NMI Gateway
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What is NMI Gateway
NMI Gateway is a payment gateway platform that routes and manages card-not-present and card-present transactions between merchants, payment processors, and acquiring banks. It is used by payment service providers, ISOs, and merchants that need a configurable gateway with support for multiple processors and payment methods. The product focuses on gateway functions such as transaction processing, tokenization, recurring billing support, and integrations via APIs and prebuilt connectors. It is typically deployed as the gateway layer rather than an all-in-one merchant acquiring solution.
Broad processor connectivity
NMI Gateway is designed to connect to multiple payment processors and acquiring partners through a large set of integrations. This can reduce dependency on a single processor and support multi-processor routing strategies. It also fits ISOs and payment facilitators that need to standardize gateway operations across different acquiring relationships.
Developer APIs and integrations
The platform provides APIs and integration options intended for embedding payments into websites, apps, and back-office systems. It also supports common gateway features such as tokenization and customer vault capabilities used for storing payment credentials in a safer form. These capabilities help teams implement recurring payments and saved-payment experiences without building a gateway from scratch.
Support for recurring payments
NMI Gateway includes functionality commonly used for subscription and recurring billing workflows, such as customer profiles and scheduled charges. This supports merchants and service providers that need repeat billing and account-updater style flows depending on processor capabilities. It can be used alongside separate invoicing or subscription management systems when a dedicated billing suite is not required.
Not an acquiring provider
NMI Gateway primarily provides gateway and orchestration capabilities rather than acting as the merchant acquirer. Merchants typically still need a separate processor/acquirer relationship to accept funds. This can add vendor coordination and contracting complexity compared with more bundled payment offerings.
Implementation varies by setup
Capabilities and effort can vary depending on the chosen processor integrations, payment methods, and risk requirements. Some use cases require additional configuration, certification steps, or custom development to meet specific routing, reporting, or reconciliation needs. Organizations should plan for integration testing across each processor connection they intend to use.
Feature depth depends on add-ons
Advanced functions such as sophisticated subscription management, invoicing, or unified cross-channel commerce features may require complementary systems. Reporting and operational tooling can be sufficient for gateway operations but may not replace a full payments operations suite for some businesses. Buyers should validate which functions are native versus provided through partners or separate modules.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go / Partner-configured (no public tiered pricing) Free tier/trial: See notes below Example costs (official site):
- Tap-to-Pay (Gateway extension): $0.10 per tap; or optional subscription model $5.00 per device/month + $0.05 per tap. (source: NMI webinar page)
- Data export / transfer: $0.50 per record or $500.00 minimum (whichever is higher) for Customer Vault records and/or Recurring Subscription data. (source: NMI support article)
- Data import: importing merchant will owe their Customer Vault per-transaction fee for each record imported (amount configured on partner fee schedule; not published). (source: NMI support article)
- Customer Vault / Value-Added Services: Billed via partner-specific fee schedules (may include monthly fee and per-transaction/action fees); specific dollar amounts are not published on the public site and are configured per partner/merchant.
Discount options: Pricing and fee schedules are negotiated/configured by partners and may include custom fee schedules, volume/commitment discounts, or partner-negotiated pricing (not published).
Seller details
Network Merchants, LLC
Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States
2001
Private
https://www.nmi.com/
https://x.com/nmi_gateway
https://www.linkedin.com/company/network-merchants-inc
