> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.fieldpulse.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Payment Provider Options Overview > Compare FieldPulse's two ways to process customer payments — FieldPulse Payments and Partner Payments — and see which features come with each. > **Who uses this:** Administrators deciding which payment option the business will use — applying for FieldPulse Payments happens in Company Settings, which only Administrators can open. **Availability:** FieldPulse Payments is available to businesses located in the United States. Partner Payments is delivered through Card Connect, Fullstack, or NMI (Network Merchants, Inc.). FieldPulse offers two payment options for collecting and managing your customer payments: **FieldPulse Payments**, the in-house FieldPulse payment processor, and **Partner Payments**, delivered through one of the FieldPulse partner processors. Each option supports a different set of features, and this page shows exactly what is available with each one. ## Overview FieldPulse processes customer payments two ways, and the option behind your account decides which payment features you can use. * **[FieldPulse Payments](https://www.fieldpulse.com/features/fieldpulse-payments)** — the native, in-house FieldPulse payment processor. Credit card and ACH payments are taken and tracked inside FieldPulse on a FieldPulse Payments merchant account. See [FieldPulse Payments Overview](/payments/getting-started/fieldpulse-payments). * **Partner Payments** — payment processing delivered through a FieldPulse partner processor: Card Connect, Fullstack, or NMI (Network Merchants, Inc.). The features available on Partner Payments are limited to the ones in the feature comparison below. ## How it works New payment functionality is released on FieldPulse Payments, and Partner Payments supports a fixed list of features. ### FieldPulse Payments is where new features are released FieldPulse Payments is the native FieldPulse payments solution, and it is where all new payment functionality is delivered going forward. As new features are released they are always available on FieldPulse Payments, and in some cases only on FieldPulse Payments — of the features compared below, **Tap to Pay for iPhone** is supported on FieldPulse Payments alone. FieldPulse Payments runs on a merchant account you apply for from inside FieldPulse, in **Company Settings › Features & Plugins** on the purple **FieldPulse Payments** tile. See [Setting Up FieldPulse Payments](/payments/getting-started/applying) for the full application. ### Partner Payments supports a set feature list Partner Payments runs through one of three FieldPulse partner processors — **Card Connect**, **Fullstack**, or **NMI (Network Merchants, Inc.)** — and the features available on Partner Payments are limited to the ones listed in the feature comparison below. The three processors do not all support the same features: **Card Fee Recovery** is supported on Card Connect and Fullstack but not on NMI, and **Next Day Funding** is supported on Fullstack based on approval from Fullstack, but not on Card Connect or NMI. ## Feature comparison The table below shows which features are available on each payment option. The three right-hand columns are the Partner Payments processors. | **Feature** | **FieldPulse Payments** | **Card Connect** | **Fullstack** | **NMI (Network Merchants, Inc.)** | | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------- | | Credit card transactions & ACH | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Payment links sent via email and text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Ability to save payment methods on file | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Recurring billing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Refunding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Card Fee Recovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | | Next Day Funding | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ (based on approval from Fullstack) | ✗ | | Tap to Pay for iPhone | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ supported · ✗ not supported Feature comparison table listing eight payment features down the left and a supported or not-supported mark for FieldPulse Payments and for the Card Connect, Fullstack, and NMI Partner Payments processors ## Availability FieldPulse Payments is available to businesses located in the United States and runs on an approved FieldPulse Payments merchant account, which you apply for in **Company Settings › Features & Plugins**. Partner Payments is delivered through Card Connect, Fullstack, or NMI (Network Merchants, Inc.). ## Still need help? Reach the [FieldPulse support team](https://www.fieldpulse.com/company/contact-us) at [support@fieldpulse.com](mailto:support@fieldpulse.com) or through the chat feature in the bottom-right corner of your screen. ## Related articles * [FieldPulse Payments Overview](/payments/getting-started/fieldpulse-payments) * [Setting Up FieldPulse Payments](/payments/getting-started/applying) * [Setting Up Card Fee Recovery](/payments/getting-started/card-fee-recovery) * [How to Collect Payments: 3 Methods](/payments/collecting/collecting-payments-3-methods) * [How to Save a Payment Method on File](/payments/collecting/saving-payment-method) * [How to Collect Payments With Tap to Pay on iPhone](/payments/collecting/tap-to-pay-iphone) * [How to Process a Refund](/payments/collecting/refunds) * [Setting Up Recurring Billing](/estimates-invoices/recurring/recurring-billing) ## Related topics - [FieldPulse Payments Overview](/payments/getting-started/fieldpulse-payments.md) - [Getting Started with Payments](/payments/getting-started/index.md) - [Setting Up FieldPulse Payments](/payments/getting-started/applying.md) - [Customer Portal Overview](/customers/customer-portal/customer-portal.md)