🆚 Open Collective vs. PayPal.Me

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 PayPal.Me is much more popular than Open Collective.
🌎 PayPal.Me is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Open Collective is more popular in Turkey and Cote D'Ivoire.

Open Collective

PayPal.Me

Type

Donation tool

About

Open Collective is a platform that enables open source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work.

It provides public budgets with detailed expense breakdowns, recurring and one-time contributions, fiscal hosting with legal and accounting support, multiple payment methods, and automated expense reimbursements.

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

Walnut, California, United States

San Jose, California, United States

Website

opencollective.com #165,307

paypal.com/paypalme/ #45

Pricing

Platform FeeFree version ✔️For Collectives
For Fiscal Hosts15%

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 6 times more popular than Open Collective.

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 Open Collective is more popular in Turkey and Cote D'Ivoire.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Italy

France

Spain

Canada

India

Netherlands

Indonesia

Awards

⭐ 9th 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, Internet services, and entertainment, while Open Collective is more commonly used on software and hardware, and technical information sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Internet Services

Entertainment

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Technical Information

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Games