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GoCardless vs Square for Xero
Where do they differ?
- GoCardless pulls invoices from Xero. Square syncs invoices with Xero in both directions.
- GoCardless syncs payments with Xero in both directions. Square sends payments to Xero.
- Setup: GoCardless takes about Not reported; Square takes about Not reported.
Side by side
| GoCardless | Square | |
|---|---|---|
| Invoices | From Xero | Two-way |
| Credit notes | - | To Xero |
| Payments | Two-way | To Xero |
| Fees and payouts | To Xero | - |
| Bank transactions | To Xero | To Xero |
| Contacts | Two-way | Two-way |
| Tax rates | - | From Xero |
| Tracking categories | - | From Xero |
| Chart of accounts | - | Two-way |
| Price from (GBP) | Usage fees | Free |
| Price from (AUD) | Usage fees | Free |
| Price from (USD) | Usage fees | Free |
| Price from (NZD) | Usage fees | Free |
| Regions | AU, CA, IE, NZ, UK, US | AU, CA, IE, UK, US |
| Minimum Xero plan | unknown | unknown |
| Setup | Not reported | Not reported |
| Known limitations | UK Direct Debit transactions over £2,000 cost an extra 0.3% on every GoCardless plan (minor) There are two versions of the integration, GoCardless for Xero and GoCardless in Xero, with different features; switching needs GoCardless support (minor) Automatic retries of failed payments (Success+) are only available for Direct Debit invoices (minor) Payments created from Xero should not be cancelled in the GoCardless dashboard, or Xero may recreate them (minor) | On the Xero Starter or Early plan the sync stops each month once Xero's limit of 20 invoices and 5 bills is reached (moderate) Xero Partner Edition, Ledger and Cashbook plans cannot create invoices or bills, so the integration does not work on them (blocker) |
| Vendor status | Listed | Listed |
| Facts verified | 13 Nov 2026 | 14 Nov 2026 |
No winner is declared: which is better depends on what you need. Every fact links to its sources on each app's page.