🆚 PayPal vs. Skrill

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Payment system
Payment system

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.

Skrill is a digital wallet that offers you the safety and convenience of paying online just with your email address and password.

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States
London, United Kingdom

Website

Pricing

Domestic personal transactions
From bank accounts$0 (if no currency conversion)
From cards3.4% + 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 transactions3.40% + fixed fee
For receiving international transactions4.40% + fixed fee
USA accounts
Deposit0%
Withdraw$5.50
Skrill to Skrill
Send0%
Receive
From US0%
Non US3.99%
Prepaid card
$10/year
ATM fee$2.50

Categories

Payments › Rank #1
Payments › Rank #27

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PayPal payment system is 96 times more popular than Skrill.
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, Canada, and Germany, while Skrill is more popular in Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
United States
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
Italy
France
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PayPal is more popular than Skrill in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Sports
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Rank
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#9,084
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#18,443
#20,841
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