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Cherry vs CareCredit

How does Cherry Payment Plans compare with CareCredit?

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Cherry

CareCredit

Why This Matters

Practice Fees

70% lower, with fees as low as 1.7%
❌ Starts from 5.9%
Lower merchant fees mean you keep more profit on every transaction.

Approvals

Up to $50,000 exclusive to your practice

~94% approval rate
❌ Up to $25,000 - not exclusive to your practice

❌ ~64% approval rate
Higher approval rates and amounts mean consumers can afford more services, specifically with you.

0% APR

True 0% APR

No hidden fees such as deferred, retroactive or compounding interest.
❌ Deferred interest
Deferred interest means if the borrower is late or missed a single payment during the 0% promotional period, interest is retroactively charged from the start of the loan. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers deferred interest to be predatory and anti-consumer.

Consumer Application Time

60 seconds or less
❌ Minutes
Having a fast, simple application means your consumer can move through checkout quicker, boosting your conversion rate.
Cherry
CareCredit

Why This Matters

Practice Fees

70% lower, with fees as low as 1.7%
❌ Starts from 5.9%
Lower merchant fees mean you keep more profit on every transaction.

Approvals

Up to $50,000

~94% approval rate
❌ Up to $25,000

❌ ~64% approval rate
❌ Deferred interest
Higher approval rates and amounts mean consumers can afford more services, specifically with you.

0% APR

True 0% APR.

No hidden fees such as deferred, retroactive or compounding interest.
Deferred interest means that if the borrower is late or missed a single payment during the 0% promotional period, interest is retroactively charged from the start of the loan. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers deferred interest to be predatory and anti-consumer.

Consumer Application Time

60 seconds or less
Minutes
Having a fast, simple application means your consumer can move through checkout quicker, boosting your conversion rate.

Practice Fees

Cherry

70% lower, with fees as low as 1.7%

CareCredit

❌ Starts from 5.9%

Why This Matters

Lower merchant fees mean you keep more profit on every transaction.

Approvals

Cherry

Up to $50,000

~94% approval rate

CareCredit

❌ Up to $25,000

❌ ~64% approval rate

Why This Matters

Higher approval rates and amounts mean consumers can afford more services, specifically with you.

0% APR

Cherry

True 0% APR

No hidden fees such as deferred, retroactive or compounding interest.

CareCredit

❌ Deferred interest

Why This Matters

Deferred interest means that if the borrower is late or missed a single payment during the 0% promotional period, interest is retroactively charged from the start of the loan. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers deferred interest to be predatory and anti-consumer.

Consumer Application Time

Cherry

60 seconds or less

CareCredit

❌ Minutes

Why This Matters

Having a fast, simple application means your consumer can move through checkout quicker, boosting your conversion rate.

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"Cherry has made it extremely easy for us and our patients to apply. We have had a great turn around for treatment acceptance from our patients who have been approved for Cherry's financing." - Family Dentistry of Jensen