Payment processor comparison
Shopify Payments vs Anytime Capital
If your store runs on Shopify, Shopify Payments is usually the right processor for it, and on the Advanced plan its 2.5% + 30¢ online rate is lower than our standard 2.75% + 30¢. Anytime Capital Payments is for the money that does not go through the store: invoices, deposits, wholesale orders, payment links and in-person sales, paid out to your bank with an instant option where eligible. Here is the honest arithmetic.
- 2.75% + 30¢ with no monthly plan fee
- Instant payouts to an eligible bank
- Invoices, deposits and links outside your store
Updated October 2026. Shopify Payments figures from its published US pricing; where a figure is not published, we say so.
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Quick answer
Is Shopify Payments cheaper than Anytime Capital?
It depends on the plan, and on Advanced, yes. Shopify Payments charges 2.9% + 30¢ online on Basic, 2.7% + 30¢ on Grow and 2.5% + 30¢ on Advanced, against Anytime Capital Payments at 2.75% + 30¢ (2.5% + 30¢ for your first 90 days). Grow undercuts us by 0.05 points and Advanced by 0.25, but those plans cost $79 and $299 a month on yearly billing. On a Shopify store, any other processor adds a 2%, 1% or 0.6% third-party fee, so Shopify Payments usually wins there. Anytime Capital fits the sales outside your store, with no plan fee and an instant payout option to an eligible bank.
Published fees
Shopify Payments vs Anytime Capital fees, line by line
| Fee | Shopify Payments | Anytime Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Online card rate | 2.9% + 30¢ Basic, 2.7% + 30¢ Grow, 2.5% + 30¢ Advanced | 2.75% + 30¢ (2.5% + 30¢ for your first 90 days with the launch offer) |
| In person | 2.6% + 10¢ Basic, 2.5% + 10¢ Grow, 2.4% + 10¢ Advanced | Customers scan and tap to pay on their own phone; no terminal to buy or rent |
| ACH bank payments | Not published | ACH bank debit on payment links and invoices; current rate on the pricing page |
| International cards | +1% on international online transactions | May carry an extra fee, shown in your dashboard before you accept the payment |
| Currency conversion | 1.5% for US stores, per a Shopify blog post | May carry an extra fee, shown in your dashboard before you accept the payment |
| Instant payout | None to an outside bank; Shopify Balance in as little as 1 business day | Instant, 24/7, to your Anytime Capital business account |
| Disputes | $15 per chargeback (US) | Shown in your dashboard; pre-dispute alerts can refund small payments automatically |
| Monthly fee | Plan required: $29, $79 or $299 billed yearly ($39, $105 or $399 monthly) | $0: no monthly, setup or PCI fees |
US pricing as of October 2026. “Not published” and “quote-only” mean no official figure was found, not that the fee is zero.
What a $100 online card sale costs
Percentage plus fixed fee, as a share of a $100 sale, at each published US rate
- Anytime Capital
- Shopify Payments
Shopify Payments: published US online rates as of October 2026. Anytime Capital: 2.75% + 30¢, or 2.5% + 30¢ for the first 90 days with the launch offer. Excludes international, currency-conversion, dispute and payout fees, and any monthly plan.
| Sale | Shopify Basic | Shopify Grow | Shopify Advanced | Anytime Capital | Launch offer, first 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.59 | $0.57 | $0.55 | $0.58 | $0.55 |
| $100 | $3.20 | $3.00 | $2.80 | $3.05 | $2.80 |
| $1,000 | $29.30 | $27.30 | $25.30 | $27.80 | $25.30 |
Credit where due
What Shopify Payments is genuinely good for
- Merchants already running their store on Shopify, where any other gateway adds Shopify's third-party fee of 2%, 1% or 0.6% on top of that gateway's own rate.
- Stores on the Grow or Advanced plans, whose 2.7% and 2.5% + 30¢ online rates are at or below ours.
- Retailers who want online store, POS and inventory in one system.
On a Shopify store, Shopify Payments is usually the answer
Shopify charges a third-party transaction fee when a store uses any processor other than Shopify Payments: 2% on Basic, 1% on Grow and 0.6% on Advanced, on top of whatever that processor charges. That fee alone is larger than any difference in card rates, which is why we do not suggest moving a Shopify store's checkout.
Shopify Payments also ties orders, refunds, payouts and POS into the same admin. For a store that lives on Shopify, that is a real convenience.
Available to pay out
$248,310.42
+$31,904.18 today · 412 payments
Payouts
What each plan costs once you count the subscription
Counting only the plan fee and the online card rate, Shopify Advanced costs less than 2.75% + 30¢ once online card sales pass about $120,000 a month, and Grow once they pass about $158,000. Basic, at 2.9% + 30¢ plus $29 a month, costs more than 2.75% + 30¢ at every volume.
Of course the plan also runs your store, so this is not the whole comparison. It is the right one for sales that never touch the store: a wholesale invoice, a deposit on a custom order, a payment link sent over text, a market stall.
Three business days, or an instant option
Shopify Payments pays US merchants out on a minimum 3-business-day schedule, combines Friday-to-Sunday sales into one payout, and can hold higher-risk accounts for 5 to 20 business days. Payouts into Shopify Balance can arrive in 1 business day; there is no on-demand instant payout to an outside bank.
With Anytime Capital Payments, you withdraw to your own bank whenever you like, and instant delivery is offered when your account and bank are eligible, priced before you confirm. Paying suppliers on local rails in 71+ countries from the same balance.
Running both
The common setup among merchants who use both: Shopify Payments for the store's checkout, Anytime Capital for everything else. Invoices and deposits for wholesale buyers, custom orders and B2B accounts go out under your brand from the Anytime Capital dashboard, and their payouts go to the same bank account as your Shopify payouts, so the books meet in one place. Shopify payouts landing in an Anytime Capital business account, so the business sees one balance.
- Wholesale and B2B invoices with deposits and partial payments
- Payment links for custom orders, sent by text, email or QR code
- In-person sales at markets and pop-ups with no extra hardware
- QuickBooks Online and Xero sync for everything paid through Anytime Capital
Side by side
Shopify Payments vs Anytime Capital, row by row
A green check marks the platform with the edge on that row. Anytime Capital leads on 5 of 11.
Online card rate, Basic plan
- Shopify Payments
- 2.9% + 30¢ plus a $29–$39 monthly plan
- Anytime
- 2.75% + 30¢ with no plan fee
Online card rate, Advanced plan
- Shopify Payments
- 2.5% + 30¢ plus a $299–$399 monthly plan
- Anytime
- 2.75% + 30¢; 2.5% + 30¢ for your first 90 days
Monthly fee
- Shopify Payments
- $29, $79 or $299 billed yearly; includes your online store
- Anytime
- $0: no monthly, setup or PCI fees
In person
- Shopify Payments
- 2.4%–2.6% + 10¢ with Shopify POS hardware and Tap to Pay
- Anytime
- Key in an amount on any phone, tablet or laptop; the customer scans the code and taps to pay on their own phone. No terminal hardware
Using another processor on a Shopify store
- Shopify Payments
- Shopify adds a 2%, 1% or 0.6% third-party fee
- Anytime
- Use Anytime Capital for invoices, links and sales outside the Shopify store
International and conversion
- Shopify Payments
- +1% international online; 1.5% conversion (Shopify blog figure)
- Anytime
- May carry an extra fee, shown in your dashboard before you accept the payment
Payout speed
- Shopify Payments
- 3 business days minimum to your bank; Shopify Balance in as little as 1; no instant payout to an outside bank
- Anytime
- Payouts to your own bank account, standard or instant where eligible, instant sweeps into an Anytime Capital business account, RTP or FedNow transfers to any US bank, same-day domestic wires, vendor payments by ACH, local rails in 71+ countries, stablecoin payouts from your balance, crypto conversion of your balance and employee cards funded from your balance
Chargebacks
- Shopify Payments
- $15 per chargeback (US)
- Anytime
- Shown in your dashboard; pre-dispute alerts can refund small payments automatically
Payment methods
- Shopify Payments
- Cards, Shop Pay and wallets
- Anytime
- Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay on every checkout; ACH on links and invoices; USDC and USDT by payment request
Global supplier payouts
- Shopify Payments
- Payouts to your own bank
- Anytime
- Local rails in 71+ countries plus SWIFT
Business account, cards and payouts on one balance
- Shopify Payments
- Shopify Balance, a business account for Shopify sellers
- Anytime
- Payments, an Anytime Capital business account, employee cards, global payouts in 71+ countries and crypto and stablecoin liquidity on one balance
At a glance
Shopify Payments in six lines
- Background
- Shopify was founded in 2006 in Ottawa. Shopify Payments is available only to stores on Shopify.
- Payout speed
- A US minimum of 3 business days, with Friday-to-Sunday sales combined into one payout; higher-risk accounts can wait 5 to 20 business days. Payouts to Shopify Balance can arrive in 1 business day. No on-demand instant payout to an outside bank.
- Payment methods
- Cards, Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and other wallets; USDC on Base was announced in June 2025, with availability to every merchant not confirmed
- Fraud tools
- Fraud analysis on orders in the Shopify admin
- Point of sale
- Shopify POS app and hardware, plus Tap to Pay
- Support
- Shopify merchant support and help center
Launch offer
Try Anytime Capital Payments: 2.5% + 30¢ for your first 90 days
Then 2.75% + 30¢ per card or wallet payment, with no monthly, setup or PCI fees. Links, invoices and in-person payments from day one, payouts to your bank (instant where eligible), and QuickBooks Online or Xero sync.
- 2.75% + 30¢ online, 2.5% + 30¢ for 90 days
- No monthly, setup or PCI fees
- Payouts to your bank, instant where eligible
- Live US business team
Ways to start
Start with Anytime Capital Payments today
Launch offer
2.5% + 30¢ for your first 90 days of card payments, then 2.75% + 30¢.
Claim 2.5% for 90 daysOpen an account
Sign up online; most reviews finish within one business day.
Sign upSwitch from Stripe
Import customers, plans, discount codes, payment links and open invoices with a read-only key.
See how switching worksProcessing $1M+ a year?
Custom or interchange-plus pricing, a shared Slack channel and a named account manager.
Talk to sales
Payouts
Getting paid out
Sales settle into your Anytime Capital Payments balance. From Payouts in the dashboard: payouts to your own bank account, standard or instant where eligible, instant sweeps into an Anytime Capital business account, RTP or FedNow transfers to any US bank, same-day domestic wires, vendor payments by ACH, local rails in 71+ countries, stablecoin payouts from your balance, crypto conversion of your balance and employee cards funded from your balance, whenever you like or on your automatic schedule, with each payout's expected arrival shown before you confirm.
- Standard, or instant where eligible
Payouts to your bank account
Withdraw your balance to your business bank account from Payouts whenever you like, or let automatic payouts follow your schedule. Instant delivery is offered when your account and bank are eligible, and each payout shows its expected arrival before you confirm.
- Instant, 24/7
Your Anytime Capital business account
Sweep settled sales into Anytime Capital business checking in seconds, nights and weekends included, and spend it the same minute.
- Seconds, any day
RTP and FedNow instant transfers
Push money to any US bank account that receives instant payments, around the clock, with confirmation the moment it lands.
- Same day
Domestic wire
Fedwire for large or time-critical payments: closings, inventory, payroll top-ups and anything a counterparty wants by wire.
- Same day or next day
ACH and same-day ACH
Low-touch transfers to any US bank account for vendors, contractors and your own accounts elsewhere, scheduled or on demand.
- Minutes to same day
Local rails in 71+ countries
Pay suppliers in their own currency over the rail they already use (SEPA Instant, Faster Payments, PIX, SPEI, UPI, PayNow and mobile money), with SWIFT for everywhere else.
- Minutes, including weekends
Stablecoins: USDC and USDT
Same-day on-chain transfers from your balance to a supplier, contractor or your own wallet, with no correspondent bank in the way.
- Same day
Crypto liquidity
Convert balance to bitcoin, ether, solana and other assets, or crypto back to dollars, at desk-quoted rates and send it out the same day.
- Instant
Employee and vendor cards
Fund physical and virtual business cards straight from your payments balance, with limits per person, team or merchant.
For developers and AI agents
A REST API described in OpenAPI 3.1, 25 signed webhook events, restricted API keys, an MCP server for AI agents and a Node SDK in preview, with every docs page available as Markdown.
Payment processing
A complete payments stack, from your website to your bank account
Checkout, 3D Secure, risk rules and instant payouts in one product, at 2.75% + 30¢ per card or wallet payment, 2.5% + 30¢ for your first 90 days. No gateway to bolt on and no separate merchant account.
Your website
A Pay button, the checkout inline, or a hosted checkout on pay.yourbusiness.com.
Checkout
Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, Apple Pay, Google Pay and ACH, in your logo and colour.
- AMEX
- ACH
3D Secure
Customers confirm larger payments with their bank, which usually moves fraud liability to the issuer.
Risk rules
Block card countries, cap amounts and decline high-risk scores before the card is charged.
Instant payout
Settled sales land in your Anytime Capital bank account, nights and weekends included.
3D Secure and risk rules, in the dashboard

<a href="https://anytime-capital.com/pay/business/pl_8fK2mQ" data-anytime-pay="pl_8fK2mQ">Pay $384.00</a><script async src="https://anytime-capital.com/embed/anytime-pay.js"></script>Customers pay in a secure window over your page. Where a builder strips scripts, the same link opens your hosted checkout on your own domain.
The real product
Invoices, checkouts and receipts your customers actually see
Every screen below is the Anytime Capital product, rendered with demo data: your logo and colours on the invoice, the checkout and the receipt, and the money in your account the minute it settles.
Salons & spasThe receipt, with the tip and the salon's own thank-you messagePayments for salons & spas
Gyms & fitness studiosA membership plan's checkout, with its free trialPayments for gyms & fitness studios
Property managementA rent invoice, with rent and parking as separate linesPayments for property management
NonprofitsA donation link: donors choose the amountPayments for nonprofits
Home servicesA quote the customer accepts onlinePayments for home services
Photographers & videographersA quote, accepted online by the clientPayments for photographers & videographers
Tutors & lesson teachersAn invoice to a parent for the month's sessionsPayments for tutors & lesson teachers
Childcare & daycareA family's monthly tuition invoice, with a sibling discountPayments for childcare & daycare
Pet care & groomingThe receipt, with the tip, the pet's name and your thank-you messagePayments for pet care & grooming
Auto repairThe estimate, sent as a quote the customer approves onlinePayments for auto repair
Anytime Capital product views, demo data.
Save and earn more
Keep more of every sale, and get it the same minute
Lower card rates than Stripe, no fee to be paid instantly, and suppliers paid on local rails instead of international wires.
$50,000
- Paddle5% + 50¢Merchant of record, includes sales tax handling$2,794
- Lemon Squeezy · US one-time card sales5% + 50¢Merchant of record, includes sales tax handling$2,794
- PayPal · PayPal Checkout3.49% + 49¢$2,033
- Square · Free plan3.3% + 30¢$1,826
- Wave · Visa, Mastercard, Discover2.9% + 60¢$1,803
- Stripe2.9% + 30¢$1,626
- Shopify Payments · Basic plan2.9% + 30¢$1,626
- Authorize.net · All-in-One plan2.9% + 30¢$1,626
- Braintree2.89% + 29¢$1,616
- Chase Payment Solutions · E-commerce gateway2.9% + 25¢$1,597
- Anytime Capital2.75% + 30¢$1,551
- QuickBooks Payments · Invoices and online2.99%$1,495
Saved per year
up to $5,781
vs the highest processor rate above
Published standard US online card rates as of October 2026, rate on volume plus the fixed fee per payment. Excludes international, currency-conversion, dispute and instant-payout fees and any plan subscriptions, which vary by provider.
- 0.15 ptsUnder Stripe on every card payment2.75% + 30¢ against Stripe's published 2.9% + 30¢, with no monthly, setup or PCI fee.
- 2.5%For your first 90 daysNew businesses pay 2.5% + 30¢ for 90 days, then 2.75% + 30¢.
- 0%To get your money instantlySales settle into your Anytime Capital bank account, nights and weekends included. Stripe charges 1.5% of each Instant Payout.
- 71Countries paid on local railsPay suppliers in their own currency over SEPA Instant, PIX, SPEI, UPI and more, instead of an international wire.
Other processors' rates are their published US online card rates as of October 2026, before international, currency-conversion, dispute and plan fees.
One platform
Everything a business banks on, in one account
A business bank account that pays 71 countries in local currency, employee expense cards, payment processing and crypto, on one balance.
Available
$482,310.55
- Account
- •••• 4821
- Routing
- •••• 0371
- Receive by
- ACH · Wire · RTP · FedNow

Weber Feinmechanik
SEPA Instant€8,420.00Sending

Textiles Ortiz
SPEIMX$184,300Sending

Mehta Spice Traders
UPI₹695,000Sending
Receive by ACH, wire, RTP and FedNow in your business's own name
Pay suppliers and contractors in 71 countries over the rail their bank already uses
SEPA Instant, Faster Payments, PIX, SPEI, UPI, PayNow and mobile money, with SWIFT everywhere else
Card sales land in the same balance the minute they settle
Docs and API
Integrate in an afternoon, or let your AI agent do it
A REST API, signed webhooks and an MCP server, with docs written to be pasted: every page is also Markdown, and each one comes with a prompt for your AI assistant.
- MCP server
- https://anytime-capital.com/api/mcp
- Docs as one file
- /docs/llms-full.txt
curl -X POST https://anytime-capital.com/api/v1/payment-links \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYTIME_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: order-1042" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"title": "Consulting — October",
"amountCents": 12500,
"singleUse": true,
"metadata": { "orderId": "1042" }
}'- QuickstartGo from a new business account to your first paid payment link with the Anytime Capital Payments API: create a key, create a link, verify a webhook.Read
- Payment linksCreate, update and deactivate hosted payment links with the Anytime Capital Payments API: one per order or reusable, with metadata, and prefilled checkout.Read
- Checkout & websiteTake payments with hosted payment links, a Pay button or inline checkout on your website, your own checkout domain and your logo and brand colour.Read
- InvoicesCreate, list and send invoices with the Anytime Capital Payments API: line items, discount, tax and deposits, emailed in your branding and paid by card.Read
- WebhooksGet Anytime Capital Payments events by webhook: payments, refunds, disputes, invoices and subscriptions, signed with HMAC-SHA256 and retried for 24 hours.Read
- Fraud rules & 3D SecureProtect your Anytime Capital payments: block card countries, require 3D Secure above an amount, cap payment size, block high-risk scores and auto-refund alerts.Read
- Payout optionsWithdraw your Anytime Capital balance to your bank, standard or instant where eligible. Local rails in 71+ countries.Read
- AI agents hubConnect Claude, Cursor, VS Code and your own agents to Anytime Capital Payments through the MCP server, give them the docs as Markdown, and keep them safe.Read
MCP connection
Let your AI agent run payments, with a key you can revoke
Our MCP server gives Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini and OpenAI agents the same API your developers use: payments, payment links, invoices and customers, with the same limits and the same activity log.
- ClaudeClaude Code & Desktop
- CursorMCP server
- GitHub CopilotMCP in VS Code
- GeminiMCP in Gemini CLI
- OpenAIMCP in the Agents SDK
- WindsurfMCP server
48 tools
- list_payments
- get_payment
- list_payment_links
- create_payment_link
- get_payment_link
- update_payment_link
- deactivate_payment_link
- list_invoices
- create_invoice
- get_invoice
- send_invoice
- list_customers
- create_customer
- get_customer
- update_customer
- list_refunds
- get_refund
- create_refund
- list_products
- create_product
- get_product
- update_product
- archive_product
- list_subscription_plans
- create_subscription_plan
- get_subscription_plan
- list_subscriptions
- get_subscription
- cancel_subscription
- pause_subscription
- resume_subscription
- list_discount_codes
- create_discount_code
- get_discount_code
- deactivate_discount_code
- list_payouts
- get_payout
- get_balance
- list_disputes
- get_dispute
- list_webhook_endpoints
- create_webhook_endpoint
- get_webhook_endpoint
- update_webhook_endpoint
- delete_webhook_endpoint
- list_events
- get_event
- send_test_event
$ claude mcp add --transport http anytime-capital https://anytime-capital.com/api/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer ak_live_…"
✓ Added HTTP MCP server anytime-capital
> Invoice Northwind Studio $2,400 for the October retainer, due in 14 days, and send it.
⏺ anytime-capital · create_invoice({ customerName: "Northwind Studio", lineItems: [{ description: "October retainer", quantity: 1, unitCents: 240000 }], dueDate: "2026-11-07", send: true })
⎿ Invoice sent to dana@northwind.studio · $2,400.00 due Nov 7 · reminders on
> How much did we take by card this week?
⏺ anytime-capital · list_payments({ createdFrom: "2026-10-19" })
⎿ 214 payments · $31,904.18 gross · 2 refunds

Integrations
Works with the tools you already run on
AI assistants, accounting, your website and the wallets in your customers' pockets.
Accounting
Download any date range as a file formatted for import, with fees, refunds and disputes as their own lines.
- QuickBooks OnlineFormatted export
- XeroFormatted export

Wallets
Take Apple Pay and Google Pay at every checkout, and add your employee cards to both.
- Apple PayAccept & spend
- Google PayAccept & spend
Built for AI-written code
Every docs page comes as Markdown with a ready integration prompt, so any assistant writes your checkout correctly.
- ChatGPTllms-full.txt
- ClaudeOpen in Claude
- GeminiMarkdown docs
- PerplexityMarkdown docs
- MistralMarkdown docs
Any website
Paste a Pay button or the checkout into any page, or use a plain link where a builder blocks scripts.
- WordPressPay button
- WebflowInline checkout
- SquarespaceCode block
- WixPay link
Questions
Shopify Payments vs Anytime Capital: FAQ
Shopify Payments against other processors
Compare other payment processors
Where to go next
Important Disclosures
- Information about Shopify Payments is drawn from its own published US pricing and pages (shopify.com/pricing, help.shopify.com (payout timing) and Shopify's blog posts on chargebacks and currency conversion) as of October 2026. Prices and features change; where a figure was not published or Shopify Payments's pages disagreed, this page says so rather than giving a number. Check current pricing before you decide.
- Anytime Capital and Shopify Payments are independent companies. This page is not endorsed by, affiliated with or sponsored by Shopify Payments. Third-party names, logos and trademarks belong to their owners and are used only to identify the company compared.
- Product views on this page are illustrations of the Anytime Capital dashboard and checkout; dashboard screenshots show a demonstration business with sample data.
- This comparison is for information only and is not financial, tax or legal advice.
- Banking, card, payment processing and payout services are provided by Anytime Capital's licensed partners; Anytime Capital is a fintech company, not a bank. Card and account features are subject to approval and to the terms shown at sign-up.
- Anytime Capital is a fintech company, not a bank. Payment processing, banking and payout services are provided by Anytime Capital's licensed partners. Rates shown are for US card payments; international cards, currency conversion and disputes may carry additional fees shown in your dashboard before you accept a payment.