🆚 Google Pay vs. PayPal

Type

Online payment service
Online payment service

About

Google Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service developed by Google that enables users to make contactless and online payments using supported Android phones, tablets, and wearable devices.

It supports NFC-based tap-to-pay, secure tokenization instead of sharing card numbers, storage of payment cards, transit passes, tickets, and loyalty cards, in-app and web payments, biometric authentication, and broad compatibility with banks and payment networks in many countries.

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

Mountain View, California, United States
San Jose, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Domestic personal transactions
From bank accounts $0 (if no currency conversion)
From cards 3.4% + 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 transactions 3.40% + fixed fee
For receiving international transactions 4.40% + fixed fee

Categories

Online Payments › Rank #7
Online Payments › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PayPal online payment service is 6 times more popular than Google Pay.
Total websites

Market share

Online Payments

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PayPal is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Google Pay is more popular in the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Slovakia.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
Italy
France
Canada
Netherlands
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 Google Pay is more commonly used on finance and banking, and restaurants sites.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Business
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Sports
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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