Crypto Gateway Index

Switching · checked 2026-09-02

Best SpectroCoin alternatives in 2026

Merchants replacing SpectroCoin land on one of three options. CoinGate suits publishes processing, conversion, SEPA and SWIFT on one page, with five maintained plugins and euro settlement. PassimPay fits publishes 0.5% processing, 0.2% conversion and a stated 3.5% ceiling, across 74 assets and eleven plugins. Bitnovo Pay covers a published rate from 0.95% with euro payout and three named regulator registrations. Every figure below was read off the provider's own pages rather than quoted from a sales conversation.

Quick verdict

Why do merchants look for a SpectroCoin alternative?

No merchant processing rate appears anywhere on the public pages, which is the single figure a merchant came for. Checked 2026-09-02 against the provider's own page.

The gateway page states both 40+ and 50+ supported cryptocurrencies, so the headline asset count contradicts itself. Checked 2026-09-02 against the provider's own page.

SpectroCoin at a glance

Processing fromNot published
Assets50+
Merchant verificationNot disclosed
CustodyCustodial
Checked2026-09-02 against its own pricing page

A score of 4.6 is not a verdict against it. The same weights produced every number below, and plenty of merchants are correctly served here; the question is whether your priorities match the ones the method encodes. The full card has what it does and does not publish.

Gateway Score From Assets Verification Settles fiat Discloses
SpectroCoin 4.6 50 Not disclosed Yes 42%
CoinGate 6.7 1% 10 Not disclosed Yes 89%
PassimPay 7.0 0.5% 74 KYB and KYC 63%
Bitnovo Pay 6.3 0.95% Not disclosed Yes 53%

3 best alternatives to SpectroCoin

CoinGate

Who it fits. Publishes processing, conversion, SEPA and SWIFT on one page, with five maintained plugins and euro settlement.

Processing from1%
Conversion1%
PayoutsCrypto withdrawals free; SEPA free; SWIFT 0.50%; crypto payouts EUR 0.50 + 0.5%
Assets10+ across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin
VerificationNot disclosed

The full CoinGate card has its strengths, its gaps and the fields it declines to publish.

PassimPay

Who it fits. Publishes 0.5% processing, 0.2% conversion and a stated 3.5% ceiling, across 74 assets and eleven plugins.

Processing from0.5%
Conversion0.2%
PayoutsNot published
Assets74+ across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, BNB Chain, Litecoin, XRP, Dogecoin, Dash, Bitcoin Cash
VerificationKYB and KYC

The full PassimPay card has its strengths, its gaps and the fields it declines to publish.

Bitnovo Pay

Who it fits. A published rate from 0.95% with euro payout and three named regulator registrations.

Processing from0.95%
ConversionNot published
PayoutsNot published
AssetsNot published across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP
VerificationNot disclosed

The full Bitnovo Pay card has its strengths, its gaps and the fields it declines to publish.

A long fee table with the merchant line missing#

Cards at 2.99%, SWIFT at 0.25% with a twenty-five euro minimum, Skrill at 5.50% in and 4.00% out, bank transfers free both ways. Forensic detail about a consumer wallet and nothing at all about accepting a payment.

That is the recorded reason merchants leave. Every replacement here publishes what acceptance costs, which turns an email exchange into a spreadsheet row.

A headline that contradicts itself#

Forty or more supported currencies in one place and fifty or more cryptocurrencies in another, on the same page, neither qualified. This card records the larger figure and flags the discrepancy rather than quietly picking one.

A page that cannot keep its own number consistent is not a page to price a contract from. It is a small failure that points at the larger one above it.

What leaving costs you#

Settlement in dollars, euros, sterling or a local currency with the rate fixed at the point of sale, and free bank withdrawals. That combination is genuinely good and better than two of the three replacements publish.

Also thirteen years of operating history and a named Estonian entity with a registration number. Two replacements match that footing and one does not name a jurisdiction at all.

Eleven blank fields out of nineteen#

Networks, integrations, verification requirements, point of sale, invoicing and recurring billing are all absent from the pages we read. This is the lowest disclosure figure across all thirty-five providers indexed here.

That number measures the provider rather than our research. Each field was looked for and each came back empty, which is why every replacement on this page was chosen for what it publishes rather than for what it does.

Where each replacement lands#

CoinGate publishes the most complete fee table in this index and settles euros with free SEPA, which is the direct answer to both recorded complaints at once.

PassimPay publishes processing, conversion and a stated ceiling across seventy-four assets, which keeps the asset breadth that made this provider attractive while adding the numbers it never printed.

The asset list mostly survives#

Fifty here against seventy-four, ten or more, and an unpublished count. One replacement widens coverage, one narrows it sharply and one leaves it unknown.

For a merchant who chose this provider for breadth, only one route protects that choice. The other two ask you to trade coverage for a number you can compute.

Plugins appear for the first time#

No named ecommerce integrations exist here, so a store integration is unknown before contact. Every replacement names at least five, and one names eleven.

That is the quiet upgrade in this migration. A shop that has been running a bespoke integration gets a maintained plugin, and maintenance stops being its own problem.

Which entity you actually contract with#

Spectro Finance OU is registered in Estonia with a company code, alongside entities in the British Virgin Islands and Panama. All three are named, which is more transparent than not naming them.

Establish which one signs your contract and which one holds your balance before deciding this is a step down. They need not be the same entity, and the answer is worth having in writing either way.

Verification is unresolved everywhere#

This card records merchant verification as undisclosed, and two of three replacements do the same. Only one publishes what it asks for, which is identity checks on all users and business checks at onboarding.

For a merchant in a sensitive vertical that is the question to lead with, because it can close the conversation before any rate is discussed.

The case for staying#

If you already have a rate in writing and it is competitive, most of this page evaporates. The problem here is disclosure rather than a demonstrated fault in the pricing, and a quotation solves it privately.

Fifty assets settling into four bank currencies with free withdrawals is a strong combination. Two of the three replacements are narrower on at least one of those axes.

What a switch actually takes here#

Because no plugin path is documented, whatever exists today is custom. Rebuilding on a maintained plugin at the destination removes code rather than porting it, which is the rare migration that shrinks the codebase.

The bank leg is the piece to rehearse. Free withdrawals in four currencies is unusual, and confirming the replacement's settlement currencies and costs belongs before the technical work rather than after.

How to migrate from SpectroCoin

  1. Ask for the rate in writing before you move. The missing number may be competitive, and a quotation costs one email. If it lands near one percent with free bank withdrawals, this page describes a disclosure problem rather than a pricing one.
  2. Resolve the asset count yourself. The public pages state both forty and fifty. Ask for the enumerated list and check it against twelve months of your own received payments, because that is the only version of the number that affects your revenue.
  3. Confirm settlement currencies at the destination. Four bank currencies with free withdrawals is unusual, and two replacements settle in fewer. Establish which currencies arrive and what each transfer costs before committing to a switch.
  4. Establish the contracting entity. Three entities are named across Estonia, the British Virgin Islands and Panama. Ask which signs your agreement and which holds the balance, and get the answer before you have a reason to need it.
  5. Rebuild on a plugin rather than porting code. Whatever integration exists today is bespoke because no plugin path is published here. Every replacement offers a maintained one, so start from that rather than adapting existing calls nobody will support.

Questions merchants ask

Why do merchants leave SpectroCoin?

No merchant processing rate appears anywhere on the public pages, which is the single figure a merchant came for. The gateway page states both 40+ and 50+ supported cryptocurrencies, so the headline asset count contradicts itself. Both points were checked against the provider's own pages on 2026-09-02.

What is the closest alternative to SpectroCoin?

CoinGate is the closest substitute for most merchants: Publishes processing, conversion, SEPA and SWIFT on one page, with five maintained plugins and euro settlement. It scores 6.7 against 4.6 on the same published weights.

Is switching crypto payment gateway difficult?

Not difficult, and easy to rush. The cutover rather than the integration is where merchants lose payments.

Will I lose payment history when I switch?

Assume you will unless you act. An account closed with the record inside it becomes a year-end problem.

Last checked 13 days ago
Sources
  1. spectrocoin.com/en/crypto-payment-gateway.html
  2. spectrocoin.com/en/fees-and-limits.html