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The real cost of
managing disputes.

It's not just the chargebacks — it's the team, tools, and time you spend managing them. See how Cell Payments compares.

In-House Team

Stripe Smart Disputes

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Cell Payments

Monthly cost
$8,000–15,000+
Analyst salaries, tools, training
$15 per dispute
Costs scale with volume
$399/mo flat
Unlimited disputes
Setup time
Weeks to months
Hiring, onboarding, training
Already enabled
Built into Stripe Dashboard
60 seconds
One-click Stripe OAuth
Payment monitoring
Manual
Dashboard checks, spreadsheets
None
Real-time
Auth rates, disputes, fraud, compliance
Dispute scoring
Manual review
Inconsistent, analyst-dependent
Black box
Auto-submits all disputes
Transparent 10-factor model
Win probability + Expected Value
FIGHT / ACCEPT decision
Analyst judgment
Varies by experience
Submits all
No EV filtering
EV-based recommendation
Fight winners, skip losers
Evidence quality
Varies
Depends on analyst skill
Auto-generated
Limited customization
Auto-extracted
Completeness scoring, enriched data
Compliance monitoring
Manual tracking
Spreadsheets, calendar reminders
None
Real-time
Visa VAMP, Mastercard ECP & EFM
Card testing detection
Custom-built or none
None
Built-in
Sliding window analysis
Anomaly detection
Custom-built or none
None
Built-in
Dispute, volume, decline & geo anomalies
Scales with volume
Need more headcount
Cost increases linearly
Flat fee
Same price at any volume
Outcome learning
Tribal knowledge
Lost when analysts leave
Unknown
Automated
Weights recalibrate after 20+ outcomes

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