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Skaleet vs Weavr

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Skaleet

APIs

Cloud-native core banking and payment hub with deployments measured in months

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Weavr

APIs

Packaged embedded finance for B2B SaaS, with an in-house EU e-money licence

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Skaleet the installed base is in the tens rather than the hundreds, so the pool of consultants and systems integrators who know the platform is small and expensive.; Weavr products are packaged rather than open, so a flow Weavr does not support is not something you can build around, and you discover the limits after integrating.
  • They diverge on capability: Skaleet covers Cloud-native core, Weavr covers Plug-and-play products.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Skaleet and Weavr actually diverge.

Attributes where Skaleet and Weavr differ
AttributeSkaleetWeavr
PlatformsWeb, REST API, LinuxWeb, REST API

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (APIs).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Skaleet

  • Cloud-native core
  • Payment hub
  • Card management
  • Lending
  • API-first
  • Configurable products

Only in Weavr

  • Plug-and-play products
  • Regulated cover
  • Card issuing
  • Multi-currency accounts
  • Identity and onboarding
  • Data insights

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Skaleet

  • A banking group launching a digital savings or deposit brand in a new country within a yearnot Weavr
  • A bank modernising payments to ISO 20022 without replacing its whole corenot Weavr
  • A payroll or HR software company adding embedded banking to its productnot Weavr
  • A payment service provider needing a ledger and accounts under its existing licencenot Weavr

Weavr

  • A project management SaaS adding expense cards without hiring a compliance officernot Skaleet
  • A marketplace paying out sellers from accounts held inside its own productnot Skaleet
  • A procurement platform issuing virtual cards against approved purchase ordersnot Skaleet
  • A European SaaS vendor wanting a regulated entity to sit behind its financial featuresnot Skaleet

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Skaleet

  • The installed base is in the tens rather than the hundreds, so the pool of consultants and systems integrators who know the platform is small and expensive.
  • Speed references are mostly greenfield launches inside large groups, which is an easier problem than migrating an existing book off a legacy core.
  • It is European-centric, with payment rails and regulatory work concentrated on SEPA and EU requirements rather than global coverage.
  • As a smaller vendor carrying a bank core, it attracts hard concentration and viability questions in procurement that larger competitors do not face.
  • Pricing is unpublished and scaled by accounts and transactions, so a bank whose volumes grow faster than forecast faces cost escalation it did not model.

Weavr

  • Products are packaged rather than open, so a flow Weavr does not support is not something you can build around, and you discover the limits after integrating.
  • Programme economics depend on interchange, and SaaS vendors routinely overestimate how much card volume their customers will actually route through the embedded product.
  • It is a small company with limited headcount supporting a regulated dependency, which is a real concentration risk for a feature your customers rely on.
  • Monthly minimums on card programmes mean a slow-adopting customer base leaves you paying for volume you never reach.
  • European interchange caps hold programme revenue well below what US embedded finance case studies suggest, so imported business cases do not transfer.

Pricing, plan by plan

Skaleet

On request
  • Skaleet Core Banking Platform$undefined/year
    • Subscription licence scaled by accounts and transaction volume
    • Payment hub licensable separately from the full core
    • Implementation and configuration charged as a project

Weavr

On request
  • Weavr embedded finance$undefined/year
    • Platform subscription plus per-account and per-card fees
    • Interchange share negotiated as part of the commercial terms
    • Monthly minimums apply to card programmes

Which should you pick?

Choose Skaleet if

  • You need cloud-native core.
  • You work on Web, REST API, Linux.
  • You also want payment hub.
Skaleet review

Choose Weavr if

  • You need plug-and-play products.
  • You work on Web, REST API.
  • You also want regulated cover.
Weavr review

Questions people ask

Is Skaleet or Weavr better?
Neither clearly leads. Skaleet starts at On request and Weavr at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Skaleet or Weavr?
Skaleet starts at On request and Weavr at On request.
Does Skaleet or Weavr run on more platforms?
Skaleet runs on Web, REST API, Linux. Weavr runs on Web, REST API.
What is Skaleet best used for?
Skaleet is most often used for a banking group launching a digital savings or deposit brand in a new country within a year, a bank modernising payments to iso 20022 without replacing its whole core, a payroll or hr software company adding embedded banking to its product, a payment service provider needing a ledger and accounts under its existing licence. Of those, a banking group launching a digital savings or deposit brand in a new country within a year and a bank modernising payments to iso 20022 without replacing its whole core are not what Weavr is typically brought in for.
What can Skaleet do that Weavr cannot?
Skaleet covers Cloud-native core, Payment hub, Card management, Lending. Weavr covers Plug-and-play products, Regulated cover, Card issuing, Multi-currency accounts.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Skaleet: What was Skaleet called before?

TagPay. The company rebranded to Skaleet while keeping the same platform lineage.

Weavr: Do I need my own financial licence?

No. Weavr holds an e-money licence, including a Maltese authorisation for the EU, and acts as the regulated entity for the embedded product.

Skaleet: Can I buy just the payment hub?

Yes. The payment engine is licensable standalone and can sit over an existing core, which is a common first step.

Weavr: How is it different from a banking-as-a-service API?

It sells finished product shapes with compliance built in rather than raw banking primitives, which trades flexibility for a much shorter route to launch.

Skaleet: How fast are real deployments?

Named European deployments have gone live in six to twelve months, including a Crédit Agricole savings platform live in Germany in eight months.

Weavr: How does Weavr make money?

Platform fees plus per-account and per-card charges, with a negotiated share of card interchange.

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