Six instruments

These are not tiers of one product. They cost differently, move at different speeds and fail in different ways. Each page says plainly when its product is the wrong choice.

Choosing between them

  • Need it this week, revenue is steadymerchant cash advance. Fastest and dearest.
  • The gap keeps recurringline of credit. Pay only for what you draw.
  • A defined project with a defined returnterm loan. One predictable payment.
  • Buying a specific assetequipment financing. The asset secures it, so it prices lower.
  • You invoice businesses on net termsinvoice factoring. Fixes the cause, not the symptom.
  • You can wait 30–90 daysSBA. Cheapest money most operators can get.

Speed against cost

The same six, plotted. The diagonal is the trade you are choosing between.

The six instruments by speed and cost A plot of six funding instruments. The faster an instrument funds, the more it costs. Merchant cash advances fund in a day or two and cost the most; SBA loans take one to three months and cost the least. Weeks Hours How fast you need it What it costs More Less Merchant cash advance Business line of credit Term loan Equipment financing Invoice factoring SBA loans
Every point links to that instrument. Positions are typical, not offers.

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