Pricing behavior — Payments & Billing APIs Pricing

Pricing for Adyen

How pricing changes as you scale: upgrade triggers, cost cliffs, and plan structure (not a live price list).

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Freshness & verification

Last updated 2026-02-09 Intel generated 2026-01-10 2 sources linked

Pricing behavior (not a price list)

These points describe when users typically pay more and what usage patterns trigger upgrades.

Actions that trigger upgrades

  • Large payment volumes qualify for volume-based discounts
  • Global expansion triggers aggregated single-rate pricing discussions
  • Multi-product usage may unlock bundle discounts
  • Platform or marketplace model directs to custom package design
  • High volume or unique business model triggers sales team contact

What gets expensive first

  • Interchange++ means you bear card scheme cost variability
  • Custom enterprise pricing NOT available for small businesses
  • Currency conversion costs not included in published base rates
  • Cross-border fees calculated separately based on destination country
  • Additional Adyen products beyond payments priced separately
  • Geographic payment method restrictions may limit some markets

Plans and variants (structural only)

Grouped by type to show structure, not to rank or recommend SKUs.

Plans
  • Interchange++ Model - Interchange rate + $0.13 processing fee - Base pricing structure for all merchants
  • Volume-Based Discounts - Tiered pricing reductions - Available for large payment volumes
Enterprise
  • Custom Enterprise Package - Negotiated based on volume, geography, and business model - Sales-led onboarding required
  • Multi-Product Bundles - Combined pricing for payment processing + additional Adyen products - Custom negotiation

Next step: constraints + what breaks first

Pricing tells you the cost cliffs; constraints tell you what forces a redesign.

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Sources & verification

Pricing and behavioral information comes from public documentation and structured research. When information is incomplete or volatile, we prefer to say so rather than guess.

  1. https://www.adyen.com/pricing ↗
  2. Official website ↗