Transparency alternatives to CFS MerchantXpress
Other Payment processing vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that CFS MerchantXpress does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 28 that differ from CFS MerchantXpress on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
CFS MerchantXpress has 11 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and CFS MerchantXpress does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and CFS MerchantXpress does not | CFS MerchantXpress publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxiomaxio.com | 74/100 | 7 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +4 | nothing | Compare |
| Adyenadyen.com | 52/100 | 6 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Certifications named, +3 | nothing | Compare |
| Molliemollie.com | 52/100 | 6 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Certifications named, +3 | nothing | Compare |
| Paddlepaddle.com | 48/100 | 5 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Public pricing, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| GoCardlessgocardless.com | 43/100 | 5 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Certifications named, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Recurlyrecurly.com | 43/100 | 5 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Creemcreem.io | 48/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Status page with history, Public pricing, +1 | nothing | Compare |
| Stripestripe.com | 30/100 | 4 Public pricing, Certifications named, security.txt (RFC 9116), +1 | nothing | Compare |
| Lemon Squeezylemonsqueezy.com | 43/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Public pricing | nothing | Compare |
| Squaresquareup.com | 35/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named | nothing | Compare |
| Airwallexairwallex.com | 30/100 | 3 Status page with history, Public pricing, security.txt (RFC 9116) | nothing | Compare |
| Payrexxpayrexx.com | 30/100 | 3 Status page with history, Public pricing, Named privacy contact | nothing | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.