Card Smith

Here is Card Smith in plain terms. CardSmith manage a specialized transaction system powering custom card processing solutions for clients nationwide. In practice that means managing your IT, from help desk to infrastructure, as an outside partner.

It makes the most sense for small and mid-sized companies. Alongside the main category they mention Financial Services and Robotics. They are a small team, 11 to 50 people, which usually shapes who they work with. You will probably talk to the people who build it, which is great until you need 24/7 support.

Card Smith is based in Portland, Oregon and around since 2014. Their site is cardsmith.co.

Our checklist for this category: response SLAs, onboarding, and what is billed per hour. Ask for a trial on your own data, not a canned demo.

If you have worked with Card Smith, tell the next buyer what you paid and what surprised you. That is the part of this page we cannot write.