๐Ÿ†š Authorize.net vs. PayPal Enterprise Payments

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Type

Payment service
Payment service

About

Authorize.net is a payment gateway that facilitates the submission and routing of credit card and electronic check payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its client merchants.

It includes built-in tools such as the Advanced Fraud Detection Suite with over a dozen configurable filters (for example IP, daily velocity, shipping vs billing address, AVS, etc.), recurring billing and subscription management, customer profile storage, support for digital wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay), and APIs/SDKs for developers to integrate payments and reporting.

PayPal Enterprise Payments, formerly known as Braintree, is a full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites.

It supports credit and debit cards, digital wallets like PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, recurring billing for subscriptions, global payments in more than 130 currencies, and built-in fraud protection tools and PCI compliance features.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
San Jose, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version โŒ
Payment gateway only
Gateway fee$25/month
Per transaction10ยข + daily batch fee 10ยข
All-in-one
Gateway fee$25/month
Per transaction2.9% + 30ยข
Payment processing, US accounts, per transaction
Cards and third-party digital wallets2.89% + 0.29 USD
Non-USD currency+1%
Cards outside the US+1%
Chargeback$15
Payment processing, EU accounts, per transaction
Cards and third-party digital wallets1.9% + 0.30 EUR
Multi-currency+1.5%-3%
Cards outside the EEA+1%
Chargebackโ‚ฌ30

Categories

Payments โ€บ Rank #12
Payments โ€บ Rank #10
Fraud Prevention โ€บ Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PayPal Enterprise Payments service is 1.8 times more popular than Authorize.net.
Total websites

Market share

Payments

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PayPal Enterprise Payments is more popular in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany, while Authorize.net is more popular in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and Lebanon.
United States
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Germany
Australia
France
Italy
Canada
Brazil
Poland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PayPal Enterprise Payments is more popular than Authorize.net in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Fashion/Beauty
Health
Software/Hardware
Internet Services
Sports
Real Estate
Education/Reference

Top sites

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