How to Select the Right Payment Gateway Provider
Blog post from Basis Theory
Payment gateways enable businesses, especially online and subscription-based merchants, to securely accept card-not-present payments by connecting to acquiring processors, validating payment details, and offering capabilities such as fraud prevention, recurring billing, and multiple payment methods. Selecting a gateway requires evaluating required functionality, pricing, security practices, scalability, and available customer support. Widely used providers include PayPal, Stripe, Square, Adyen, Worldpay, Ingenico, Braintree, WePay, 2Checkout, Amazon Pay, and Cybersource, each serving different merchant sizes, sales channels, geographic markets, and integration needs. Merchants generally need both a gateway and a processor for virtual and card-not-present transactions, while in-person payments require a processor and may require a gateway when no physical terminal is used. Using a PCI-compliant gateway does not by itself ensure PCI compliance, as merchants must also protect cardholder data, monitor networks, and maintain appropriate access controls.
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