SwiftRelay

Intelligent routing for flawless real-time payment scaling.

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The Opportunity

Problem

Large enterprise teams suffer frequent downtime and performance bottlenecks when scaling real-time payment processing in current fintech stacks.

Solution

SwiftRelay dynamically routes high-volume payments across multiple processors to balance load and ensure failover during peaks. It supports enterprise compliance with audit trails and sub-100ms routing decisions. Fintech teams eliminate single points of failure effortlessly.

Target Audience

Large enterprise teams in fintech managing high-volume real-time payment processing

Differentiator

Sub-ms routing with built-in failover and compliance logging for regulated payments.

Brand Voice

professional

Features

Dynamic Load Balancing

must-have30h

Routes payments to least-loaded processors.

Failover Automation

must-have25h

Auto-switches on errors/downtime.

Compliance Audit Logs

must-have20h

Immutable logs for every route.

Processor Health Checks

must-have15h

Continuous pings to upstreams.

Routing Rules Editor

must-have20h

Custom rules by amount/region.

A/B Testing

nice-to-have15h

Test routing strategies.

Multi-Tenant Isolation

nice-to-have10h

Secure separation for teams.

Cost Optimizer

nice-to-have12h

Route to cheapest healthy processor.

Total Build Time: 147 hours

Database Schema

accounts

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
team_iduuidNo
nametextNo

Relationships:

  • foreign key team_id -> teams.id

teams

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
nametextNo

Relationships:

  • has many accounts, has many processors

processors

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
account_iduuidNo
nametextNo
statustextNo
latency_avgintYes
health_scoreintNo

Relationships:

  • foreign key account_id -> accounts.id

routes

ColumnTypeNullable
iduuidNo
processor_iduuidNo
timestamptimestampNo
amountintNo
successboolNo

Relationships:

  • foreign key processor_id -> processors.id

API Endpoints

GET
/api/processors

List processors with health

🔒 Auth Required
POST
/api/route

Route a payment payload

🔒 Auth Required
GET
/api/health/:id

Processor health

🔒 Auth Required
GET
/api/logs

Audit logs

🔒 Auth Required

Tech Stack

Frontend
Next.js 14 + Tailwind + shadcn/ui
Backend
Next.js API routes
Database
Supabase Postgres
Auth
Supabase Auth
Payments
Stripe
Hosting
Vercel
Additional Tools
BullMQ for internal queuesCron for health checks

Build Timeline

Week 1: Auth and basics

35h
  • Teams/accounts
  • Processor CRUD

Week 2: Health monitoring

45h
  • Health check cron
  • Dashboard

Week 3: Routing core

50h
  • Route endpoint
  • Load balancer logic

Week 4: Failover and logs

40h
  • Failover
  • Audit trails

Week 5: Rules and polish

35h
  • Rules editor
  • Exports

Week 6: Security and launch

25h
  • Payments
  • Tests

Week 7: Compliance checks

20h
  • Immutable logs
  • Landing

Week 8: Beta

20h
  • Onboard testers
Total Timeline: 8 weeks • 320 hours

Pricing Tiers

Free

$0/mo

1k routes/mo

  • 2 processors
  • Basic routing

Pro

$29/mo

50k routes/mo

  • 10 processors
  • Failover
  • Logs

Enterprise

$199/mo

Unlimited

  • Unlimited
  • Custom rules
  • Whiteglove onboarding

Revenue Projections

MonthUsersConversionMRRARR
Month 1303%$30$360
Month 63009%$900$10,800

Unit Economics

$100
CAC
$1800
LTV
4%
Churn
88%
Margin
LTV:CAC Ratio: 18.0xExcellent!

Landing Page Copy

Route Payments Intelligently, Scale Effortlessly

Dynamic balancing and failover for enterprise fintech reliability.

Feature Highlights

<100ms decisions
Full audit compliance
Multi-processor support
Zero config failover

Social Proof (Placeholders)

"'Uptime jumped to 99.99%.' - Fintech CTO"
"'Perfect for our RTP volumes.' - Ops Director"

First Three Customers

Target Adyen/Stripe enterprise users via LinkedIn sales navigator; offer migration credits. Post case study tease on Payments Innovation forums. Partner with one boutique fintech consultancy for intros.

Launch Channels

Product Huntr/fintechPayments DiveLinkedIn GroupsFinovate Twitter

SEO Keywords

payment processor routingfintech failover tooldynamic payment load balancerscale RTP paymentsmulti-PSP router

Competitive Analysis

Enterprise custom
Strength

Full processing

Weakness

Not SaaS, heavy

Our Advantage

Lightweight router overlay

Per-tx
Strength

Cards

Weakness

Single focus

Our Advantage

Multi-processor agnostic

🏰 Moat Strategy

Network effects from shared processor health data.

⏰ Why Now?

Proliferation of PSPs requiring smart routing amid volume growth.

Risks & Mitigation

legalhigh severity

PCI compliance

Mitigation

No card data stored, SOC2

financiallow severity

High compute for routing

Mitigation

Edge-optimized

marketmedium severity

Stickiness to one PSP

Mitigation

Multi-support from day1

Validation Roadmap

pre-build7 days

Validate with 8 PSP users

Success: 6 use >2 processors

growth30 days

Acquire 20 users

Success: 15% MoM growth

Pivot Options

  • Single PSP optimizer
  • General API router
  • Compliance logging SaaS

Quick Stats

Build Time
320h
Target MRR (6 mo)
$6,000
Market Size
$3200.0M
Features
8
Database Tables
4
API Endpoints
4