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page_title: Understanding Juspay
product: Express Checkout SDK Global
platform: Android
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# **Juspay: The Payment Orchestration Platform** 



Juspay acts as a **Payment Orchestrator Platform** , simplifying and optimizing the entire payment process by serving as a bridge between merchants and multiple payment processors. 

Let’s break this down:


## **What Juspay Offers** 



* **Single Integration for Multiple Gateways:**  Juspay connects merchants to various payment gateways through one integration, reducing setup efforts.
* **Effortless Integration:**  Merchants only need to invoke certain Juspay APIs, Juspay SDK takes full control of the payment processing, ensuring a seamless experience
* **Intelligent Gateway Selection:**  Juspay intelligently selects the best payment gateway for each order based on success rates and performance.
* **Dynamic Transaction Routing:**  Transactions are routed dynamically based on real-time gateway health to maximize reliability.
* **Built-in Fallbacks:**  If a gateway is down, Juspay automatically switches to an alternate PG to prevent payment failures, reducing the chances of user dropouts and ensuring a smooth, uninterrupted payment experience.
* **Traffic Monitoring & Analytics:**  Juspay continuously tracks payment performance, providing merchants with actionable insights through detailed analytics.


## **Why Juspay?** 



Juspay doesn’t just handle payments — it optimizes them. Here’s what makes us stand out:

* **Higher Success Rates:** Smart routing and fallback mechanisms ensure more payments go through successfully, even during gateway downtimes.
* **Unified Error Codes:** Merchants can utilize Juspay’s standardized error codes, eliminating the need to depend on the error codes from individual gateways.
* **Cost Optimization:** Dynamic routing based on fees and performance helps merchants reduce processing costs.
* **Security and Compliance:** Built-in fraud checks and adherence to industry regulations keep transactions safe and secure.
* **Built to Scale:** Easily add new gateways, payment methods, or regional setups as your business grows — no re-integration required.


## **Payment Orchestration Flow** 



This flow ensures a **secure** , **scalable** , and **reliable**  payment process, with **Juspay**  handling the complexities of **payment processing** , while the **merchant**  focuses on the user experience and order fulfillment.

![Image](https://dth95m2xtyv8v.cloudfront.net/tesseract/assets/express-checkout-sdk-global/Screenshot%202025-02-05%20at%204.03.45%E2%80%AFPM.png)




### **Summary of the Flow** 



1. The merchant initializes the **Juspay SDK**  beforehand (such as during app launch) to ensure a faster checkout experience.
2. The **user** _adds items_  to the cart, _selects a payment method_ , _enters payment details_ , and clicks _Pay Now_  on the **merchant’s site** .
3. The Merchant server creates order at Juspay server.
4. When a user clicks on Pay, the merchant uses Juspay SDK to process the transaction.
5. Juspay SDK initiates transaction to Juspay server
6. **Juspay’s backend**  initiates the transaction with the **payment gateway**  and updates the payment status.
7. The **merchant**  receives the payment confirmation via the SDK, a webhook, or by checking through the Order Status API.
8. After payment, **Juspay**  redirects the **user**  to the **merchant**  app with the final status (success or failure).

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## See Also

- [Prerequisites](https://juspay.io/sea/docs/express-checkout-sdk-global/android/overview/prerequisites)