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PCI DSS SAQ-A Eligibility Self-Assessment

Small ecommerce merchants on Stripe, Square, PayPal, or a similar fully-outsourced payment processor usually qualify for PCI DSS SAQ-A — the lightest compliance path. But if any card data touches your systems (even briefly, even through an iframe you control), you may be bumped to SAQ-A-EP or SAQ-D, which carry 10x the annual compliance work. This tool walks you through the 20 eligibility questions. Read the walkthrough for what each question means.

Context and background

Read the story behind this tool: PCI SAQ-A: The Lightest Compliance Path For Ecom SMBs, And Why You're Probably Not Eligible For It →