Pricing
No monthly fees. No hardware. You only pay when you get paid.
0.5% + processing
PayLeaf's 0.5% plus Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢
1.5% flat
minimum $5 · invoices $250+
Worked examples
| Invoice amount | Customer pays | You receive (card) | You receive (bank) | Bank saves you |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100.00 | $100.00 | $96.303.70% in fees | — card only under $250 | — |
| $250.00 | $250.00 | $241.203.52% in fees | $245.002.00% in fees | $3.80 |
| $500.00 | $500.00 | $482.703.46% in fees | $492.501.50% in fees | $9.80 |
| $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $965.703.43% in fees | $985.001.50% in fees | $19.30 |
| $2,500.00 | $2,500.00 | $2,414.703.41% in fees | $2,462.501.50% in fees | $47.80 |
| $5,000.00 | $5,000.00 | $4,829.703.41% in fees | $4,925.001.50% in fees | $95.30 |
Same invoice, same customer — the customer always pays exactly the invoice amount. The only difference is what you keep.
Card figures use Stripe's standard published rate for a domestic Canadian card. International and premium cards cost more; Stripe sets those rates, and PayLeaf takes no part of them.
Try your own number
Type any invoice amount and see both methods side by side. Nothing is sent anywhere — the math runs in your browser.
Your customer pays this exact amount either way.
Card payment
0.5% PayLeaf + $14.80 Stripe processing
Pay by bank
1.5% all-in — nothing else deducted
You keep $9.80 more with pay by bank on this invoice.
Who pays what
Pays exactly the invoice amount. No surcharge, no convenience fee, no rounding up — the number on the invoice is the number they are charged.
A small fee comes out before the payout reaches your bank. The table above is the whole story — there is no second bill.
Earns only when you get paid. No subscription, no setup fee, no hardware rental, and no other revenue from you, ever.
The honest fine print
FAQ
No. Your customer pays exactly the invoice total, whether they pay by card or straight from their bank. PayLeaf never adds a surcharge or convenience fee at checkout, and the fees on this page come out of your side of the transaction.
A card payment carries Stripe's card processing cost (2.9% + 30¢) on top of PayLeaf's 0.5%, and that percentage keeps scaling with the invoice. A bank debit is one flat 1.5% all-in with a $5 minimum, so on a $1,000 invoice you keep about $19 more, and on $5,000 about $95 more.
Card payments settle immediately and Stripe pays out to your bank account in roughly two business days. Bank payments are a pre-authorized debit, so they clear in three to five business days before the payout starts. Bank trades a few days of waiting for a lower fee.
Occasionally a debit bounces — insufficient funds or a closed account. PayLeaf reopens the invoice automatically, notifies you, and sends your customer a fresh payment link so they can try again or switch to a card. You are not charged a fee on a payment that never cleared.
Yes. There is no subscription, no terminal rental, no monthly minimum and no contract. If you take no payments in a month, PayLeaf costs you nothing that month. The per-transaction fee is the only way PayLeaf makes money from you.
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