🆚 PayPal vs. Shop Pay

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 PayPal is three times more popular than Shop Pay.
🌎 PayPal is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Shop Pay is more popular in Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan.

PayPal

Shop Pay

Type

Payment service

About

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.

Shop Pay is a one-tap checkout and payment method developed by Shopify.

It securely stores customers' payment, shipping, and billing information, supports installment payments via a built-in Buy Now, Pay Later option, and works across participating merchant websites and in-app channels.

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Website

paypal.com #45

shop.app/shop-pay #1,116

Pricing

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

Free version ✔️Via Shopify Payments

Shop Pay Installments5.9% + $0.30/transaction

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PayPal payment service is 2.6 times more popular than Shop Pay.

Total websites

Market share

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 Shop Pay is more popular in Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Australia

France

Italy

Canada

Netherlands

Spain

Japan

Awards

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

🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Payments category.
🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Payments category.
🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Payments category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Payments category.
🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Payments category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PayPal is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and marketing and merchandising, while Shop Pay is more commonly used on alcohol and restaurants sites.

Online Shopping

Fashion/Beauty

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Sports

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Software/Hardware