# Hosted vs Self-Hosted Payment Gateway: Which Is Right for Your SaaS?

DevFeed: [Hosted vs Self-Hosted Payment Gateway: Which Is Right for Your SaaS?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/hosted-vs-self-hosted-payment-gateway-which-is-right-for-your-saas-9901.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dodopayments.com/blogs/hosted-vs-self-hosted-payment-gateway/>)

Author: Ayush Agarwal

Published: 2026-06-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dodo Payments Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dodo-payments-blog.md>)

Topics: [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Shared Responsibility Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shared-responsibility-model.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compliance.md>), [gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gateway.md>), [payment-gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payment-gateway.md>), [payments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payments.md>), [pci-dss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pci-dss.md>), [saas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saas.md>), [self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-hosted.md>)

## AI overview

This guide compares hosted and self-hosted payment gateways for SaaS products. Hosted gateways keep card-data collection on the provider's infrastructure, reducing PCI DSS scope and integration work, while self-hosted gateways provide more control over checkout and customer experience but require greater compliance effort. Client-side tokenization can keep raw card data out of the backend.

## Source excerpt

Hosted vs self-hosted payment gateway compared. PCI scope, control, integration speed, and which model fits SMB SaaS, enterprise, and global product-led companies.