Elavon vs Nuvei
payment processing head-to-head for ERP teams: evidenced capabilities, published pricing, and which ERPs each actually integrates with.
| Starting price | Interchange-plus merchant processing | Quote-based |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Company size | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Stated ERP integrations | Infor | Acumatica |
| Vendor | Elavon, Inc. | Nuvei Corporation |
Our take
Where Elavon leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 8 of the 26 capabilities where they differ (led by virtual terminal and in-person pos hardware).
- Stated Infor integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where Nuvei leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 18 of the 26 capabilities where they differ (led by local & alternative payment methods and global payouts).
- Stated Acumatica integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where they differ
The 26 capabilities (of 50 in the payment processing taxonomy) where the evidence separates them, biggest gaps first. “Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| Local & alternative payment methodsPayment Acceptance & Channels | Not evidenced | Core strength 700+ alternative payment methods |
| Virtual terminalPayment Acceptance & Channels | Core strength Virtual terminal | Not evidenced |
| Global payoutsGlobal Reach & Money Movement | Not evidenced | Core strength Bank/wallet/card/crypto payout rails; real-time and same-day settlement |
| 3-D Secure / strong customer authenticationFraud, Risk & Authentication | Not evidenced | Core strength Smart 3D Secure routing and exemption logic |
| Card issuingEmbedded Finance & Platform Payments | Not evidenced | Core strength Physical and virtual card issuing |
| Automated payment reconciliationReporting & Reconciliation | Not evidenced | Core strength Automated matching of payments to invoices/orders; Reconciliation Manager+ fully managed service |
| In-person POS hardwarePayment Acceptance & Channels | Supported In-person, contactless card acceptance across Converge/Fusebox/CenPOS gateways | Not evidenced |
| Cross-border FX & treasuryGlobal Reach & Money Movement | Not evidenced | Supported Currency conversion management |
| AVS / CVV verificationFraud, Risk & Authentication | Not evidenced | Supported IP geolocation, AVS and CVV-based decisioning |
| Electronic invoicing with embedded paymentBilling & Receivables | Supported Electronic invoicing and quotes with online payment | Not evidenced |
| Automated dunning & retryBilling & Receivables | Not evidenced | Supported Automated decline retry: CVV reattempt, bank cascading, APM fallback |
| Compliant credit-card surchargingBilling & Receivables | Supported Credit card surcharging | Not evidenced |
| White-label embedded-payments SDKEmbedded Finance & Platform Payments | Not evidenced | Supported Nuvei for Platforms: ISV/platform embedding |
| PCI DSS Level 1 certified infrastructureTokenization & Security | Partial PCI DSS compliance validation support offered; not stated as own Level 1 cert | Core strength PCI DSS Level 1 Service Provider certification |
| Data export & BI connectivityReporting & Reconciliation | Supported Payments Core 365 comprehensive data file for in-house reporting | Not evidenced |
| Hosted / embeddable checkout componentsDeveloper Platform & Checkout Tools | Not evidenced | Supported Hosted, PCI-DSS compliant checkout pages |
| Listed on an official ERP marketplaceERP & Accounting Integration | Not evidenced | Supported Listed on the Acumatica Marketplace as 'Paya Core Credit Card Processing' (Nuvei acquired Paya) |
| Coverage across multiple major ERPsERP & Accounting Integration | Not evidenced | Supported Named, documented integrations for Acumatica and Syspro (Syspro not in this database's canonical ERP list) |
| ACH / bank transfer processingPayment Acceptance & Channels | Supported ACH and ECS electronic/paper check acceptance | Core strength Bank transfers: ACH, SEPA, Faster Payments, Interac |
| IVR / phone payment acceptancePayment Acceptance & Channels | Partial Mail order / telephone order (MO/TO) acceptance, not an explicit automated IVR product | Not evidenced |
| Multi-currency processingGlobal Reach & Money Movement | Supported Global currency conversion | Core strength 150+ currencies |
| Configurable rules-based fraud engineFraud, Risk & Authentication | Supported Fraud rule enforcement | Core strength Shields Up: 200+ configurable industry/market fraud rules |
| Recurring / subscription billingBilling & Receivables | Supported Card-on-file for recurring/repeat transactions | Partial Tokenization supports recurring/card-on-file payments; no dedicated billing engine documented |
| Tokenized card vaultTokenization & Security | Core strength 'Safe-T' combined authentication, encryption and tokenization | Supported Tokenization of sensitive customer payment data |
| Native ERP module / embedded processingERP & Accounting Integration | Supported CenPOS gateway markets itself as integrating with DMS/ERP systems; documented integration with Infor Distribution FACTS/SX.e | Core strength Acumatica: embedded card add/capture/void, C2P payment links, receipt printing |
| Automated GL posting & bank reconciliationERP & Accounting Integration | Supported Infor Distribution FACTS electronic-payments integration guide documents payment posting | Core strength Acumatica/Syspro integrations connect sales orders to AR and cash-flow reporting |
Both grade identically on the other 24 capabilities — see each product's full profile: Elavon, Nuvei.
Elavon vs Nuvei — FAQs
Is Elavon or Nuvei better for ERP integration?
They state different ERP coverage: Elavon lists Infor; Nuvei lists Acumatica.
Which is cheaper, Elavon or Nuvei?
Neither publishes a list price — both quote. Ask each for the all-in first-year cost at your seat count, as one number, and compare those.
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