Visa Developer Pricing

Pricing for Visa Developer Platform aims to charge our clients at the point where the capability provides value, for example, during a transaction, per API call, for a subscription. Given the sheer variety of capabilities on our platform servicing multiple clients (issuers, processors, merchants, acquirers, FinTechs, independent developers), the pricing model is determined after examining the specific use case.

The Pricing Framework

Each business opportunity is unique; however, we do generally follow a basic framework in developing our pricing schedule as discussed below.
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Innovating in our Sandbox – No fees charged

Clients generally begin their implementation journey by creating a project through our web portal and testing their code in the Visa Developer Sandbox environment. Clients are free to explore and build with as many capabilities as they wish, subject to certain participation criteria for a few restricted products. Just sign up and go!

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Ready to Go to Market

Once clients are ready for certification, they need to sign a contract with Visa to formalize the engagement. In this contract, we provide pricing details depending on the use case, APIs, and so on. There’s also a flat setup fees to cover the support costs and any other required additional compliance checks.


Individual Product Fees

There are three different models that govern the pricing for specific capabilities:

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Free to Use

First, a few capabilities such as the Foreign Exchange Rates API are currently available for use in production free of charge.

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Visa Online Subscriptions

Second, APIs for certain capabilities are available for no additional fee if the client has a subscription for the capability through Visa Online. For instance, the Visa Risk Manager API is available at no additional charge for Visa Risk Manager subscribers.

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Usage-based

Third, pricing for most capabilities is based on usage. Depending on the functionality, some of the relevant usage metrics can be the number of transactions, alerts sent, disputes raised, tokens issued, accounts enrolled, etc. Moreover, there is usually a minimum fee per month (separate for each product) if the threshold of calls, accounts, etc. is not met to generally cover the operational support and continuity costs of the capability.


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Program Discounts

Visa Developer Platform may, in certain cases, consider discounts for high usage volume or adoption of multiple capabilities. Not every capability is eligible for discounts, and eligibility differs by region.

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Regional Considerations

Each of our regional teams are responsible for tailoring pricing to best cultivate the opportunities in their markets. There are too many nuances to comprehensively reflect here, but the overall pricing framework remains similar.

Determining the exact pricing for you

We can only illustrate Visa Developer Platform’s general approach to pricing on this site. Please note that this information does not constitute a promise of a specific fee structure or discount for any particular case, as each request for promotion to production needs to be assessed on an individual basis. If you wish to receive a specific quote, please email us at [email protected] or contact your Visa Account Manager, and one of our team members will reach out to you to discuss your use case and develop a specific pricing schedule.

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