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
Website requires SSL certificate: - 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 .

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