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Stax

Subscription-based credit card payment processing platform

Last updated: February 2025

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Stax - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: February 2025

What is Stax?

Stax is a cloud-based payment platform providing credit card transaction processing for flat rate, subscription pricing. Promising an integrated and unified experience, its Omni solution enables merchants to accept payments across all desired channels. Securely take major credit and debit cards, ACH and more whether the card is present or not, with mobile app support backing POS transactions from any location. Key in or swipe cards with the optional Stax reader device compatible with both iOS and Android apps, which also allow photo-based capture, transaction archiving, barcode scanning and the issue of receipt notifications etc.

Other core solutions include an online virtual terminal for managing payments across all web-enabled devices. Her users can also set recurring invoicing schedules with auto-reminders, manage stored customer information, track product inventories and manage receipts. Ecommerce and shopping cart integration is then joined by a developer API for adding PCI-compliant transaction processing to custom apps, while bi-directional QuickBooks syncing keeps account records updated. In addition, Fattmerchant offers analytics capabilities serving dashboard-based data visualizations across multiple locations so merchants can enjoy visibility of holistic business performance.

Benefits of using Stax

• Stax is a flat rate credit card processing and merchant services provider, boasting subscription-based monthly pricing for unlimited credit card processing with 0% markup.

• Developer tools include a PCI-DSS compliant API for building secure, encrypted payment processing functionality into custom web and mobile apps - backed by JavaScript library and iOS / Android SDK documentation support.

• Analytics capabilities include business and omni dashboards providing data visualizations on sales trends, heatmaps on busiest or slowest business periods, plus consolidated data from every business location to compare performance.

• Stax Payments Mobile for iOS automatically syncs to Fattmerchant Payments Online and allows sellers to accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX and EMV chip cards via Fattmerchant's Payments Mobile Reader device or with native photo capture.

• Stax Mobile Point-of-Sale app for Android similarly supports the collection of debit and credit cards or cash, while connecting into Fattmerchant's Omni platform to access multi-location payment and inventory information.

Starting from

Per month

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Stax's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Stax users:

Debit/Credit Card Processing

2.3

(16)

Online Payments

2.3

(12)

Real-Time Data

1.5

(6)

Payment Processing

1.8

(13)

Mobile Payments

2.6

(12)

Electronic Payments

1.7

(7)

All Stax features

Features rating:

3.4

(41)

Billing Portal

4.5

(2)

Multiple Payment Options

2.9

(7)

PCI Compliance

2.7

(3)

Customizable Branding

3.3

(3)

Transaction Monitoring

1.8

(6)

ACH Payment Processing

1.0

(3)

Mobile Access

(0)

Mobile Card Reader

(0)

Multi-Location

(0)

Online Invoicing

4.0

(2)

Point of Sale (POS)

2.0

(2)

QuickBooks Integration

(0)

Real-Time Reporting

(0)

Receipt Management

(0)

Recurring/Subscription Billing

(0)

Reporting & Statistics

(0)

Reporting/Analytics

(0)

Sales Reports

(0)

Tax Calculation

(0)

Third-Party Integrations

(0)

Transaction History

1.0

(1)

Visual Analytics

(0)

Alerts/Notifications

(0)

API

(0)

Barcode/Ticket Scanning

(0)

Billing & Invoicing

1.0

(7)

Contact Database

(0)

Contactless NFC

(0)

Credit Card Management

(0)

Credit Card Processing

1.0

(1)

Customizable Invoices

5.0

(1)

Customizable Reports

(0)

Data Import/Export

2.0

(1)

Data Synchronization

(0)

Discount Management

(0)

Electronic Signature

1.0

(1)

Gift Card Management

(0)

In-Person Payments

2.3

(4)

Invoice History

4.0

(1)

Invoice Management

(0)

Invoice Processing

(0)

Stax alternatives

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3.2

(41)

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Starting from

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

3.5

Features

3.4

Value for Money

3.1

Customer Support

2.9

NetSuite

4.2

(1.7K)

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Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

3.9

Features

4.2

Value for Money

3.8

Customer Support

3.8

QuickBooks Enterprise

4.5

(20.7K)

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Starting from

2210

Per year

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.3

Features

4.4

Value for Money

4.3

Customer Support

4.2

RetailEdge

4.8

(181)

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Starting from

495

One-time payment

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.7

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.8

Customer Support

4.8

Stax pricing

Value for money rating:

3.1

Starting from

Per month

Flat Rate

Pricing details

Subscription

Free trial

Free plan

Pricing range

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Stax integrations (30)

Integrations rated by users

We looked through 41 user reviews, to identify which products are mentioned as Stax integrations, and what is the users perception.

The HindSite Solution

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

“Simple. Only had one glitch on the hindsite side and it was resolved. Duplicated customer info into another customer's payment. Quickly solved.”

Crystal Crouch

General Manager

Stax support options

Typical customers

Freelancers

Small businesses

Mid size businesses

Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web

Android

iPhone/iPad

Support options

Phone Support

24/7 (Live rep)

Knowledge Base

Email/Help Desk

Chat

Training options

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

Live Online

Stax reviews

Overall rating

3.2

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend8.28/10

Rating distribution

Pros

“I never initially signed up for Stax Payments as they bought out the company I initally signed up with. The other company, Payment Depot, had great service, super friendly and nice always.”

Tyler F.

CEO

“Easy to use, intuitive, and comprehensive with information that matters to you. The thing I like the most about it is the ability to send customers a link to pay there invoice to there phone or email.”

Cobren R.

Office Manager

“So, not only am I getting paid sooner, I am making more money because of Fattmerchant. Thanks so much for being a company that is pleasurable to work with.”

David L.

Chef/Owner

Cons

“They keep taking funds out of my account despite their associate sending me an email stating that my account is closed. Total liars and so dishonest.”

Shivani B.

ceo

“I tried to cancel and they still charged me for 4-6 months after wards. Still battling to get a refund 7 months after the fact.”

Steve S.

President

“Stay away from this unethical business. We are so sorry we did business with them.”

Allen Y.

CFO

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Stax FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Stax offer?

Stax has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $99.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription

Q. Who are the typical users of Stax?

Stax has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

Q. What languages does Stax support?

Stax supports the following languages:
English

Q. Does Stax support mobile devices?

Stax supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone

Q. Does Stax offer an API?

No, Stax does not have an API available.

Q. What other apps does Stax integrate with?

Stax integrates with the following applications:
Wufoo, authorize.net, WooCommerce, Worldpay for Enterprise, Zapier, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Soluno, Salesforce.org Nonprofit Cloud, Lightspeed, WordPress, TouchBistro, Slack, Google Pay, CardConnect, QuickBooks Online, Mailchimp, OptiMantra, Shopify

Q. What level of support does Stax offer?

Stax offers the following support options:
Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Chat

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