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Stax ACH Payments vs Stripe Terminal

Both stand on mobile credit card processing software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Stripe Terminal offers several ways to integrate payment acceptance, plus options for reader management and Tap to Pay. Costs vary across transaction processing, hardware, and optional cellular service; no single price is listed for every configuration.

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The facts

	Stax ACH Payments	Stripe Terminal
Free plan	No	No
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	Android, API, iPhone, Web
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Payments: $2.70 a month
Plans published	None	7
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	staxpayments.com	stripe.com
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Stax ACH Payments: what it does well

Stripe Terminal: what it does well

Combines online and in-person payments
Offers SDKs and no-code integration
Tap to Pay needs no extra hardware
Supports offline and recurring payments
Reader status monitoring across locations

What to know first

No free plan
Reader availability varies by country
A reader connects to one SDK instance at a time
Some custom POS reader support is limited to select readers

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