TrySpeed alternative for USDC deposits on Base and Polygon
Speed's payment API takes no stablecoins on Base, Arbitrum, Polygon or Robinhood Chain, and no USDT on TON. For those deposits, Unigox crypto processing is a TrySpeed alternative. Stay with Speed for bitcoin, Lightning and US dollars.
When to stay with Speed
Your customers pay in bitcoin or over Lightning
Speed is a Lightning gateway first: BTC on chain and over Lightning, and USDT and USDC over Lightning too, with checkout pages, payment links, invoices and QR payments ready to use. Unigox crypto processing is for USDT and USDC on chain, shown on a page your developers build.
Your business banks in the United States
Speed sells BTC, USDT or USDC for USD at 0.5%, and buying crypto with dollars costs 0%. Unigox does not currently offer its services in the United States, where Speed moves those dollars to and from your business bank account by same-day ACH, RTP or FedNow.
You resell crypto payments to your own merchants
Speed Connect lets a fintech or PSP sign up its partners with KYC and AML checks, add its own markup and split commissions automatically, for a one-time platform fee of $999 on top of its standard transaction fees.
Speed and Unigox for customer stablecoin top-ups
| Topic | Speed | Unigox |
|---|---|---|
| Coins and networks | USDT over Lightning, Ethereum, Tron or Solana; USDC over Lightning, Ethereum or Solana. TON is listed only for USDT payouts; Base, Arbitrum, Polygon and Robinhood Chain are not listed. | Crypto processing takes stablecoin payments on the major EVM networks (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Optimism, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche, Unichain and HyperEVM), Robinhood Chain, Tron, TON and Solana. Which stablecoins a business accepts on each network is agreed during setup. No Lightning. |
| Address for a returning customer | Each payment lists the Ethereum, Tron or Solana address to pay and expires when its time limit runs out. Its reusable options are a name@domain payment address for Lightning and OneQR, a static code for in-person payments. | One address stays with the customer, and each new deposit to it arrives under that customer's reference. |
| A deposit that comes in short | Any amount received marks the payment paid, and Speed tells you to create a new payment for the rest. On bitcoin on-chain, Ethereum and Tron payments, checkout sessions accept a shortfall of 1% by default, adjustable from 0 to 5%. | Your system is told the amount that arrived and applies its own rule to a shortfall or an excess. |
| Where the money goes | Your Speed balance in BTC, USDT or USDC, which you can sell for USD paid to a US business bank account. | Your Unigox balance, in the stablecoin the customer sent. Hold it, move it to your wallet, or convert it to an available local currency. |
| Pricing | Published: 1% on payments from outside wallets and 0% from Speed Wallet; payouts free in bitcoin and 0.2% in stablecoins on Ethereum, Tron, Solana or TON; 0.5% to sell for USD; Connect at $999 once. Volume discounts on request. | No public rate card; priced for your company. |
| Regulation | Run by Speed1 Inc. under Delaware law. Its crypto services are provided by CoinX USA LLC, a money services business registered with FinCEN (MSB number 31000292053099 in Speed's footer), which holds customers' crypto with its custodians. | Unigox works through two companies: UNIGOX NETWORK CORP. in Canada handles the local-money side and is registered with FINTRAC as a money services business and with the Bank of Canada as a payment service provider; UNIGOX NETWORK CORP. in Panama handles the crypto side, including wallets and escrow. |
UnigoxMove stablecoin deposits from Speed to Unigox in three steps
Show how you credit balances today
Bring the networks your customers send from, your monthly deposit volume and how your backend credits balances from Speed today. Networks, access and pricing are fixed before go-live.
Give each customer one fixed address
Where your backend creates a Speed payment on Ethereum, Tron or Solana, it now asks Unigox once for an address for that customer and keeps showing it.
Credit balances from Unigox notifications
The code that listens for Speed's payment.paid or payment.confirmed event now reads the signed Unigox notification, with your customer reference and the amount received.
Questions about TrySpeed alternatives
What is TrySpeed, and what does it charge businesses?
TrySpeed is the website of Speed, a Lightning payment gateway run by Speed1 Inc. for taking bitcoin, USDT and USDC. It charges 1% on payments from outside wallets, nothing on payments from Speed Wallet, and 0.5% to sell crypto for USD. Unigox prices crypto processing per company.
Does TrySpeed accept USDT on TON or Base?
Not as a payment method. Its API reference takes USDT over Lightning, Ethereum, Tron or Solana, and USDC over Lightning, Ethereum or Solana. Speed does send USDT payouts on TON. Unigox crypto processing takes USDT on TON and Tron, and stablecoins on Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Robinhood Chain, Solana and the other major EVM networks.
Can bitcoin stay on Speed while USDT moves to Unigox?
Yes. Speed keeps BTC, Lightning and your USD off-ramp, and customers who send stablecoins from Base or Polygon, or USDT from TON, get a Unigox address. Each one reports only the deposits sent to its own addresses.
Map your Speed integration on a call
Tell us which networks your customers send stablecoins from and how your backend uses Speed payments today. We show where a Unigox address and notification take their place.
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