Card processing math

Turn your quoted card rate into dollars.

Enter the transaction amount and rate from your processor. Separate percentage, fixed, monthly, and other costs before comparing effective rates.

Learn how card processing fees work

Sale inputs

Enter your processing terms

Rates are editable because pricing depends on processor, channel, country, card, plan, and merchant agreement. Reviewed August 22, 2026.

Use the rate shown by your processor or merchant agreement.
Divide monthly gateway, software, or statement costs by expected transactions for a blended rate.
Add a verified cross-border, keyed-entry, currency-conversion, or other charge when it applies.

Transparent by design

What this card fee estimate includes

The calculator does not guess a universal card rate. It turns disclosed terms into a transparent per-sale estimate.

  • The percentage applies to the transaction amount, then the fixed per-transaction charge is added.
  • Monthly and other costs are optional allocations, not inferred charges.
  • The effective rate divides every modeled fee by the transaction amount, so fixed fees weigh more heavily on smaller sales.
  • The 2.9% plus $0.30 example matches Stripe's public U.S. domestic online-card pricing reviewed August 22, 2026. Edit it for your actual terms.

Rates reviewed August 22, 2026. Official Stripe U.S. pricing example ↗