Alipay
Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, ChinaAlipay is a Chinese mobile payment and digital wallet platform that also provides access to everyday services such as ride-hailing, food delivery, and utility bill payments.
It supports international credit and debit card linking, QR code payments, the contactless Alipay Tap! feature using NFC, palm scanning and facial recognition, and an AI assistant for voice-based service discovery.
According to our data, Alipay ranks 30th among the online payment services we track.
It has 0.4% of the online payment market share and is detected on 0.03% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
Alipay is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Online Payments
- Rank: 30
- Market share: 0.4%
🏆 Alipay Awards
- ⭐ 8th most popular in China in the Online Payments category.
⚡ Sites Using Alipay
We have data on 1,087 websites that use the Alipay online payment service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Alipay is zara.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1,484 | Spain | European Spanish | |
| 2 | alipay.com |
#5,342 | China | Chinese |
| 3 | #6,930 | China | Chinese | |
| 4 | #7,259 | United States | American English | |
| 5 | #17,976 | English | ||
| 6 | #20,333 | China | Chinese | |
| 7 | #23,488 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 8 | #25,698 | Japan | English | |
| 9 | #26,928 | English | ||
| 10 | #31,405 | Portugal | American English | |
| 11 | #36,305 | Hong Kong | English | |
| 12 | #39,919 | Portuguese | ||
| 13 | #43,761 | English | ||
| 14 | #50,855 | China | Chinese | |
| 15 | #51,120 | China | ||
| 16 | #53,014 | China | English | |
| 17 | #56,649 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 18 | #57,542 | Hong Kong | English | |
| 19 | #61,220 | Hong Kong | English | |
| 20 | #62,212 | Australia | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Alipay:
- are located in China
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Alipay are from China, the United States, and Hong Kong.
- China 16.4%
- United States 9.9%
- Hong Kong 8%
- United Kingdom 7.2%
- Japan 6.8%
- New Zealand 5.7%
- Germany 4.5%
- Canada 3.3%
- Netherlands 2.9%
- Other 35.3%
Most Alipay users speak English or Chinese.
- English 84.9%
- Chinese 6.5%
- Japanese 2.8%
- German 1.6%
- French 0.9%
- Vietnamese 0.7%
- Spanish 0.4%
- Italian 0.4%
- Indonesian 0.3%
- Other 1.5%
The Alipay online payment service is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 63%
- .org 4.4%
- .ai 2.7%
- .net 2.4%
- .co.nz 2.2%
- .io 1.7%
- .co.uk 1.4%
- .com.hk 1.3%
- .ca 1.1%
- Other 19.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Alipay include online shopping, business, and Internet services.
- Online Shopping 15.6%
- Business 15.1%
- Internet Services 10.6%
- Fashion/Beauty 7.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 6.9%
- Sports 5%
- Software/Hardware 5%
- Travel 4.6%
- Blogs/Wiki 4.1%
- Other 25.8%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Alipay?
Alipay is owned by Alibaba Group Holding Limited, headquartered in Hangzhou, China.
Can I use Alipay for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
Which country uses Alipay the most?
The majority of Alipay users are from China.
Who uses Alipay?
According to our data, Alipay is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as zara.com,
alipay.com, and yuque.com.
How does Alipay stack up against the competition?
Alipay is a moderately popular online payment service, ranking ahead of 107 other online payment services we track.
What are the alternatives to Alipay?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Alipay may include 
Wero, 
Samsung Pay, and 
Cash App.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,816,780 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.