Sensitive Data Security, Purpose-Built for Payments
PCI compliance, PII protection, AI-ready data infrastructure, agentic commerce support, and the developer flexibility to route your data anywhere. Basis Theory does it all. With transparent pricing, no lock-in, and a payments-first foundation that goes deeper than the competition.
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Why teams choose Basis Theory
The market for sensitive data infrastructure is evolving fast. Platforms like Skyflow are expanding from payments into broader PII vaulting, AI data security, and agentic AI workflows.
The difference is depth and ownership. Basis Theory was built payments-first, which means richer compliance coverage, more granular controls, and the flexibility to route tokenized data to any processor or downstream system — without re-entering scope, without lock-in, and without a custom pricing conversation just to get started.
Basis Theory allows organizations to:
- Unlock new insights, partnerships, and products
- Secure your data without additional overhead
- Manage your sensitive data at scale
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How is Basis Theory Different?
Comparing Basis Theory and Skyflow
| Basis Theory | Skyflow | |
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| Compliance |
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| PII Protection | Tokenize, mask, and govern any PII across your tech stack with granular access policies | Core PII vaulting with governance policies and access controls |
| Payments & processor routing | Route tokenized card data to any PSP, gateway, or third-party endpoint. No re-entry into PCI scope, no single point of failure | PCI compliance and payment vaulting; pre-built integrations with select processors |
| Customer Support |
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| Integrations |
Integrate with PSPs, payment gateways, and third-party APIs |
Integrate with PSPs, payment gateways, and third-party APIs. Skyflow also offers pre-built integrations with third parties. |
| Pricing |
Pricing that grows with your organization:
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Custom pricing - must contact sales to get started |
| Documentation |
Developer-focused documentation with helpful getting started guides |
Comprehensive API documentation |
| Migrating |
Transparent migration guides No vendor lock-in; offers helpful guides to migrate off Basis Theory should the need arise |
Guides to migrate to Skyflow but not to migrate off the platform |
"Basis Theory made us PCI compliant in a day, rather than months. The team has been a delight to work with and they beat other tokenization platforms on cost."