Resub vs PaymentKit: Shopify-ready payments or an API-first billing platform?
PaymentKit is a multi-processor billing platform for subscriptions and high-risk verticals, built for teams that integrate through an API or no-code components. Resub is built for Shopify brands: we open your merchant accounts in your company’s name, route every payment with Trident and run your checkout and subscriptions, without an engineering project.
Managed for youBilling platform for developers
The short answer
No integration project. Connect Shopify in one click and go live with MIDs opened in your company’s name, Trident routing, checkout and subscriptions, managed for you.
PaymentKit can suit teams with developers who want to build a custom billing flow on an API.
See if your store qualifies in a 20-min call →Resub vs PaymentKit, side by side
| Criterion | | PaymentKit |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Managed payment stack for Shopify brands: dedicated MIDs, Trident routing, checkout and subscriptions | Multi-processor billing platform for subscriptions and high-risk verticals |
| Merchant accounts | Opened in your company’s name, across several partner processors | Processing support: introductions to high-risk-friendly processors |
| Payment routing | Trident scores every payment in about 40 ms and shifts volume to healthier MIDs | Smart routing and cascading across MIDs by performance, fees, payment type and location |
| Card tokens | Your card tokens stay yours; repeat charges run on network tokens | Network tokens vaulted independently of any processor |
| Subscriptions | Built in, optional; repeat charges run on network tokens | Adaptive billing: trials, subscriptions, pause and save offers |
| Checkout | Resub CRM: custom checkout, one-click funnels, Apple Pay and Google Pay | Hosted checkout, self-service portals, no-code components or API |
| Platforms | Shopify, connected in one click | Any stack, via API or components |
| International | Built for US Shopify brands | Local payment methods and local routing |
| Chargeback protection | Chargeback protection with Chargebacks911 | Fraud management to stop chargebacks early |
| Payouts | In as little as 24h on our fastest MIDs | — |
| Pricing | Published: 2.75% → 1.25% by monthly volume, no setup fees | Free trial; pricing not published |
| Support | 24/7 on Telegram, hands-on onboarding and a direct line to the founders | — |
PaymentKit details come from its public pages (October 6, 2026). — means not stated in the public sources we reviewed.
Where Resub stands out
Connect Shopify in one click. Your dedicated MIDs and custom checkout go live without building a billing flow on an API.
We get your merchant accounts opened in your company’s name with several partner processors and keep them healthy.
Trident scores every payment and sends it to the MID most likely to approve it. Volume shifts to healthier accounts automatically.
Chargeback protection with Chargebacks911 and 24/7 support on Telegram come with Resub, at published rates with no setup fees.
Is Resub the right fit for your store?
Resub is built for you if
- You sell on Shopify and want to go live without an integration project.
- You need the merchant accounts, opened in your company’s name.
- You want checkout, funnels and subscriptions in one place.
- You want chargeback protection and 24/7 support included.
- You want published pricing with no setup fees.
PaymentKit can be an option if
- You run a digital product, gaming, streaming or dating business with developers.
- You need local payment methods and routing across many countries.
- You want to build a fully custom billing flow on an API.
Switching from PaymentKit to Resub
Tell us what you sell, your monthly volume and how your payments run today with PaymentKit.
Most high-risk stores are approved in days. Your MIDs are opened in your company’s name, not ours.
One click. Your dedicated MIDs and custom checkout go live, and Trident starts routing every payment.
Resub vs PaymentKit: questions
Is Resub an alternative to PaymentKit?
For Shopify brands, yes. PaymentKit is an API-first billing platform; Resub gives you MIDs in your company’s name, Trident routing, a custom checkout and subscriptions on Shopify, managed for you.
What is the difference between Resub and PaymentKit?
PaymentKit focuses on billing infrastructure for developers: routing, adaptive billing and token vaulting across processors, through an API or components. Resub focuses on Shopify brands: the merchant accounts themselves, routing, checkout, subscriptions, chargeback protection and payouts in as little as 24h, at published rates.
Do my card tokens stay mine with Resub?
Yes. Your card tokens stay yours, and repeat charges run on network tokens, which issuers tend to trust more than raw card numbers.
How is Resub priced compared with PaymentKit?
There are no setup fees. Resub’s rate depends on your monthly volume: 2.75% up to $750K, 2.25% up to $1.5M, 1.75% up to $3M and 1.25% above. Your processor’s fees are billed separately. PaymentKit offers a free trial and does not publish its pricing.
Can I switch from PaymentKit to Resub?
Yes. Book a 20-minute call, get approved (most high-risk stores are approved in days) and connect Shopify in one click. Whether you keep your current setup alongside depends on your processors; we tell you on the call.
Comparing more options? See Resub vs Phoenix, TagadaPay, Paysight, KashuPay, Apptics and PaymentKit.
Compare Resub with your PaymentKit setup
Tell us what you sell and how your payments run today. You’ll know on the call if Resub is the better fit.
Information about PaymentKit comes from its public website as of October 6, 2026 and may change. Product names belong to their owners. Resub is not affiliated with PaymentKit.