Cobalt
Payments Gateway
Payment Platform for Small Businesses

Accept payments. Pay out merchants. Scale without the friction.

Card processing, hosted checkout, recurring billing, and merchant payouts on rails trusted by thousands of businesses. Boarding in under an hour, no contract, transparent per-transaction pricing. Test

Free to register · No setup fees · Live in under an hour
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Today's volume
$48,392
▲ 12.4% vs. yesterday
Approval rate
94.6%
Settlements
$32,104
Next · tomorrow 9:00 AM
Accept every way they pay test VISA Mastercard AMEX DISCOVER ACH Apple Pay PCI-DSS Level 1 SOC 2 Type II
$2.4B+
Processed annually
7,500+
Active merchants
99.99%
Uptime SLA
<1 hr
Average boarding time

Everything you need to get paid

One platform for card processing, invoicing, subscriptions, and developer integrations — without stitching three vendors together.

Card processing

Take Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and Discover with PCI-DSS-compliant card fields and 3DS support out of the box.

Invoicing & pay-links

Send branded invoices and reusable payment links by email, SMS, or QR — no developer needed.

Recurring billing

Subscriptions and installment plans with retries, dunning, and proration handled automatically.

Risk & disputes

Real-time fraud scoring, chargeback alerts, and a dispute workflow with evidence templates.

Developer API

Clean REST endpoints, publishable + secret keys, signed webhooks, and an OpenAPI 3 spec for code generation.

Human support

24/7 phone, email, and ticketed support from people who know your account — not an offshore call tree.

Why Cobalt

Built for the merchants other processors turn down

High-risk verticals, B2B, e-commerce, retail — one platform, no upfront fees, and an underwriter who actually returns your calls.

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No setup or monthly fees — pay only per transaction.

Approve or decline applications within one business day.

Underwriting that understands high-risk and B2B verticals.

Hosted checkout, payment links, and recurring billing included.

Real-time fraud screening and chargeback alerts.

Developer-friendly REST API with publishable + secret keys.

Plugs into the tools you already run on

One-click connectors for your storefront, accounting, and ops stack — plus a REST API and webhooks when you need to go custom.

Shopify
WooCommerce
QuickBooks
Xero
Salesforce
Zapier
NetSuite
BigCommerce
Magento
HubSpot
Stripe import
REST API

Need something else? Build on our REST API & webhooks or talk to an integration specialist.

Transparent pricing. No surprises.

Interchange-plus on every account — the same rate whether you do $5k or $5M a month. No setup fees, no monthly minimums, no long-term contract.

Interchange-plus
Interchange +0.30%
+ $0.10 per transaction

Pass-through interchange at cost. One published markup, itemized on every statement.

  • Pass-through interchange billed at cost
  • No setup fees, monthly minimums, or contract
  • Next-day funding on approved accounts
  • Free statement analysis before you switch
  • Volume pricing reviewed automatically as you grow
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Estimate your cost

Drag to match your business. We'll estimate your effective monthly cost and what you'd likely save versus a flat-rate processor.

Monthly card volume$50,000
Average transaction$75
Cobalt — est. / mo
$1,200
≈ 2.40% effective
Flat-rate — est. / mo
$1,650
2.90% + $0.30 / txn
$5,400estimated savings per year
vs. a typical flat-rate processor

Estimate only, using an assumed blended interchange of 1.80%. Your actual interchange varies by card type and industry — your specialist confirms exact pricing before you sign.

Loved by businesses across the country

From boutique retail to high-growth SaaS — merchants who've made the switch.

★★★★★

“We were boarded inside 24 hours after two other processors dragged us along for weeks. Cobalt actually understood our model.”

JC
James Carter
Sunrise Coffee, Retail
★★★★★

“The hosted invoice + payment-link flow replaced three tools. Our DSO is down 22% in a quarter.”

DM
Diana Mehta
Greenleaf CBD, E-commerce
★★★★★

“Clean API, real webhooks, and a dashboard our finance team can actually read. Switching from Stripe was the easy decision.”

TB
Taylor Brooks
Apex Digital, B2B SaaS

Questions, answered

The things merchants ask before they switch. Still unsure? Talk to our team — real people, no call tree.

No. Cobalt is month-to-month with no long-term contract, no setup fee, and no monthly minimum. You only pay per transaction, and you can close your account anytime.
Retail, e-commerce, B2B, professional services, restaurants, SaaS, and many higher-risk verticals other processors decline. Our underwriting team reviews each application individually rather than auto-rejecting by category — if we can't board you, we'll tell you why.
Standard settlement is next business day on approved accounts, with funds deposited to your verified bank account. Same-day and custom payout schedules are available depending on your processing profile.
Interchange-plus: you pay the card networks' interchange at cost, plus one published Cobalt markup that's itemized on every statement. No tiered or bundled rates hiding margin. Use the calculator above to estimate your effective cost.
Most merchants complete the online application in about 10 minutes and are approved in under an hour. You can save your progress and finish later, and upload documents to auto-fill much of the form.
Yes. Cobalt is PCI-DSS Level 1 and SOC 2 Type II compliant. Card and bank data are tokenized and encrypted end-to-end, and sensitive fields are never shown in full to sales agents.

Ready to start accepting payments?

Open an account in minutes. Free to register, no contract, no monthly minimums. Talk to our team if you want a hand walking through onboarding.

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