🆚 Arcot vs. PayPal

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 PayPal is much more popular than Arcot.
🌍 PayPal is more popular in all countries.

Arcot

PayPal

Type

Payment service

About

The Arcot Network is a payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS). It enables financial institutions, merchants, and payment processors to authenticate the identity of a shopper during an e-commerce payment.

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

Palo Alto, United States

San Jose, California, United States

Website

arcot.broadcom.com

paypal.com #45

Pricing

Domestic personal transactionsFrom bank accounts$0 (if no currency conversion)
From cards3.4% + fixed fee based on currency

International personal transactionsFrom U.S. bank accounts$4.99
From U.S. cards$4.99 + 3.4% + fixed fee

Merchant feesFor receiving domestic transactions3.40% + fixed fee
For receiving international transactions4.40% + fixed fee

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PayPal payment service is 26 times more popular than Arcot.

Total websites

Market share

Payments

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PayPal is more popular than Arcot in all countries.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Australia

France

Italy

Netherlands

Canada

Spain

India

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Fraud Prevention category.
🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Fraud Prevention category.
🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Fraud Prevention category.
🥈 Second most popular in France in the Fraud Prevention category.
🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Fraud Prevention category.

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Payments category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Payments category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Payments category.
🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Payments category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Payments category.

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 Arcot is more commonly used on real estate sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Entertainment

Sports

Education/Reference

Software/Hardware