What is Nickel?
Nickel gives growing companies one place to handle every dollar coming in and going out. Invoices go out as branded links or hosted portals, and whoever owes you pays by card, ACH, or check without creating a login. Money goes out to suppliers, freelancers, and individuals via ACH, card, wire, or a check we print and mail, triggered by nothing more than an email address and cleared by the sign-off rules you set.
What separates us from the rest of the market is that we show our math: the fee structure behind each product is public, which no competitor has been willing to match. Transfers over ACH cost nothing regardless of volume, the Core plan has no subscription, disputed charges carry no penalty, and card payments sit at a flat 2.9% you can hand to the payer.
Books stay clean through direct QuickBooks matching, cash you aren't using earns 2% APY in Nickel Balance, and the 25,000+ finance teams already here were up and running inside five minutes with no card on file.
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Payment Processing Software
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Nickel is an awesome pay service!
Date: Jul 15 2026SummarySurpassed all my expectations. Easy to use, good functionality, and priced right. It took me a week to get used to the interface. I especially like they way Nickel handles NSF payments.
PositiveI used a very large bookkeeping software and payment service company for 20 years, and was looking for someone that could provide me better service for a reasonable price. I spoke to several potential replacements, and settled on Nickel payment services due to the payment plan simplicity and the payment interface. The interface is clean, easy to use, and doesn't overcomplicate my life. I am so glad I moved to Nickel, it has made my life more efficient.
NegativeThe interface is totally different that what I'm used to, but after a week, I find its easier to use and easier to find things when I need them.
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Easy to use, easy to implement, easy to integrate
Date: Jul 14 2026SummarySuper easy to implement overall. Responsive customer service. We mostly use as a vendor payment portal and it is far more effective than our bank's billpay system.
PositiveIntegration with Quickbooks Online is very reliable. Super easy to onboard new vendors and make vendor payments.
NegativeACH direct despoit payments take a bit longer than we'd like.
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Time Saver for Multi-Business AP and AR
Date: Jul 24 2026SummaryThe interface is clean and relatively easy to navigate. I can easily create invoices, track my AP and AR, and manage all five of my businesses in one place without getting confused. Payments process fast and securely. I feel totally safe running large amounts of money through their system.
PositiveNickel makes handling both Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) simple. I like that I can send and receive ACH payments completely for free. It also lets me pass credit card processing fees directly to the customer, which saves my business a lot of money.
NegativeThey do not offer international payment options right now. They also don't allow you to transfer funds between internal Nickel accounts directly.
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Effortless payments
Date: Jul 15 2026SummaryIt's wonderful and easy to use. The Nickel team have always been great at helping me resolve issues on the few that have arrived,
PositiveThe payments are basically effortless for our residents. I set up a link for them to pay their HOA dues and that's it.
NegativeI wish I could set an amount and time that the HOA dues are due and then the resident could pay on their own terms.
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An Efficient Platform for Managing Payments
Date: Jul 15 2026SummaryOur overall experience with Nickel has been excellent. The platform is intuitive, reliable, and has made managing invoices and collecting payments much more efficient. It has simplified our workflow, improved visibility into outstanding payments, and saved our team valuable time.
PositiveNickel is incredibly easy to use and has streamlined our payment collection process. I especially appreciate how easy it is to track outstanding invoices, see payment statuses at a glance, and send reminders when needed. It has saved our team time and improved our overall accounts receivable process.
NegativeSo far, I haven't encountered any significant drawbacks. Our experience has been very positive, and the platform has met our needs well.
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Amazing product
Date: Jul 31 2026SummaryI love using nickel, it's a great reliable product with no hidden fees unlike other tools that we have used before
PositiveAPI to integrate directly with our CRM
Great payment UI
Ability to do partial payments
Ability to add cc feesNegativeI have been having some issues with the webhooks but nothing major and they have been very responsive
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Easiest Payment Platform to Use
Date: Jul 21 2026SummaryNickel has been the easiest platform to use after using platforms like Melio, and Bill.com. We can't afford payments getting delay and creating more accounting work to do that you get with those platforms. Nickel has consistently paid vendors timely and syncs with QBO seamlessly.
PositiveNickel is very straight forward and easy to use. Payments get there fast and on time, and is very easy to pay vendors.
NegativeThere is nothing I don't like so far. At first there were a couple features lacking but their development team is shipping new features weekly it seems like.
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Want easy AR/AP that's quick and inexpensive? Use Nickel.
Date: Aug 11 2026SummaryI've used several platforms for business payments and AR/AP, and Nickel has easily been my favorite so far. It's straightforward, fast, reliable, and costs my business next to nothing to use. It does what I need without adding unnecessary complexity, which is exactly what I want from a payment platform.
PositiveNickel makes handling both receivables and payables incredibly easy for my aviation insurance brokerage. Payments are simple to send and collect, funds arrive quickly, and the cost is extremely competitive compared with other platforms I've used. The service has also been very reliable, and on the few occasions I've needed support, I've gotten a helpful response and a quick resolution.
NegativeMy complaints are pretty minor. The two things I'd most like to see are a direct Xero integration and API access included at a lower subscription tier. Neither is a dealbreaker. I can work around both in my day-to-day operations, but either would make an already excellent product even better.
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Payment Processing Made Easy
Date: Jul 21 2026SummaryNickel has been a great addition to our business. The platform is simple and easy to use, customer support is top notch, and our vendors and customers love how smooth the payment process is on their end. Highly recommend for any business looking to streamline payments
PositiveNickel is incredibly easy to use, and their customer support is top notch. Best of all, our vendors and customers consistently tell us how much they appreciate the smooth payment experience on their end.
NegativeHonestly, nothing significant comes to mind. The platform has been straightforward and easy to use from day one, and any questions we've had were quickly resolved by their support team.
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Free ACH Bank Transfers Make Nickel A Godsend For Small Businesses
Date: Nov 13 2025SummaryEver since Quickbooks started charging for ACH banks transfers, I've been on the lookout for a new platform that does not charge for this. I have a small wedding photography business (Kyle Carnes Photography) and I hate giving away money needlessly to credit card companies.
Then I found Nickel, which not only doesn't charge for ACH bank transfers, but they also allow adding a 3% processing fee to all credit card payments. There is also no subscription fee. This is huge for my business.
I also love that the platform is so intuitive and easy to use. It doesn't have a bunch of feature bloat. Just quick and easy invoicing and payment processing.
You can get to sending out your first invoice within minutes with your business branding and easy payment options.
While ACH payments can take a few days to enter my bank, this is normal for the industry, so it's to be expected and doesn't take any longer than other platforms.
If you're looking for a more feature-rich platform with accounting and all that then Nickel possibly might not be for you. But if you just want to simply send competent invoices and circumvent credit card processing fees then Nickel fits the bill.PositiveEasy to use ACH bank transfer processing. The option to automatically add 3% to all credit card transactions.
NegativeThere is no mobile application. The website is nearly unusable on mobile, which is a real shame. It needs a mobile app ASAP so users can send invoices on the go.
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Nickel is the best payment processor I have used to date.
Date: May 27 2025SummaryNickel is a great payment application. I've been working with it for almost a year now. I have nothing but good things to say about it. It's easy to use, it works well, and it's made my job a lot easier. It lets me do the same tasks as I could with a different service, but way more quickly and easily. I have already recommended Nickel to many of my colleagues, and they're just as happy with it as I am. It's a good choice for any user looking for payment software.
PositiveI love Nickel. I had looked at multiple more mainstream competitors, but with the large cost per transaction, none looked totally appealing. Nickel offers 90% of the features with 0% of the high fees. I have since started using them for all of my invoices across multiple companies.
NegativeThe only thing I currently wish Nickel had would be features for more types of businesses, such as selling tickets for classes or digital goods. There isn't really a clean way to do that right now, but it's something that could easily be added.
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Great online payment processor
Date: Oct 30 2025SummaryOverall, I would highly recommend this payment processor over other processors because it's free, easy to use, secure and integrates with QuickBooks. I hope they ALWAYS have a free plan to service all the small businesses out there!
PositiveWe love that the most basic features are free and we really don't need to upgrade AT ALL to do what we need to. We love that it's free, it integrates with QuickBooks AND it can replace QuickBooks' payment link with it's only payment link (which helps us reduce the merchant fee down to NOTHING). It's very easy to set up and even easier to use.
NegativeAs an accounting firm who has set this us (and maintains this) for a lot of our clients, it's a pain in the butt that we can't adjust the permission levels for the team members we add to our firm Nickel account. I don't want some of my employees seeing what bills we are paying and how much they're for (especially if they're to other independent contractors/subcontractors). Our work around is adding critical team members directly into each client's Nickel account however, that takes away one of the free seats AND that means team members have to have a UNIQUE login to each client's Nickel account because Nickel does not allow your email to be associated with several Nickel accounts. Our workaround, that Nickel support helped us with, is to create a unique email login for each client.
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Nickel - Simple and Efficient
Date: May 28 2025SummaryNickel has made payment processing simple and efficient. I highly recommend Nickel for anyone looking for a reliable and easy to use payment solution.
PositiveNickel is an excellent, straight forward payment processing solution. Nickel is easy to use and cost effective.
NegativeThe slight time delay for payment, however it is understandable.
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ACH for free!
Date: Dec 18 2025SummaryMy experience has been positive - when changing payment processing, one worries, especially with a new company. that there could be issues, but it has been a smooth experience from set up to the first payment processed.
PositiveI like that Nickel was easy to set up, has unlimited free ACH transactions in the month and customer service is easy to reach.
NegativeI don't really have much dislikes - but if I had to say something, perhaps the lead time for the ACH payments to hit the bank account.
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Best payment processor out there
Date: Jun 02 2025SummaryOverall really satisfied. Very simple, but also very effective for the things that I need accomplished.
PositiveI did a deep dive of like 10 other digital payment websites and ended up choosing Nickel. The main reason I chose Nickel is because it has a 0% fee for ACH payments, but it also has some other nice features. It has pretty seamless QuickBooks integration, and what I find most useful is the general payment acceptance link they give you. I can literally send this link to anyone and accept payment from them so I don't have to worry about customizing any invoices or sending the wrong link or anything.
NegativeNo major issues with Nickel so far - support is pretty responsive and have fixed the small issues I have ran into.
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Excellent payment processing
Updated: May 23 2025SummaryMy clients have been asking about paying me electronically for a while now. I wish I had found Nickel sooner. Their free ACH processing and the ability to pass on credit card charges were the features that hooked me. Their excellent customer service is the icing on the cake.
PositiveNickel was very helpful from signing up to getting started to execution. My main criteria when selecting a payment processor was reasonable ACH fees and the ability to pass on credit card fees to my clients. Nickel offers free ACH processing and the ability to pass on credit card fees. From sign-up to execution, everything went smoothly and I have not heard a single complaint from my clients.
NegativeI have been using Nickel for around four months now and I have no complaints.
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Reliable, User-Friendly System with Noticeable Savings
Updated: Oct 24 2025SummaryTheir system is reliable, easy to use, and their team has been professional and responsive every step of the way.
It has helped us reduce our ACH and credit card fees.PositiveWe’ve definitely seen noticeable savings on our credit card processing fees and ACH transfers compared to our previous provider. The platform is both secure and user-friendly. It's clear they genuinely care about helping businesses keep more of what they earn.
NegativeSome certain features available in QuickBooks invoicing don’t carry over from the Nickel system. For example, I miss being able to see when an invoice email has been opened and viewed.
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So easy to set up and use
Date: Nov 19 2025SummaryI highly recommend for companies looking for an easy ACH solution. It is incredible easy to use, its free, and its incredibly easy to set up.
PositiveFree ACH, Easy to set up and use, no microdeposit requirements, and great customer service. I highly recommend
NegativeBecause its new, its not integrated into our practice management and invoicing software yet but we will continue to use it.
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Excellent ACH Solution
Date: Sep 15 2025SummaryI’ve been really impressed with Nickel! One of the biggest wins for me is that their ACH processing is entirely free—something that’s hard to find with other providers. Additionally, their integration with QuickBooks is seamless, making bookkeeping much easier. Overall, it has been a reliable and cost-saving solution that keeps things simple and efficient. Highly recommend!
PositiveFree ACH processing – saves money compared to other providers.
Excellent QuickBooks integration – makes bookkeeping simple and seamless.
Easy to use – straightforward setup and smooth daily use.
Reliable and efficient – helps keep business finances running without headaches.NegativeManual processing of ACH from my end. Automatic from the client end only.
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Date: Dec 15 2025SummaryVery positive, makes processing payments quick and easy. We make our money faster as a result of the payment link being intuitive for our customer's to navigate.
PositiveEase of use, I process payments very easily with Nickel. The link makes it quick and easy for my customer's to make their payments.
NegativeThus far, I have not run into any problems with Nickel that would make me dislike the program.
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