Feature Mapping - Easy Payments Plus to Payzone
Table of Contents as per feature on Easy Payments Plus
Old System Feature | New System Equivalent | Status | Notes / Differences | 
Profile | |||
Administrators  | Administrators  | ⚠️ Modified  | Currently there is one level of an admin, which is a general admin. Read more here.  | 
Receipts Emailed  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | |
Billing Card Payments  | Billing  | ✅ Migrated  | View your pricing plan by clicking on your name on the main dashboard and navigating to Billing, then click on the hyperlink under Transaction Charges.  | 
Billing SMS Messages  | Billing  | ✅ Migrated  | View your pricing plan by clicking on your name on the main dashboard and navigating to Billing, then click on the hyperlink under Communication Charges.  | 
Fees | Products | ||
Define New Fees  | ✅ Migrated  | ||
  | Recurring  | ✅ Migrated  | Do this from the ‘recurring’ tab when creating a product. Read more here.  | 
  | Category  | ✅ Migrated  | This is now called ‘Category’, you can set a category on the Description tab of a product when creating it.  | 
  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
  | Admin Charges  | ⚠️ Modified  | Once an administration charge is configured within the system, it is applied to all products. The option to assign the charge to individual products is no longer available. Read more on admin charges here.  | 
  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
  | Limit Total  | ✅ Migrated  | Set Limit Total to Yes on the General tab while creating a General Product. Read more here.  | 
  | Total  | ✅ Migrated  | Set Limit Total to Yes on the General tab while creating a General Product. Read more here.  | 
  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
  | Beneficiary  | ✅ Migrated  | |
  | Publish  | ✅ Migrated  | When you are finished creating a product you will be asked if you want to publish it at the end.  | 
  | You will now create discounts and add them to products from the Manage → Discounts screen.  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more about discounts here.  | 
  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
  | Questions  | ⚠️ Modified  | Currently you can add questions from the Questions tab when creating a product. You can create a new question or add a recently created question. Read more here. Enhancements to this feature are planned for planned for future release (Q4 2025).  | 
Edit/Delete/copy Fees  | ✅ Migrated  | Click the 3 dots beside the product to edit, archive or copy any product.  | |
Restore Archived Fees  | Manage → Products  | ✅ Migrated  | Use the ‘Show Archived’ toggle and switch it to YES, then click the 3 dots beside the product you want to restore and click Restore.  | 
Paid/Reserved Fees  | Manage → Products  | ⚠️ Modified  | Hover over the amount of products remaining, this will be to the left of the product cost, you will see the limit, purchased and remaining. To edit the limit, click on the 3 dots of the product and increase or decrease the ‘Total’ field and click save. Read more here.  | 
Unpaid Fees  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Maintain Discount Lists  | ✅ Migrated  | ||
Maintain Selection Lists  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | Planned for future release (Q4 2025).  | 
Maintain Fee Types  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Fee Access  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | Release date TBC  | 
Reports | |||
All Payments  | Payments List Report  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
By Feename  | Summary Report by Product  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
By Feetype  | Summary Report by Product  | ❌ Not Available  | Planned for future release (Q4 2025).  | 
Recurring  | Recurring Payments  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Failed/Deleted  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Failed Instalments  | Show Failed toggle on Recurring Report  | Currently you can only view failed recurring payments. Read more here.  | |
By Payment Type  | |||
Card Lodgements  | Bank Reconciliation  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Cash/Cheque Lodgements  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | Planned for future release (Q4 2025).  | 
All Cash/Cheque  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Reminders | Communications | ||
✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | ||
Text  | SMS  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Email/Text Groups  | |||
History  | Communications Report  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Clients | Registered Accounts | ||
Client Details  | Registered Accounts Report  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Clients Owing Money  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Clients Due Refunds  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Credit Notes  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Clients Total Paid  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Add New Name  | Add Main Account  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Pre-loaded names  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Classes/Groups | Purchased Report | ||
Class/Group List  | ✅ Migrated  | Navigate to Manage → Products and click on the class you want to view and click on the 3 dots, then click Purchased. Read more here.  | |
  | ✅ Migrated  | From the Purchased report you can transfer students to another class. Read more here.  | |
  | ✅ Migrated  | To change the name of a student within a class, you will need to click on the reference number of the original payment and click on the pencil symbol. From there you can edit the name or create a new subaccount.  | |
Attendance List  | ✅ Migrated  | Currently you can export an attendance sheet, read more here. A PDF version will be available soon.  | |
Class/Group List (with mobile no.)  | ✅ Migrated  | Navigate to Manage → Products and click on the class you want to view and click on the 3 dots, then click Purchased. Read more here.  | |
Class/Group Details  | ✅ Migrated  | Navigate to Manage → Products and click on the class you want to view and click on the 3 dots, then click Purchased. Read more here.  | |
Class/Group Address Details  | ✅ Migrated  | To obtain address details you will need to navigate to the Detail Report. Read more here.  | |
All Details  | ✅ Migrated  | To obtain all details you will need to navigate to the Detail Report. Read more here.  | |
Stats Feename  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Stats Feetype  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Accept Payment | |||
Individual  | ⚠️ Modified  | You can accept a payment from a customer as normal once you are set up to do so. You can no longer accept payments for a recurring plan and you will be prompted that the full amount needs to be paid. This is for 3d secure purposes. Read more here.  | |
Group  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Request Payment | |||
Individual  | ✅ Migrated  | Currently you can only send a payment request for one item at a time. This will change in the future. To send a payment request you can follow these steps.  | |
Group  | ✅ Migrated  | ||
Payment Request List  | Payment Requests  | ✅ Migrated  | Navigate to Reports and select Payment Requests. Read more here.  | 
Payment Requests Sent  | Communications  | ✅ Migrated  | Navigate to Reports and select Communications, select the date range and the comms format and click apply.  | 
Contact Details | |||
Contact Details  | Organisation Details  | ✅ Migrated  | From the main dashboard, click on your name over on the right and then click on Organisation Details.  | 
Configuration | |||
Term Start Date  | Set default start date  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Message to appear on main screen  | Home Information  | ✅ Migrated  | Find this in Manage → Homepage → General Settings. Read more here.  | 
Display information on charges to users  | ⚠️ Modified  | The admin charges will no longer be displayed on the home screen but they will be shown to the customer when they have selected and added a product to their cart.  | |
Terms and Conditions  | Organisation Terms & Conditions  | ✅ Migrated  | From the main dashboard, click on your name over on the right and then click on Organisation Details, you can then navigate to the Organisation Terms & Conditions section and upload your file.  | 
Logo  | Logo  | ✅ Migrated  | From the main dashboard, click on your name over on the right and then click on Organisation Details, you can then navigate to the Logo section and upload your file.  | 
Banner  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Brand Colour  | Branding Colour  | ✅ Migrated  | From the main dashboard, click on your name over on the right and then click on Organisation Details, you can then navigate to the branding colour section. Read more here.  | 
Use codes in fee definition  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | You can use GL Codes for internal use, these will not be displayed to the customer. Read more here.  | 
Display list of fees by default  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Short Name to append to SMS  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | Your organisation name will automatically show up on SMS messages  | 
Sender ID to use when sending Text  | ✅ Migrated  | We need to configure this at our end, if you already have one in place and were migrated to the new platform, this will work as usual. If you want to set one up please contact us at support@payzone.ie  | |
Message to appear at top of receipts  | ⚠️ Modified  | Receipt messages can be added to each individual product. The will display at the end of the receipt before the email signature.  | |
Attachment to send with receipt  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Send receipt via text for mobile payments  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Send Payment Request via Text  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Send Payment Request via Email  | ✅ Migrated  | ||
Message to appear at top of Payment Request  | ⚠️ Modified  | You can send a Note when sending a payment request, these are configured individually on each payment request.  | |
Attachment to send with Payment Request  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Registration details on emailed receipts  | ⚠️ Modified  | Name and Address will be on receipts where the address is available.  | |
Message to include on registration email  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Message to appear with SMS and email approval check boxes  | ❌ Not Available  | Standard message will be shown - ‘Do you wish to receive email notifications from Organisation Name.’  | |
Approve Registration  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Make Active If Paid  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Display On Organisation Name List  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
For administrator payment always request the attendee  | ✅ Migrated  | Where applicable, admins will need to select the beneficiary when accepting a payment.  | |
For Payment Request always ask the fee questions on request setup  | ✅ Migrated  | Where applicable, customers will be prompted with relevant questions when making a payment request.  | |
Do you want to to log the injury incidents?  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Hide search and fee dropdown list  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Account Retention (Years)  | ⚠️ Modified  | This is no longer customizable. Accounts will be maintained for 2 years after their last transaction. Then to comply with GDPR all personal information will be deleted.  | |
Transaction Retention (Years)  | ⚠️ Modified  | This is no longer customizable. Transactions will be held for reporting for the Revenue mandated period of 6 years. Then they will be deleted.  | |
Email Setup | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Registration | |||
M/F  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Home Phone  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Nationality  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Type  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Date of Birth  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | Planned for future release (Q4 2025).  | 
Add Additional Names  | ⚠️ Modified  | The customer will be given the option to add additional names when making a payment.  | |
International  | ✅ Migrated  | Customers automatically select any country of residency.  | |
Registration questions  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Registration Selection Lists  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Type Specific Registration  | ❌ Not Available  | ||
Payment Options | If you wish to accept and record a payment by Cash, Cheque or EFT. We need to switch on these settings for you if they are not already switched on. Please email us at support@payzone.ie if you these enabled.  | ||
Cash  | Cash  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Cheque  | Cheque  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Debit Cards  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Credit Cards  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Voucher/Credit Note  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Direct Debit  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Funds Transfer  | EFT  | ✅ Migrated  | Read more here.  | 
Grant Payment  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Retail Payments  | -  | ❌ Not Available  | |
Admin Fee Charges | Admin Charges | ⚠️ Modified  | Once an administration charge is configured within the system, it is applied to all products. The option to assign the charge to individual products is no longer available. Read more on admin charges here.  | 
Contract Details | Pricing Plan | ✅ Migrated  | View your pricing plan by clicking on your name on the main dashboard and navigating to Billing, then click on Pricing Plan.  |