GMO Payment Gateway
GMO Payment Gateway — Japan's largest payment gateway supporting credit cards, convenience store payments, bank transfers, and carrier billing.
Our Verdict
The serious enterprise Japanese gateway — essential if you run Japanese volume at scale, overkill otherwise.
Pros
- Japan's largest gateway
- Broadest Japanese method coverage
- Enterprise-grade reliability
- Deep bank and carrier relationships
Cons
- Enterprise sales model
- English documentation limited
- Integration timelines lengthy
- Less accessible for foreign startups
Best for: Enterprises with significant Japanese consumer transaction volume
Not for: Foreign startups wanting quick self-serve Japanese acceptance
When to Use GMO Payment Gateway
Good fit if you need
- Credit card and convenience store payment processing for Japanese e-commerce
- Carrier billing (docomo, au, SoftBank) acceptance for Japanese digital goods
- Bank transfer and virtual account payments for Japanese subscription products
- Multi-payment method gateway for Japanese merchants at enterprise scale
Lock-in Assessment
Medium 3/5
Lock-in Score 3/5
Data Portability: partial_export
Pricing
Price wrong?GMO Payment Gateway Pricing
- Pricing Model
- custom
- Free Tier
- No
- Entry Price
- —
- Enterprise Available
- No
- Transparency Score
- —
Beta — estimates may differ from actual pricing
1,000
1001K10K100K1M
Estimated Monthly Cost
$25
Estimated Annual Cost
$300
Estimates are approximate and may not reflect current pricing. Always check the official pricing page.
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