree's BigCommerce integration, for company's like ours that are on the BigCommerce enterprise plan, Braintree's rates for BigCommerce enterprise customers are extremely competitive and saved us money.
    • Braintree has a pretty easy to use portal that can be accessed through the same login we use for PayPal which we are using in conjunction with Braintree with ease.
    • I've only had to call Braintree twice and my customer service issues were handled extremely quickly and easily.
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    • Managing deferred revenue.
    • Contract management is flexible and allows us to see data that we never had before.
    • Billing is painless and is now done within a couple hours. Previously it would take at least 1-2 days.
    • Business Metrics and Reporting.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    PayPal
    • Not a very good subscription management platform for a Saas business, but they make up for it on the API with others that are
    • Doesn't have a lot of additional features, but that's what you'd expect out of a payment processor
    • Very expensive per transaction, but the reality is that any processor who helps early stage companies accept online payments are expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    • Options for Cash-based businesses. While it's not GAAP compliant and most users are accrual, many SaaS start ups are still small and operating on a cash basis.
    • Commissions Module since SO already has all our data intergrations
    • So many different features and data entry points that manual data entry errors are common
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PayPal
    There's a huge cost in migrating payment providers, and we're very happy with Braintree so far.
    Incentivized
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    They are a crucial piece of what we do. We hope to have them as a vendor for a long time to come.
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    Usability
    PayPal
    As a product, functionality has been fine for us. In our experience, some issues during On Boarding but because we had a dedicated Account Manager assigned to us, these issues were dealt with. Now we are a customer, it feels like they have stopped caring about us or aren't interested in working with us to resolve any issues we have.
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
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    Support Rating
    PayPal
    Their support is a joke. There's nothing "supportive" about them. Every time I call in with an issue no one has an answer or even a recommendation. I am put on hold and no one ever comes back. It's time to find another processor.
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    They are willing to help with most challenges and are pretty easy to get ahold of by phone. They are limited in their reach, when it comes to bulk cancellations, along with some other bulk edits. It is no fault to them, Chargify is just a system that hasn’t been upgraded much over the years.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    PayPal
    It is simple for a developer to do.
    Incentivized
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
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    Alternatives Considered
    PayPal
    Braintree is better at handling international payments and supporting a variety of payment methods that can all be configured from the same dashboard. Braintree supports PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, etc. in addition to simply credit cards like Stripe. Braintree has a vault of existing user payment methods so the user doesn't have to re-enter their information each time.
    Incentivized
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    I inherited SaaSOptics from several predecessors that worked on it before me. I believe they used Chargebee or Chargify before SaaSOptics, but I haven't used them. I pray that the market comes up with a better product for subscription revenue management, SaaS metric reporting, and financial projections. Unfortunately, I don't have the time or the team to be able to successfully complete the transition to new software at this time, so I feel like I'm stuck with SaaSOptics at this point
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    Return on Investment
    PayPal
    • Simplified billing so we spend less time on it
    • Saved $20 a month or more when compared to alternatives that have a monthly charge.
    • It gives peace of mind because we know that any service we use in the future will likely integrate with Braintree
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    Maxio (previously SaaSOptics + Chargify)
    • Limitations in Chargify's invoicing capability has resulted in our finance team having to manually send invoices from our accounting system. This has resulted in 10-15 hours a week of resource wasted on something that Chargify should automatically do. If this isn't addressed, then the wasted time will increase as we scale.
    Incentivized
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