Railsr vs Unit

Railsr is an embedded finance platform for companies adding financial services to digital products. Its capabilities include wallets and accounts, debit, prepaid, credit and virtual cards, money transfers and reward programmes. Railsr says its APIs place these services within a brand’s digital journey, with the platform operating behind the scenes. It packages close to 100 integrations under a single API and commercial agreement. Developers can use the Play Sandbox API, a functional coding environment that uses fake money. The platform is offered through API and web and lists fintechs, sports clubs, retailers and brands among its intended customers. A free plan and trial are listed, while other pricing is available on request. For regulated services, customers contract with PayrNet, Railsr’s wholly owned subsidiary; Railsr provides technology services. Railsr says new agents or distributors cannot be onboarded without prior written FCA consent.

Unit provides financial infrastructure for businesses that want to offer financial services inside their own products. Its building blocks include deposit and wallet accounts, cards, credit products, and payments through ACH, wires, RTP, checks, and international payments. A native ledger records transactions with settlement-level visibility. Developers can work through an API, customer tokens, simulations, open-source SDKs, and data warehouse sync, or use optional brandable UI components for web and mobile web, React Native, Android, and iOS. The Dashboard includes SAML 2.0 single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and team roles and permissions. Managed Solutions can build and operate Banking or Bill Pay modules and provide end-customer support under a client's brand. Unit lists integrations including Plaid, Yodlee, Intuit, and AWS S3. It identifies itself as a financial technology company, not a bank; partner banks provide banking services. Pricing is available on request.