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Factoring vs Direct Payment Calculator

Compare two payment paths using only the terms you enter. See how explicit fees affect cash received, how many days one option may accelerate payment, and how your own annual working-capital assumption changes the timing comparison.

Cash timing versus cost

A faster payment can cost more even when the invoice value is unchanged.

This comparison separates explicit fees from the value you assign to waiting for cash. The working-capital input is your own assumption, not a financing quote, APR, market benchmark, or recommendation.

Your terms

Compare one invoice.

The defaults are an editable illustration, not a market benchmark. Replace every value with the actual terms and your own working-capital assumption. Do not enter broker names, bank details, invoice numbers, customer information, or other private data.

Estimated comparison

Cash received and timing

Factoring net after entered costs
Direct net after entered costs
Adjusted difference
Factoring explicit net cash
Direct explicit net cash
Factoring fee total
Direct fee total
Factoring waiting-cost estimate
Direct waiting-cost estimate
Factoring amount retained
Direct amount retained
Payment timing difference
Explicit cost per accelerated day
Enter your terms and compare the two payment paths.

Arithmetic estimate only. The waiting-cost estimate applies your own annual assumption as invoice × annual rate × days ÷ 365. This tool is not accounting, tax, legal, lending, credit, factoring-contract, banking, or financial advice. It does not model every contract term and does not predict payment, disputes, recourse, chargebacks, broker credit, cash flow, profit, or revenue.

Transparent math

The comparison uses only the terms you enter.

No industry-average factoring fee, payment speed, cost of capital, broker credit assumption, or profitability recommendation is inserted by Hermes.

Factoring fee
Invoice × factoring fee % + factoring fixed fee
Factoring explicit net cash
Invoice − factoring fee
Direct payment fee
Invoice × direct/quick-pay fee % + direct fixed fee
Direct explicit net cash
Invoice − direct payment fee
Waiting-cost estimate
Invoice × annual working-capital assumption % × payment days ÷ 365
Net after entered costs
Explicit net cash − waiting-cost estimate
Adjusted difference
Direct net after entered costs − factoring net after entered costs
Days accelerated
Direct payment days − factoring payment days
Explicit cost per accelerated day
Explicit net-cash difference ÷ days accelerated, when factoring is faster
Amount retained
Explicit net cash ÷ invoice × 100

Contract terms still matter

A fee-and-days comparison is not a full factoring-contract review.

Before making a payment decision, separately verify the terms that can change the real economic or operational result.

Recourse and chargebacks

Who bears nonpayment or dispute risk, and under what events can funds be charged back?

Reserve and release timing

Does the provider hold a reserve, and when can any retained balance become available?

Minimums and extra fees

Check ACH/wire, same-day, monthly minimum, invoice-processing, termination, and other contractual charges.

Notice of assignment

Confirm where the broker must remit payment and how payment instructions are verified before any change.

Contract duration

Review exclusivity, termination notice, renewal, minimum volume, and any obligation to factor eligible invoices.

Broker approval and disputes

Funding can depend on customer credit, documentation, delivery evidence, claim status, and provider rules.