Braintree pricing and rate limits
Cost at your volume
| Tier | Monthly cost | Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| Cards and digital wallets (standard merchants)unlisted | $376 / mo | no monthly fee listed, priced by usage only; base $0 + Transaction volume (percentage fee) overage $289 + Transactions (fixed fee) overage $87 |
| Venmounlisted | $496 / mo | no monthly fee listed, priced by usage only; base $0 + Transaction volume (percentage fee) overage $349 + Transactions (fixed fee) overage $147 |
| ACH direct debit transactions (same day ACH)unlisted | $180 / mo cheapest | no monthly fee listed, priced by usage only; base $0 + Transaction volume (percentage fee) overage $150 + Transactions (fixed fee) overage $30 |
Cheapest: ACH direct debit transactions (same day ACH) at $180/mo.
Example volumes you can edit; not vendor data. Costs use the shared Overage cost function, identical to the API and MCP. Usage the vendor does not price is excluded, never guessed. Optional add-ons are not included in these totals. Overage marked pay-as-you-go applies only if you enable it; otherwise the allowance is a hard cap.
Tiers
| Item | Cards and digital wallets (standard merchants) | Venmo | ACH direct debit transactions (same day ACH) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base price | |||
| Price | unlistedno monthly fee listed; priced by usage only | unlistedno monthly fee listed; priced by usage only | unlistedno monthly fee listed; priced by usage only |
| Overage rates | |||
| Transaction volume (percentage fee) | 2.89% of volume |Cards and third-party digital wallet transactions|For standard merchants1|2.89% + 0.29 USD|source2.89% | 3.49% of volume |Venmo transactions|Venmo is available in the US only|3.49% + 0.49 USD|source3.49% | 1.5% of volume Per transaction fee when processed via same day ACH network processing window|1.5% + 0.10 USDsource1.5% |
| Transactions (fixed fee) | $0.29 per 1 |Cards and third-party digital wallet transactions|For standard merchants1|2.89% + 0.29 USD|source$0.29 / transaction | $0.49 per 1 |Venmo transactions|Venmo is available in the US only|3.49% + 0.49 USD|source$0.49 / transaction | $0.10 per 1 Per transaction fee when processed via same day ACH network processing window|1.5% + 0.10 USDsource$0.10 / transaction |
Fee calculator
| Line | Applies to | Rate | Fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cards and digital wallets (standard merchants) card rate | $10,000 over 300 transactions | 2.89% + $0.29 | $376 | rate|Cards and third-party digital wallet transactions|For standard merchants1|2.89% + 0.29 USD|source rate |Cards and third-party digital wallet transactions|For standard merchants1|2.89% + 0.29 USD|source |
| International cardsCustomer card issued outside of the United States | $2,000 over 60 transactions | +1% | $20 | percentage|Customer card issued outside of the United States|Additional 1%||source |
| Currency conversionPresented in any non-USD currency | $1,000 over 30 transactions | +1% | $10 | percentage|Presented in any non-USD currency|Additional 1%||source |
| DisputesChargeback | 1 dispute | +$15 per dispute | $15 | fixed fee|Chargeback|15.00 USD||source |
- Fees
- $421
- You keep
- $9,579
- Effective rate
- 4.21%
Example scenario, not vendor data: edit the numbers to match your mix. Fees come only from the listed rates and fee rows above; a fee the vendor does not list is shown as unlisted, never estimated. International and currency-conversion shares are assumed to carry the average transaction amount. Refund and payout fees are not included.
Fees beyond the headline rate
| Fee | Applies when | Buyer region | Method | Rate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International card | Customer card issued outside of the United States | any | any | +1%|Customer card issued outside of the United States|Additional 1%||source | quote |
| Currency conversion | Presented in any non-USD currency | any | any | +1%|Presented in any non-USD currency|Additional 1%||source | quote |
| Dispute | Chargeback | any | any | $15|Chargeback|15.00 USD||sourceper dispute | quote |
| Dispute | ACH transaction disputed by your customer as unauthorized | any | ach | $5|Disputed by your customer as unauthorized|5.00 USD||sourceper dispute | quote |
| Refund | Transaction fees on refunded transactionsprocessing fee kept on refund | any | any | unlisted | www.paypal.com/us/enterprise/paypal-braintree-fees |
| American Express | Pass-through American Express transaction, flat fee | any | any | replaces headline$0.15|Pass-through American Express transaction2|0.15 USD||source | quote |
| Local payment method | ACH transaction returned by banking network | any | ach | replaces headline$5|Returned by banking network|5.00 USD||source | quote |
| Local payment method | ACH direct debit processed via same day ACH network processing window | any | ach | replaces headline1.5%|Per transaction fee when processed via same day ACH network processing window|1.5% + 0.10 USD||source $0.10 |Per transaction fee when processed via same day ACH network processing window|1.5% + 0.10 USD||source | quote |
Percentages are of the affected volume; "replaces headline" means the row is the whole rate for that method, not an addition. A fee not listed here is not in the calculator: it shows as unlisted there, never as zero.
Payments facts
| Model | unlisted |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | flat rate|Cards and third-party digital wallet transactions|For standard merchants1|2.89% + 0.29 USD|source |
| Sales tax handled | unlisted |
| Payout timing | unlisted |
| Payout fee | unlisted |
| Minimum payout | unlisted |
| Seller countries | unlisted |
Prices in USD, per the vendor's billing period. Hover or focus a number for the line it came from, with a link to the stored snapshot. "unlisted" means the vendor does not publish it; we never fill the gap.
Rate limits
No rate limits recorded for this service: unlisted.
Change timeline
No changes recorded.
Tracking began 2026-10-24; no change has been detected since.
Sources
| URL | Kind | Last captured | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.paypal.com/us/enterprise/paypal-braintree-fees | pricing | 2026-10-24 | snap_braintree-pricing-0_20261023T210547Z |
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