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Ballerine is a horizontal risk orchestration platform built for general fintech use cases. It handles KYC/KYB workflows well. However, it doesn't include statement analysis, branded merchant applications, processor boarding, or revenue assurance. ISOs and PayFacs that need a full merchant lifecycle platform will find gaps beyond the compliance layer.
Gratify covers six stages of the merchant lifecycle: prospecting, statement analysis, branded applications, underwriting, processor boarding, and portfolio repricing. Ballerine covers risk orchestration and KYC/KYB workflows. The five stages outside of compliance verification aren't part of Ballerine's scope.
Ballerine's open-source model gives engineering teams flexibility to customize risk workflows. The trade-off is that your team owns deployment, maintenance, security patching, and integration. For ISOs and PayFacs without dedicated engineering resources, a managed SaaS platform like Gratify removes that operational burden.
No. Ballerine doesn't include processor boarding functionality. It's a risk infrastructure platform, not a merchant onboarding platform. Gratify boards merchants to processors including TSYS, Dejavoo, Repay, and Fiserv via direct API integration.
Gratify is cloud SaaS and can be live within 7 days. Ballerine is self-hosted open source, which means your engineering team handles deployment, infrastructure, and ongoing maintenance. Deployment timelines for Ballerine depend on your team's capacity and infrastructure.
Gratify replaces Ballerine for payments companies. Gratify includes KYC/KYB verification with daily PEP and sanctions screening as part of its merchant lifecycle platform. There's no need to run a separate risk orchestration layer when the verification is built into the same system that handles statement analysis, underwriting, boarding, and repricing.