🆚 GitHub Sponsors vs. PayPal.Me

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 PayPal.Me is five times more popular than GitHub Sponsors.
🌎 PayPal.Me is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌎 GitHub Sponsors is more popular in Brazil.

GitHub Sponsors

PayPal.Me

Type

Donation tool

About

GitHub Sponsors is a platform that allows users to financially support open-source software developers and maintainers through one-time or recurring payments.

It enables sponsorship of individual developers or organizations, supports up to 10 sponsorship tiers, displays sponsorship badges to highlight supported projects, charges no platform fees on personal sponsorships, and sends payouts in over 100 regions.

PayPal.Me is a personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL.

It allows users to request fixed or custom amounts, supports payments from PayPal balances or linked cards and bank accounts, operates in over 200 markets, and applies standard PayPal transaction fees based on payment type and region.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

San Jose, California, United States

Website

GitHub #13

paypal.com/paypalme/ #45

Pricing

Sponsorship feeFrom personal accounts0%
From organization accounts3-6%

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.Me donation tool is 5 times more popular than GitHub Sponsors.

Total websites

Market share

Donations

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PayPal.Me is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while GitHub Sponsors is more popular in Brazil.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Italy

France

Canada

Spain

India

Netherlands

Switzerland

Awards

⭐ 8th most popular in Germany in the Donations category.

🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Donations category.
🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Donations category.
🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Donations category.
🥈 Second most popular in India in the Donations category.
🥈 Second most popular in Switzerland in the Donations category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PayPal.Me is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and Internet services, while GitHub Sponsors is more commonly used on software and hardware, and technical information sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Entertainment

Internet Services

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Education/Reference

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Games

Technical Information