🆚 PayPal Enterprise Payments vs. Stripe

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Stripe is four times more popular than PayPal Enterprise Payments.
🌎 Stripe is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌎 PayPal Enterprise Payments is more popular in the Netherlands, Brazil, and Denmark.

PayPal Enterprise Payments

Stripe

Type

Payment service

About

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.

Stripe is a payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration.

It supports over 135 currencies, enables direct bank debits and real-time payments, manages subscriptions with smart retry logic, includes machine learning–based fraud detection, and offers the Stripe Connect solution for marketplaces and platforms to route payouts in more than 45 countries.

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

paypal.com #45

stripe.com #1,004

Pricing

Payment processing, US accounts, per transactionCards 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 transactionCards and third-party digital wallets1.9% + 0.30 EUR
Multi-currency+1.5%-3%
Cards outside the EEA+1%
Chargeback€30

Payment processing, US accounts, per transactionDomestic cards2.9% + 30¢
Manually entered cards3.4% + 30¢
International cards4.4% + 30¢
Currency conversion1%

Payment processing, EU accounts, per transactionStandard EU cards1.5% + €0.25
Premium EU cards1.5% + €0.25
UK cards2.5% + €0.25
International cards3.25% + €0.25
Currency conversion2%

Post-payment invoices0.4% on transaction total, max $2

Identity$1.50/verification

Tax Basic0.5%/transaction

Tax Complete$1,080+/year

Custom domain$10/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Stripe payment service is 4 times more popular than PayPal Enterprise Payments.

Total websites

Market share

Payments

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Stripe is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while PayPal Enterprise Payments is more popular in the Netherlands, Brazil, and Denmark.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Australia

France

Italy

Canada

Netherlands

Spain

Ireland

Awards

⭐ 5th most popular in Chile in the Payments category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Bulgaria in the Payments category.
⭐ 5th most popular in South Africa in the Payments category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Serbia in the Payments category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Brazil in the Payments category.

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Subscriptions category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Subscriptions category.
🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Subscriptions category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Subscriptions category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Subscriptions category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Stripe is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and Internet services, while PayPal Enterprise Payments is more commonly used on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and real estate sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Travel

Sports