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GoCardless for small businesses

The easy way to accept Direct Debit payments

  • Free to set up, no contract required

  • Collect recurring & one-off payments

  • No more chasing late payments

  • Save time and money

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We help over 100,000 organisations get paid on time

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78% of businesses using GoCardless say it reduced stress

Quick and easy to set up payments

Direct Debit is simple to set up and easy to manage, with GoCardless doing all the heavy-lifting.

Integrate with your accounting software

GoCardless integrates with over 350 different software packages so we've got you covered.

Save hours of admin

Automate your payments and reconciliation. No more wasted time on manual financial admin.

End late payments

With GoCardless, you don’t have to rely on your clients remembering to pay on time. Saving you all those costly hours chasing up late payments.

Payments that work for your business

Automated, recurring payments

Automatically collect payments on the due date, via Direct Debit. Even if the dates or amounts change. Perfect for subscriptions, instalments, and invoicing for services.

Instant, one-off payments

Let your customers pay directly from their bank account. It's quicker and easier than a manual bank transfer, and typically 54% cheaper than online card transactions.

  • Automated, recurring payments

    Automatically collect payments on the due date, via Direct Debit. Even if the dates or amounts change. Perfect for subscriptions, instalments, and invoicing for services.

  • Instant, one-off payments

    Let your customers pay directly from their bank account. It's quicker and easier than a manual bank transfer, and typically 54% cheaper than online card transactions.

See how GoCardless compares

* Pricing as of Aug 2024. Fees differ by provider. See our pricing

^ Based on market research. Payment success rates vary. See the report

Why choose GoCardless?

* Pricing as of July 2024. Plans vary.

The easy way for your customers to pay

56% lower average cost per transaction*

  • Core features

    Standard

    1% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€4 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over £2,000

    2% +£0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • Collect one-off and recurring payments seamlessly

    • Collect international payments from 30+ countries with the real exchange rate (powered by Wise)

    • Use GoCardless with an API, our dashboard or integrate with 350+ partner softwares, such as Xero, Sage or QuickBooks

    • Include your branding on the customer sign-up form

  • Enhanced payment protection

    Advanced

    Popular

    1.25% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€5 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over £2,000

    2.25% +£0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • All Standard benefits plus

    • Reduce failed payments through intelligent retries

    • Verify new customers' bank account details instantly at checkout

    • Design a tailored customer experience, from your own payment pages to email notifications (additional fees apply)

  • End-to-end fraud protection

    Pro

    1.4% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€5.60 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over £2,000

    2.4% +£0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • All Standard and Advanced benefits plus

    • Prevent fraud by intelligently identifying and verifying risky payers

    • Resolve fraud by monitoring and challenging chargebacks

  • Fully customised package

    Custom

    For businesses with large payment volumes or requiring a bespoke solution with dedicated support

    Volume discounts

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    Benefits

    • All Standard, Advanced and Pro benefits plus:

    • Dedicated end-to-end customer success

    • Unlock discounts as you scale transaction volume

    • Option to commit volume or pay as you go

How much GoCardless will cost you

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International payments made simple

Collect payments from 30+ countries. Either into a local bank account, or your existing UK account thanks to in-built FX at the real market rate. Powered by Wise.

Intelligently retry failed payments

With GoCardless, failed payments are rare. But switch on automatic retries and our payments data determines the best day to try again. Recovering 70% of failed payments, on average.

Better for your customers, too

Businesses and consumers often prefer to make bank payments, instead of using cards and digital wallets. With automation and peace of mind, it’s not hard to see why.

How it works

We’d need an army without GoCardless – maybe hundreds of people – to follow up on customers’ late or failed payments.

Chip Mahan, Global Head of Fintech, Payments & Banking, Sage

Trusted by 100,000+ businesses. Of all sizes. Worldwide.

  • Optimising recurring payments

    "When customers choose GoCardless, they stay with us for longer and they convert better."

  • International coverage

    “We use a single integration for Direct Debit in the UK, Sweden and Germany”

  • 67% reduction in debtor days

    “The whole accounting process is faster and we’ve eliminated billing errors."

  • Preferred by customers

    “70% of our European customers have chosen GoCardless over credit card to make their payments.”

  • 90% renewal rate

    "We wanted an end-to-end subscription model. GoCardless helps make that possible."

  • 50-85% adoption

    “For us, it means we get paid reliably and on time with better visibility into our payments data.”

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