BR-DGE vs Primer

BR-DGE is a payment orchestration platform that connects businesses with payment services through a single API. Its modular services include Integrate, Connect, Optimise, Vault, Insights and White Label. Optimise lets businesses build payment workflows and route transactions by rules such as currency, value or provider priority; automatic retries are supported. Insights provides live reports on payment successes and failures, performance, acquiring rates and volumes. Vault offers centralised PCI-compliant tokenisation, including a universal token merchants can use to direct card payments to different providers. The company says the platform has more than 400 connections across payment providers, fraud tools and alternative payment methods. Integration choices include a hosted payment page, web, Android or iOS SDKs, and a REST API. BR-DGE describes itself as a PCI Level 1 certified service provider with a SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, both renewed annually, and says its multi-cloud, multi-region architecture can switch servers automatically. It is based in Edinburgh and was founded in 2018. Pricing is on request.

Primer is cloud-based payments infrastructure for merchants, bringing payment services together through a single interface and API for building and managing a payment stack. Configurable checkout can present local and alternative payment methods. Tools for payment performance include dynamic routing, Fallbacks, adaptive 3D Secure, and network tokens. For operations, Primer offers observability, monitors, reconciliation, a costs overview, and global accounts. Its no-code workflows are intended to let businesses activate services and expand into markets without waiting for engineering work. The integrations directory lists processors and methods such as Adyen, 2C2P, ACH, Affirm, Afterpay, and Airwallex, though Primer says it may not include every provider. Supported payment channels include card payments, digital wallets, bank transfers, account-to-account payments, and buy now pay later. Primer is available on Android, iOS, web, and through an API. It describes its customers as merchants in travel, fintech, platforms, retail, and entertainment. Primer was founded in 2020. Pricing is tailored to each business and available on request.