🆚 Giropay vs. Skype
- 📈 Skype is much more popular than Giropay.
- 🌎 Skype is more popular in Thailand, Russia, and the United States.
- 🌍 Giropay is more popular in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data
SkypeType
Legacy technology
Legacy technology
About
Giropay was a German payment method based on online banking that was discontinued on December 31, 2024.
Skype was a communications platform for voice and video calls and sending instant messages that was retired on May 5, 2025 in favor of 
Microsoft Teams.
Headquarters
Frankfurt, Germany
Redmond, Washington, United States
Website
Pricing
Free ✔️ + $$$
Phone calls
World (unlimited mins) $16.79/month
USA (unlimited mins) $3.59/month
UK (30 mins) $1.79/month
Germany (100 mins) $3.59/month
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Skype legacy technology is 13 times more popular than Giropay.
Total websites
Market share
Legacy
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Skype is more popular in Thailand, Russia, and the United States, while Giropay is more popular in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
Thailand
Russia
United States
China
Germany
Vietnam
India
Ukraine
Italy
Cambodia
Awards
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in Germany in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in the Netherlands in the Legacy category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Thailand in the Legacy category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Cambodia in the Legacy category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Russia in the Legacy category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Belarus in the Legacy category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in China in the Legacy category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Skype is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising, while Giropay is more commonly used on online shopping, alcohol, and pharmacy sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Marketing/Merchandising
Travel
Blogs/Wiki
Software/Hardware
Education/Reference
Fashion/Beauty
Games
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.