🆚 American Express vs. PayPal

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Payment service
Payment service

About

American Express is a global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.

It enables contactless and mobile wallet payments, offers a membership rewards programm, provides purchase protection and extended warranty benefits, and supports a pay-in-installments feature called "Plan It".

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

New York, United States
San Jose, California, United States

Website

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 #8
Payments › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PayPal payment service is 12 times more popular than American Express.
Total websites

Market share

Payments

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PayPal is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while American Express is more popular in Argentina, Serbia, and Uruguay.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
France
Italy
Netherlands
Canada
Spain
India

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PayPal is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty, while American Express is more commonly used on real estate and restaurants sites.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Business
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Travel
Sports
Education/Reference

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