For Indian SaaS startups, alternative to Paypal for recurring payments?

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by lazy_nerd • 15 years ago

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The new directive from RBI has made Paypal an unviable option for SaaS product companies from India. What are other SaaS companies using currently and how has been your experience?

ankeshk• 15 years ago

Check out http://zaakpay.com/

Downside: they only work with INR based transactions. No global currency or even just US$ supported.

lazy_nerd7• 15 years ago

We had applied there to try it out as an alpha (beta?) tester but haven't heard back from them. I hope they launch soon.

zaakco• 15 years ago

Hi @lazy_nerd have you signed up on zaakpay.com? reach us anytime contact@zaakpay.com or +91-9971713461

lazy_nerd7• 15 years ago

AlertPay seems to be viable option. Anyone here has any good/bad experience with AlertPay?

dimmuborgir• 15 years ago

I don't think Indian SaaS startups should worry about the $500/transaction limit imposed by RBI. That's pretty huge for SaaS prices.

If you indeed want, there are plenty of alternatives:

http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/ , http://chargify.com/ , http://spreedly.com/ , https://cheddargetter.com/ , http://recurly.com/

Of these, Braintree looks most popular and is used by many big names.

lazy_nerd7• 15 years ago

Most of the alternatives you listed don't support Indian merchants last I checked.

cheae• 15 years ago

I'm not sure about this, but have you checked moneybookers?

lazy_nerd7• 15 years ago

thanks, cheae. I will definitely check it out.

europa• 15 years ago

Have you checked www.ccavenue.com/ ?

lazy_nerd7• 15 years ago

From what I read on quora, CCavenue is a pain to deal with for startups. Also, they don't support recurring payments.

revorad• 15 years ago

http://www.2checkout.com/

lazy_nerd7• 15 years ago

thanks, revorad. Will try it out.

For Indian SaaS startups, alternative to Paypal for recurring payments?

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