Should I choose Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL or Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce?

Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 5.0★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which works better for small vs large Salesforce AppExchange admins?

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (181 reviews). Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

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Blackthorn Payments vs Commercient™ SYNC for — Salesforce

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL vs Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL

5.0·181reviews

Salesforce-native payment processing for every industry ✔PCI-Compliant Credit Card & ACH Payments ✔iOS & Android / Google Mobile Payments w/ Field Service Lightning ✔Recurring Payments ✔PayLink ✔Stripe, Authorize.net, 120+ Gateways

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL	Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce
Tagline	“Salesforce-native payment processing for every industry ✔PCI-Compliant Credit Card & ACH Payments ✔iOS & Android / Google Mobile Payments w/ Field Service Lightning ✔Recurring Payments ✔PayLink ✔Stripe, Authorize.net, 120+ Gateways”232 chars	“Sync your Plex data—accounts, products, orders, and invoices, and more—into Salesforce with the power of AI. Stay up-to-date with no extra effort. ”147 chars
Description	1058 / 2000 chars53% used	862 / 2000 chars43% used
Screenshots	—	—
Languages	en	enfrdees
Platforms	Salesforce	Salesforce
Developer	Blackthorn.io, Inc.	Commercient LLC

At a glance

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Feature comparison between Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL and Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce
Metric	Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL	Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce
Rating	5.0 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 181	1
Free plan	—	—
Pricing	paid	paid
Pricing tiers	1 tier	★ 2 tiers
Listed features	★ 6	5
Languages	1 supported	4 supported
Listed since	Oct 2016	Dec 2018

AppRanks verdict

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The call

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL and Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce are evenly matched on rating (5.0★ vs 5.0★) — the differentiator comes down to pricing fit, feature breadth, and which app's interaction pattern suits your team's workflow.

Pricing

Pricing entry tiers: Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL at paid, Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce at paid. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (seats, usage volume, integrations) varies.

Review base

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL has the larger user base (181 reviews vs 1), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.

Who should pick what

Recommended evaluation path: install both apps' free tiers (where available) and run them in parallel on a small cohort for 7-14 days before committing. The data tables below show the per-feature breakdown — for most admins the deciding factor will be a single integration or workflow detail that's hard to compare from listing pages alone.

How this is generated

This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Salesforce AppExchange listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.

Read each app's audit: Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL audit • Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce audit

Listed	October 18, 2016	December 31, 2018

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3. Features

As listed by each developer

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL

DATA MODELS ✔ NPO Cloud ✔ EDU Cloud ✔ HLS Cloud ✔ Sales Cloud ✔ Service Cloud ✔ Field Service Lightning
FIELD SERVICE LIGHTNING & MOBILE PAYMENTS ✔ Tap-To-Pay EMV (with Stripe) ✔ Swipe, tap, chip card reader ✔ iOS and Android ✔ FSL Integration w/o custom work, just install & place fields on layouts
DOCUMENTLINK ✔ Auto-generated web-based payable invoice ✔ Configure with just clicks ✔ Card or ACH ✔ Pay right on the invoice using any of our Payment Gateways ✔ One payment for multiple open invoices - Allocations ✔ Mobile responsive ✔ Multi-language
PAYLINK ✔ Auto-generated payment link, configurable with clicks, no code ✔ Email or text a link to pay ✔ Card or ACH ✔ AuthLink can authorize a card without charging it ✔ Multi-language
VIRTUAL TERMINAL ✔ The most used feature in our app ✔ Wildly configurable. Show/hide fields, set read-only, define field mappings. ✔ Works in Experience Cloud ✔ Tokenize-only, authorize, or charge cards ✔ Schedule cards for charge at a later date
GATEWAYS ✔ Stripe ✔ Authorize.net ✔ Cybersource ✔ 120+ Gateways ✔ Apple Pay ✔ Google Pay

Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce

SYNC Plex data, such as Customers, Contacts, Invoices, Sales Orders, Payments, Products, Pricing, Inventory, BOMs, Assets, Warranties, AP, and more!
Convert new Salesforce Accounts and Opportunities/Orders to Plex AR Customers and Sales Orders/Invoices. Integration to Plex uses your trusted Plex API/SDK/import routine to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
Empower your account executives with immediate access to up-to-date information, thereby increasing customer satisfaction. Simultaneously, this efficiency cuts costs and drives profitability.
Commercient's SYNC is compatible with Salesforce products like Marketing Cloud, B2B Commerce Cloud, Health Cloud, Experience Cloud, Customer Data Platform, Tableau, Manufacturing Cloud, Nonprofit Cloud, Hyperforce, and more.
Commercient SYNC is compatible with Plex online, Plex ERP on-premise and Plex Cloud ERP.

5. Search rankings

Top 5 keywords · shared rankings prioritized

Keyword	Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL	Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce
ideal	#1	Not ranked
payment gateways	#2	Not ranked
processing	#2	Not ranked
accounts products orders	Not ranked	#6
salesforce commerce cloud	Not ranked	#11

7. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL

FEATURES ✔ Lightning Virtual Terminal ✔ PCI-compliant payment methods ✔ Scheduled transactions w/ reattempt ✔ Automatically updated expired/lost cards. Account updater ✔ Payment requests w/ PayLink ✔ 135+ Currencies ✔ Any Object ✔ Charge, Authorize, Refund ✔ Disputes ✔ Historical Migration Sync ✔ PCI-Compliant SAQ-D ✔ SCA/3D Secure 2 Ready ✔ Recurring Billing & Payment Schedules ✔ Retry / Reattempt Logic ✔ Webhooks ✔ Native iOS & Android apps w/card readers ✔ EMV Certified - Card-Present Rates ✔ Swipe, Chip, Tap/NFC ✔ Field Service Lightning FSL ✔ Salesforce Mobile FOR ADMINS ✔ Packaged Rollups ✔ Communities / Experience Cloud ✔ Reports & Dashboard GATEWAYS & PROCESSORS ✔ 120+ Gateways ✔ Authorize.net ✔ Braintree ✔ Chase Paymentech ✔ Cybersource ✔ Elavon ✔ First Data ✔ Global Payments ✔ Heartland ✔ Stripe ✔ WorldPay ✔ EMEA: AliPay, BACS Direct Debit, Bancontact, Boleto, giropay, iDeal, Multibanco, Przelewy24 ✔ Pay Later Options: Afterpay, Klarna (with Stripe Checkout) ✔ Digital Wallets: Apple Pay, Google Pay, Clearpay, EPS, eWay, FPX, Plaid

Top keywords

pay3×2.36%
payment3×2.36%
authorize2×1.57%
gateways2×1.57%
lightning2×1.57%
pci-compliant2×1.57%
reattempt2×1.57%
stripe2×1.57%

Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce

Commercient’s SYNC is for Salesforce and Plex users who want a CRM in the cloud experience. Commercient is operated by Plex and CRM experts. SYNC for Salesforce makes it possible to start up a dealer-partner portal, help salespeople reduce errors when performing complex product configurations, and keep track of past Sales Orders down to even the most minute detail. Utilizing SYNC for Plex and Salesforce helps you build positive customer relationships. Having easy access to each customer’s personal sales and accounting data means you always have the answer to their questions. - Achieve goals quickly with up-to-date info and a 360° view of your customer. - Eliminate duplicate data entry between your front and back office. - Easily manage open sales orders, open invoices, and account history. What are you waiting for? Start SYNCing your data today!

Top keywords

customer3×2.16%
data3×2.16%
plex3×2.16%
sales3×2.16%
salesforce3×2.16%
sync3×2.16%
commercient2×1.44%
crm2×1.44%
open2×1.44%
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Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL vs Commercient™ SYNC for Plex and Salesforce

Blackthorn Payments - Credit Card Processing, ACH, Subscriptions, FSL

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