Payments Pricing with Square APIs and SDKs

Learn about the processing fees that Square charges for payments made with Square payment APIs.

Square provides secure payment solutions for online and in-person payments made with supported cards. The payment transaction fees are based on the payment platform, transaction type, and geographical region where a payment is handled.

Square offers various hardware devices (Square Readers and Square Terminal) to process in-person payments. Square also offers SDKs and APIs for your custom applications to connect to these devices. For more information, see In-person payments.

Payment pricing depends on the following conditions:

• The API you're using.

• Whether a buyer's card is presented for payment:

  • Card present - Indicates that a physical card or mobile device (such as Apple Pay or Google Pay) was used for payment. The card was tapped, dipped, or swiped depending on the Square Reader used.
  • Card not present - Indicates the pricing when a physical card wasn't used for payment. In this case, the payment was made using a card on file or the number was entered manually in the Point of Sale application.

Depending on your region, Square provides Reader SDK and Point of Sale API options for your application to connect to your chosen Square Reader hardware. The following tables provide pricing information for your choice of API and hardware.

The Mobile Payments SDK and Reader SDK are only supported in the United States.

• Processing rates - Standard payment processing fees apply when selling and reloading Square gift cards. There are no fees when a gift card is redeemed. To find detailed rate information for a particular country, choose the link for the country:

  • Australia
  • Canada (English or French translation)
  • France
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

• Load fees - Sellers in the following countries pay 2.5% of the amount added to a Square gift card, in addition to standard payment processing rates:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • United States

  Load fees apply to ACTIVATE, LOAD, and ADJUST_INCREMENT activities.

Online payments can be made with the Checkout API, Invoices API, Subscriptions API, and Web Payments SDK. The buyer enters their card information in a secure card entry form hosted by Square. In-app payments are made using a mobile app integrated with the In-App Payment SDK. In-app payment pricing uses the same fee schedule as online pricing.

The seller pays only a single per-transaction percentage fee. Everything from PCI-compliance fees to interchange and chargeback fees are covered by this fee. There are no monthly charges or additional fees for payment processing. For more information about Square pricing, including custom pricing options, see How much does Square cost or Learn About Square's Fees.

In the United States:

• ACH payments taken using the combination of the Web Payments SDK and Payments API - 1% fee with a $1 minimum and $5 maximum. No chargeback fees or additional fees.
• ACH payments using Square Invoices - For pricing information, see Square Invoices.

• Australia - 6% + 30¢. Pricing currently includes the Goods and Service Tax (GST). However, on 11 May 2022, GST will be excluded from pricing.
• Canada - 6% + 30¢
• United States - 6% + 30¢

• In the UK - 6% + ￡0.30 GBP

Per-transaction payment processing rates for Square invoices vary by country and payment method. To find detailed pricing information for a particular country, choose the link for the country and check the Processing Rates section:

• Australia
• Canada (English or French translation)
• France
• Ireland
• Japan
• Spain (Catalan or Spanish translation)
• United Kingdom
• United States

The following table provides the per transaction payment price for subscription payments.

There is no transaction fee for orders paid using Square payments. If you want to use the Square Orders API with a non-Square payments provider, there is a 1% fee per transaction. For more information, contact us.

• Processing rates - Standard payment processing fees apply when selling and reloading Square gift cards. There are no fees when a gift card is redeemed. To find detailed rate information for a particular country, choose the link for the country:

  • Australia
  • Canada (English or French translation)
  • France
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

• Load fees - Sellers in the following countries pay 2.5% of the amount added to a Square gift card, in addition to standard payment processing rates:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • United States

  Load fees apply to ACTIVATE, LOAD, and ADJUST_INCREMENT activities.

Square processes CBD payments for retailers in the United States. The following table shows CBD seller processing fees.

Learn more about Selling CBD with Square.