Comparison of Payment Modules
There are currently three different Payment Modules available to use with Suma. The following compares their similarities and differences. More Payment Modules based on other popular Payment Processors are due out soon.
| No module | Donation module | Hosted Payment module | Onsite Payment module | |
| Enables Suma to Accept Money from Users: | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Suma generates necessary forms for Users: | - | yes | yes | yes |
| Suma generates necessary buttons for Users: | - | yes (Donate) |
yes (Subscribe Now) |
yes (Subscribe Now) |
| Can be used with Guest Plans: | - | yes | no | no |
| Can be used with Paid Plans: | - | no | yes | yes |
| User can pay with Credit/Debit card: | - | yes | yes | yes |
| User makes payment: | - | offsite | offsite | offsite or onsite |
| User requires a PayPal account: |
- | no | no | no |
| User must open a PayPal account: |
- | no | yes¹ | no |
| Type of PayPal account required for website: | - | Business or Premiere | Business or Premiere | Website Payments Pro (US) with Recurring Payments |
| Website required to be PCI compliant²: | - | no | no | yes |
¹ Ordinarily PayPal does not require a User to open a PayPal account when using Express Checkout, however the exception is when its for a subscription.
² Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) are network security and business practice guidelines adopted by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card, and JCB to establish a “minimum security standard” to protect customer’s payment card information. It’s a requirement for all merchants that store, transmit, or process payment card information. Read more from PayPal on PCI compliance.
Links to PayPal to apply for Business or Premiere account and apply for Website Payments Pro (US) account .
See Also:
- A Payment Module screencast demonstrating the different Payment Modules
- A list of Licensed features in Suma
- The Suma shop for purchasing licenses for Payment Modules