# Overview

Hyperswitch is an open-source payments platform from [Juspay](https://juspay.io/us), designed to simplify global payments for digital businesses. [Juspay](https://juspay.io/us) has been a global leader offering payment infrastructure solution for banks and merchants for **12+ years**, processing over **300 Mn+ daily transactions** and an annualized total payment value of **$1 Tn+**.

### We offer two distinct solutions:

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### Hyperswitch Philosophy: Open Payments Infrastructure as a Self-Hostable System Framework

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At Juspay, we believe that payments infrastructure should be transparent, adaptable, and built for merchant control—not vendor lock-in. That’s why we made the bold decision to take our Payment Orchestrator open source.

Enterprise merchants operate in a world where payment agility is a competitive advantage. Traditional closed-loop platforms dictate their own rules, pricing, and pace of innovation. Based on our 12-years of experience building and scaling global payment systems, we decided to take a different approach—giving merchants the power to customize, optimize, and scale payments to fit their unique business needs.

Guided by the learnings from our enterprise go-lives, we have been working on unbundling a range of stand-alone solutions from our broader technology stack to make them more accessible to merchants looking to expand their in-house system engineering capability. These stand-alone solutions range from services for intelligent / dynamic payment routing, payment methods vaulting, cost observability, PSP-agnostic authentication, and an APMs widget that can be embedded anywhere.

### Technical Foundation: Open System Architecture with Enterprise-Scale Guarantees

HyperSwitch's technical architecture combines open source innovation with enterprise-grade reliability, built to power modern payment operations.

#### 1. Open-Source Transparency & Extensibility

* **Complete Transparency & Confidence**: Full visibility into payment orchestration with no black boxes, enabling informed decision-making and customization. Hyperswitch is maintained publicly on [GitHub](https://github.com/juspay/hyperswitch)
* **Open Roadmap & Innovation**: Collaborative development approach that allows merchants to influence and contribute to the platform's evolution
* **Speed to Market**: Accelerate implementation and changes by building consensus faster through transparent architecture

#### 2. Enterprise-Grade Reliability & Security Model

* Built on battle-tested systems by Juspay's 1000+ engineers, the same team that powers 300M+ transactions daily for global enterprises like Amazon, Agoda and Zurich
* Comprehensive security framework including PCI compliance, tokenization, and security certifications
* Proven reliability at scale, designed for high-performance payment processing

### Core System Architecture Principles

#### 1. Modular

Pick only the components you need, without overhauling your stack.

* [Intelligent Routing](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/explore-hyperswitch/workflows/intelligent-routing)
* [Vault Services](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/explore-hyperswitch/workflows/vault)
* [Reconciliation](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/explore-hyperswitch/payments-modules/reconciliation-product)
* [Cost Observability](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/explore-hyperswitch/payments-modules/ai-powered-cost-observability)
* [Smart Retries](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/explore-hyperswitch/workflows/smart-retries),
* [APM widgets](https://docs.hyperswitch.io/explore-hyperswitch/payments-modules/enable-alternate-payment-method-widgets)

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#### 2. Composable

Easily integrate Hyperswitch into any existing payments infrastructure, reducing migration friction. Integrate Hyperswitch alongside:

* Existing acquirers
* Internal fraud engines
* Bank integrations
* ERP systems
* Vault Services

***

#### 3. Scalable

* Horizontally scalable architecture
* Supports peak loads up to \~5K TPS
* Stateless service layer with distributed coordination

***

#### 4. Reliable

Ensuring zero downtime and safe mode for handling exceptions with

* Multi-connector redundancy
* Smart retries
* Graceful degradation patterns
* Active-active regional topology

***

#### 5. Observable

Deep system visibility via:

* Logging
* Monitoring
* Distributed tracing
* Audit trails
* Cost optimization analytics
* Authorization uplift measurement

***

#### 6. Future-Proof

Without rebuilding your orchestration layer you can swap or upgrade :

* PSPs
* Internal token systems
* Authentication providers
* Fraud vendors

**Get ready! We welcome you to the future of digital payments!**


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