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Automate transactions, unify customer payment data, and streamline financial operations directly within your Salesforce CRM.

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The Challenge

The Challenge: Manual Payments & Disconnected Financials in Salesforce

Without a robust integration, managing payments and customer financial data across AuthorizeNet and Salesforce can be a significant operational burden. Businesses face a myriad of challenges that hinder efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction.

  • Data Silos: Payment information resides in AuthorizeNet, disconnected from customer and sales data in Salesforce, creating incomplete customer profiles.
  • Manual Reconciliation: Daily settlement reports from AuthorizeNet require tedious, error-prone manual entry into Salesforce or ERP for financial reconciliation.
  • Delayed Payment Visibility: Sales and service teams lack real-time insight into payment statuses, leading to delays in order fulfillment and customer inquiries.
  • PCI Compliance Risk: Storing sensitive card data in multiple systems or handling it manually increases PCI DSS scope and security risks.
  • Inefficient Recurring Billing: Managing subscriptions and dunning processes manually across systems consumes significant time and can lead to churn.
  • Missed Fraud Alerts: Fraud detection data from AuthorizeNet's AFDS doesn't automatically trigger alerts or actions within Salesforce, slowing response times.
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The Solution

The Solution: Powering Salesforce with AuthorizeNet via iPaaS

Our iPaaS-driven integration seamlessly connects AuthorizeNet's robust payment processing capabilities with Salesforce's comprehensive CRM. This powerful combination automates crucial payment workflows, centralizes customer financial data, and provides real-time insights, transforming your operations from reactive to proactive.

  • Real-time Transaction Synchronization: Instantly sync AuthorizeNet payment approvals, declines, refunds, and voids to Salesforce.
  • Customer Information Manager (CIM) Sync: Securely manage tokenized customer payment profiles in AuthorizeNet CIM directly from Salesforce Accounts/Contacts.
  • Automated Recurring Billing (ARB): Orchestrate subscription creation, recurring payment processing, and dunning management between Salesforce and AuthorizeNet.
  • Financial Reconciliation Automation: Automate the daily reconciliation of AuthorizeNet settlement batches with Salesforce Order/Payment objects.
  • Advanced Fraud Detection Integration: Route AuthorizeNet AFDS alerts and AI-augmented fraud scores to Salesforce Cases for proactive risk management.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with AuthorizeNet + Salesforce in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both AuthorizeNet and Salesforce, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most AuthorizeNet + Salesforce deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Real-time Transaction Synchronization: Instantly sync AuthorizeNet payment approvals, declines, refunds, and voids to Salesforce.
  • Customer Information Manager (CIM) Sync: Securely manage tokenized customer payment profiles in AuthorizeNet CIM directly from Salesforce Accounts/Contacts.
  • Automated Recurring Billing (ARB): Orchestrate subscription creation, recurring payment processing, and dunning management between Salesforce and AuthorizeNet.
  • Financial Reconciliation Automation: Automate the daily reconciliation of AuthorizeNet settlement batches with Salesforce Order/Payment objects.
  • Advanced Fraud Detection Integration: Route AuthorizeNet AFDS alerts and AI-augmented fraud scores to Salesforce Cases for proactive risk management.
  • Refund & Void Automation: Initiate and track refunds/voids from Salesforce, automatically processing them through AuthorizeNet and updating records.

Technical Integration Details & Architecture

The integration between AuthorizeNet and Salesforce is orchestrated through an advanced iPaaS, leveraging a hybrid approach of real-time event-driven triggers and scheduled batch processes for comprehensive data synchronization and workflow automation.

Data Flow Steps

Connection & Authentication: Securely establish API connections using OAuth 2.0 for Salesforce and API Login ID/Transaction Key for AuthorizeNet, stored in the iPaaS's credential vault. Webhook Signature Keys are configured for AuthorizeNet callback verification.

Event Listener Setup: Configure iPaaS to listen for Salesforce Platform Events (e.g., new Order, Opportunity status change) and subscribe to AuthorizeNet webhooks (e.g., transaction status, ARB updates, fraud alerts).

Data Mapping & Transformation: Design visual mappings between AuthorizeNet and Salesforce entities. Utilize iPaaS transformation functions for data enrichment, normalization, and conversion (e.g., AuthorizeNet 'Approved' status to Salesforce 'Paid').

Workflow Orchestration: Build low-code integration flows. For example, a Salesforce 'Payment Request' event triggers an AuthorizeNet `createTransaction` call. The AuthorizeNet response (via webhook) then triggers a Salesforce `PATCH` operation on the Order or a `POST` to a custom Payment object.

Error Handling & Retries: Implement intelligent error handling within the iPaaS, including automated retries with exponential backoff for transient API errors, and routing persistent errors to dead-letter queues for manual review.

Monitoring & Alerting: Configure real-time dashboards and alerts for integration health, API call volumes, and critical payment failures, ensuring proactive issue resolution.

Deployment & Governance: Utilize iPaaS's CI/CD capabilities to promote integration flows from development to QA and production environments, maintaining version control and audit trails.

Data Touchpoints

Salesforce Account, Contact, Opportunity, Order, Case, Custom Objects (Payment, Subscription)
AuthorizeNet Transaction, CustomerProfile, PaymentProfile, Subscription, SettlementBatch, FraudEvent

"Salesforce (Order/Opportunity/Account/Contact) --[Platform Event/CDC]--> iPaaS --[API Call (createTransaction/createCustomerProfile/createSubscription)]--> AuthorizeNet --[Webhook (Transaction Status/ARB Update/Fraud Event)]--> iPaaS --[API Call (PATCH Order/POST Payment/POST Case)]--> Salesforce (Order/Payment/Case)"

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for AuthorizeNet + Salesforce.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating AuthorizeNet

Integrating AuthorizeNet fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Data Mapping

The integration focuses on synchronizing core payment and customer entities, ensuring data consistency and a comprehensive view across AuthorizeNet and Salesforce. Our iPaaS provides intelligent, AI-assisted mapping capabilities to simplify this complex process.

Transaction / Payment

Represents a single payment event processed by AuthorizeNet and its corresponding record in Salesforce.

AuthorizeNet Fields

transactionId amount transactionStatus responseCode authCode submitTimeUTC invoiceNumber customerIp refId

Salesforce Fields

PaymentID_c (External ID) OpportunityId OrderIdc Amountc Statusc TransactionDate_c PaymentMethod_c AuthCode_c SalesforceInvoiceNumberc

Mapping Notes

AuthorizeNet's `transactionId` is typically mapped to a custom `PaymentIDc` field in Salesforce, marked as an External ID for upsert operations. AuthorizeNet's `transactionStatus` (e.g., 'approved', 'declined', 'settled') must be mapped to corresponding `Statusc` values in Salesforce (e.g., 'Paid', 'Failed', 'Settled'). `invoiceNumber` often maps to `OrderIdc` or `SalesforceInvoice_Numberc`.

Next Steps

See AuthorizeNet + Salesforce integration in action.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

E-commerce Order-to-Payment-to-CRM Flow

A customer places an order on an e-commerce platform (e.g., Salesforce Commerce Cloud), which creates an Order in Salesforce. The iPaaS captures this, initiates payment via AuthorizeNet, and then updates the Salesforce Order with the transaction status and details.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Customer places order on e-commerce site.
  2. 1 Salesforce Order record is created.
  3. 2 iPaaS detects new Salesforce Order (via Platform Event/CDC).
  4. 3 iPaaS calls AuthorizeNet `createTransaction` using customer's tokenized payment profile.
  5. 4 AuthorizeNet processes payment and sends webhook notification to iPaaS.
  6. 5 iPaaS updates Salesforce Order status (e.g., 'Paid', 'Pending Payment') and adds AuthorizeNet Transaction ID to a custom Payment object.

Business Outcome

Real-time order fulfillment, accurate payment status in CRM, improved customer experience.

Frequency

Real-time, Event-driven

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Streamlined Payment Processing
Automate payment initiation, capture, and refunds directly from Salesforce, eliminating manual data entry and accelerating cash flow.
Unified Customer View (360°)
Synchronize customer payment profiles and transaction history with Salesforce, giving sales and service teams a complete financial picture.
Enhanced PCI DSS Compliance
Leverage AuthorizeNet CIM for tokenization, minimizing sensitive card data exposure in Salesforce and reducing your compliance scope.
Automated Recurring Revenue
Seamlessly manage subscriptions and dunning via AuthorizeNet ARB, integrated with Salesforce for consistent customer and billing data.
Accelerated Financial Reconciliation
Automate the daily sync of AuthorizeNet settlement batches to Salesforce, reducing manual accounting effort and closing cycles.
Proactive Fraud Prevention
Integrate AuthorizeNet AFDS and AI-driven insights to create real-time fraud alerts and cases in Salesforce, mitigating risk.
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Streamlined Payment Processing

25% faster Payment Processing Time

📋 What You Get

Automate payment initiation, capture, and refunds directly from Salesforce, eliminating manual data entry and accelerating cash flow.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 25% faster improvement in Payment Processing Time, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Implementation Timeline

Go live with AuthorizeNet + Salesforce in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both AuthorizeNet and Salesforce, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most AuthorizeNet + Salesforce deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST createTransaction Process new payment transactions (authorization, capture, sale, void, refund) initiated from Salesforce workflows.
POST createCustomerProfile Securely store customer payment and shipping profiles in CIM for tokenized payments, often triggered by Salesforce Account/Contact creation/update.
POST createSubscription Establish recurring billing subscriptions via ARB, linking to Salesforce Subscription data.
POST getTransactionListForBatch Retrieve transactions for a specific settlement batch, crucial for daily financial reconciliation.
POST getUnsettledTransactionList Fetch transactions that are authorized but not yet settled, useful for real-time order status updates or pre-settlement adjustments.
POST getSettlementBatchList Retrieve a list of settled batches, a primary source for financial reconciliation workflows.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Status Mapping: Standardize transaction and subscription statuses between AuthorizeNet's codes and Salesforce's picklist values (e.g., 'Approved' -> 'Paid').
  • Currency Conversion: Handle multi-currency scenarios if applicable, converting amounts to a common reporting currency.
  • Data Enrichment: Populate Salesforce fields with additional data from AuthorizeNet (e.g., `authCode`, `responseCode`).
  • Tokenization: Extract and store only AuthorizeNet `customerProfileId` and `customerPaymentProfileId` tokens in Salesforce, never raw card data.
  • Address Normalization: Ensure address formats are consistent for AVS checks and accurate customer records.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Card Decline: AuthorizeNet returns specific decline codes; iPaaS updates Salesforce Payment status to 'Declined' and triggers dunning or customer notification.
  • API Rate Limit Exceeded: iPaaS implements exponential backoff and retries for transient `429 Too Many Requests` errors from both systems.
  • Data Validation Failure: Missing mandatory fields (e.g., `amount` for transaction) or invalid data formats cause the iPaaS to log the error and route the message to a dead-letter queue.
  • Webhook Signature Mismatch: iPaaS rejects unverified AuthorizeNet webhooks, preventing spoofed requests.
  • Duplicate Transaction: Idempotency checks prevent duplicate `createTransaction` calls from creating multiple charges.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for AuthorizeNet + Salesforce.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

General Integration FAQs

▸ How does AuthorizeNet integrate with Salesforce for payments?
AuthorizeNet integrates with Salesforce primarily through its robust APIs, orchestrated by an iPaaS platform. The iPaaS acts as middleware, mapping payment transaction data from AuthorizeNet to Salesforce objects (like Orders, custom Payment objects, or Opportunities) and synchronizing customer payment profiles (CIM) to Accounts/Contacts. This enables automated payment processing, status updates, and financial data synchronization.

iPaaS Benefits FAQs

▸ What are the benefits of using an iPaaS for AuthorizeNet Salesforce integrations?
An iPaaS provides a centralized platform for building, managing, and monitoring all AuthorizeNet-Salesforce integrations. Benefits include low-code/no-code workflow creation, robust error handling, sophisticated data mapping and transformation, API-first connectivity, event-driven architecture, and scalability. It reduces development time, enhances data quality, and empowers business users to manage payment workflows directly within Salesforce.

Workflows FAQs

▸ Can I automate subscription billing with AuthorizeNet ARB and Salesforce?
Absolutely. AuthorizeNet's Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) API, combined with an iPaaS, allows you to fully automate subscription creation, recurring payment processing, and dunning management. The iPaaS can synchronize subscription data from a custom Salesforce Subscription object to ARB and then push payment status updates back, ensuring seamless recurring revenue operations and a unified view in CRM.

Security & Compliance FAQs

▸ How does AuthorizeNet CIM enhance Salesforce integrations?
AuthorizeNet's Customer Information Manager (CIM) is a secure service for storing customer payment and shipping profiles. In integrations, CIM is used to tokenize sensitive cardholder data. This allows you to process repeat transactions from Salesforce without re-entering card details, significantly reducing your PCI DSS compliance burden. The iPaaS manages the creation and updating of CIM profiles from your Salesforce Account/Contact records.
▸ How do I ensure data security when integrating Salesforce with a payment gateway like AuthorizeNet?
Always use OAuth 2.0 for Salesforce authentication, configure Connected Apps with the principle of least privilege, encrypt data in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest, and store API credentials securely in an iPaaS vault. Crucially, leverage AuthorizeNet CIM for tokenization to avoid storing sensitive card data directly in Salesforce, significantly reducing your PCI DSS scope and enhancing overall security.

Error Handling & Workflows FAQs

▸ How do I handle payment failures or refunds programmatically with AuthorizeNet and Salesforce?
Payment failures are typically handled via AuthorizeNet webhooks, which notify your iPaaS in real-time. The iPaaS can then update the Salesforce Order/Payment status, trigger automated dunning workflows, customer notifications, or create tasks in Salesforce. Refunds are initiated by calling AuthorizeNet's Transaction API (REFUND or VOID) from a Salesforce workflow (e.g., a Case), orchestrated by the iPaaS, which then updates the relevant Salesforce financial records.

AI Enhancements FAQs

▸ Can AI help with fraud detection in AuthorizeNet Salesforce integrations?
Yes, AI can powerfully augment AuthorizeNet's Advanced Fraud Detection Suite (AFDS). An iPaaS can route AFDS fraud scores and transaction data to an external AI service for deeper analysis, anomaly detection, and predictive insights. This allows for more sophisticated fraud prevention, automated routing of suspicious transactions to Salesforce Cases for review, and reduced manual effort, improving overall security.

Technical FAQs

▸ What are common data mapping challenges when integrating AuthorizeNet and Salesforce?
Common challenges include mapping AuthorizeNet transaction statuses to various Salesforce payment statuses, harmonizing customer and address data across systems, aligning subscription billing cycles, and transforming payment gateway fees for accurate financial reconciliation. An iPaaS with robust mapping engines and AI-assisted transformation capabilities is crucial to overcome these challenges and ensure data consistency.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with AuthorizeNet + Salesforce in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both AuthorizeNet and Salesforce, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most AuthorizeNet + Salesforce deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for AuthorizeNet + Salesforce.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See AuthorizeNet + Salesforce integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

Start Free Trial Request Live Demo