🆚 Amazon Pay vs. PayPal

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Amazon Pay
PayPal

Type

Payment system
Payment system

About

Amazon Pay lets Amazon customers to pay on your website using the information already stored in their Amazon accounts.
PayPal is an online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details.

It includes a digital wallet that links to bank accounts and cards, supports transactions in more than 200 countries and regions and 25 currencies, offers buyer protection on eligible purchases, and enables guest checkout for non-account holders.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
San Jose, California, United States

Website

pay.amazon.com
paypal.com #36

Pricing

Domestic personal transactions
From bank accounts$0 (if no currency conversion)
From cards3.4% + fixed fee based on currency
International personal transactions
From U.S. bank accounts$4.99
From U.S. cards$4.99 + 3.4% + fixed fee
Merchant fees
For receiving domestic transactions3.40% + fixed fee
For receiving international transactions4.40% + fixed fee

Categories

Payments › Rank #11
Payments › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PayPal payment system is 28 times more popular than Amazon Pay.
Total websites

Market share

Payments

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PayPal is more popular than Amazon Pay in all countries.
United States
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
Italy
France
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PayPal is more popular than Amazon Pay in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Fashion/Beauty
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#370
#1,328
#3,330
#6,659
#6,802
Name
Rank
#17
#36
#39
#55
#59

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