Payments solution comparison

Last updated: November 13, 2024

Checkout.com offers three front-end payment solutions:

Flow: embed card and alternative payment methods directly on your website with a fully customizable payment interface
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Hosted Payments Page: accept payments through a Checkout.com-hosted payment page
Payment Links: accept payments across multiple channels through a shareable link

Use our Payments API to request and manage payments if you do not require a front-end solution.

	Flow	Hosted Payments Page	Payment Links
Customer experience	Customers enter their payment details and complete the purchase on your website.	Customers are redirected from your website to a Checkout.com-hosted payment page to complete the purchase.	Customers click a link which has been shared with them, which takes them to a hosted payment page to complete the purchase.
Embed on your website
Integration type	More code	Low code	No code
Payment methods	built-in support for card payments and 11 alternative payment methods add new payment methods without any code drives conversion by dynamically displaying relevant payment methods based on device and customer region	built-in support for card payments and 11 alternative payment methods add new payment methods without any code	built-in support for card payments and 11 alternative payment methods add new payment methods without any code
Mobile support	Responsive	Responsive	Responsive
Customization
UI customization	Fully customizable styling, including fonts, colors, and borders	Limited customization, including brand logo and brand color	Limited customization, including brand logo and brand color
Localization	built-in support for 23 languages, including right-to-left (RTL) languages ability to add support for additional languages	built-in support for 23 languages, including right-to-left (RTL) languages	built-in support for 23 languages, including right-to-left (RTL) languages
Custom translations
Compliance
PCI compliance	SAQ-A	SAQ-A	SAQ-A

Our Flow, Hosted Payments Page, and Payment Link solutions support the following payment methods:

Our Flow, Hosted Payments Page, and Payment Link solutions all support the following left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) languages:

Built-in payment methods