braintreepayments.com
PayPal
Who runs PayPal, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest online payments alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Checkout.com
Measured from PayPal’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit PayPal01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs PayPal
PayPal braintreepayments.com
Explore PayPal Braintree and how our end-to-end payment platform can help drive growth. Learn more about PayPal Braintree on the PayPal website.
Wikidata: payment processing service operated by PayPal
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What PayPal tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
tracker that follows visitors
7 of the 18 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to PayPal
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to PayPal, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Payment services to power your performance | Checkout.com
Boost your acceptance rate, cut processing costs, fight fraud, and create extraordinary customer experiences with Checkout.com's payment solutions.
Very close - 02
Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue
Stripe is a financial services platform that helps all types of businesses accept payments, build flexible billing models and manage money movement.
Very close - 03
Adyen: Fintech platform for enterprises - Adyen
Run payments, manage your data, and offer financial products in one platform. Adyen is purpose-built for the world's leading businesses.
Very close - 04
Mollie – the platform for online and in-person payments
One platform to accept payments, manage money, and access funding. Eliminate financial friction and grow your business with Mollie.
Very close - 05
Paysafe | It starts here
We have a payment solution for every business. Using our global expertise we can help any business grow, from SMBs to large corporations. See our services here.
Very close - 06
Nuvei | The infrastructure for every payment, everywhere
Unify pay-ins, payouts, and data on one intelligent platform. Accept every payment method, optimize performance locally, and scale globally with Nuvei.
Very close - 07
Worldpay: Unleash Your Payments Potential
We power global commerce by providing exceptional payments technology and expertise to businesses. Find out how Worldpay can help you.
Very close - 08
Block
Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy.
Close - 09
Cashfree Payments - Fastest way to collect online payments
Payments & checkout solution provider for e-commerce, SaaS, Travel, Edtech & Fintech - go live fast, convert more, & collect domestic and international payments
Very close - 10
All-in-One Global Payment Platform for Businesses | Payoneer
Payoneer empowers millions of businesses with the financial software and services they need to grow and transact globally with confidence.
Very close - 11
Canadian based online payment processing company
Very close - 12
Klarna US - A secure, flexible way to manage your money
Manage everyday payments securely with Klarna - online, in store, or with the Klarna Card. Flexible and interest-free options in the United States.
Very close - 13
Affirm | Pay over time with flexible payment plans and no fees
Buy now pay later without the fees. Flexible payment options with longer plans, lower payments, and no fees. Pay in 4 interest-free or get more time and see your total cost upfront.
Very close - 14
Pay Friends | Payments App | Venmo
Welcome to Venmo! Manage your account balance, send/receive money, split bills, pay friends, and stay connected with your network all in one place.
Very close - 15
Enterprise Card Issuing & Payment Processing | Marqeta
Launch and scale card programs with Marqeta’s enterprise-grade issuing and payment processing platform, flexible technology, and expert support.
Very close - 16
Power your entire business | Square
Sell anywhere. Diversify revenue streams. Streamline operations. Manage your staff. Get paid faster. Sign up for Square today.
Close - 17
Razorpay - Best Payment Solution for Online Payments India
Online Payments India: Start Accepting Payments Instantly with Razorpay's Payment Suite, which Supports Netbanking, Credit Card & Debit Cards, UPI etc.
Very close - 18
Zelle® | Send and receive money directly to and from your bank account
Zelle® is a direct and fast way to send and receive money with enrolled friends, family and others you trust. Look for Zelle® in your banking app to get started.
Very close - 19
Launch, monetize, and scale with Xsolla tools and services
Find out how you can launch, monetize and scale your video games worldwide, with no upfront costs, using Xsolla's comprehensive suite of tools and services.
Very close - 20
Zavo: the procurement brain. AI-native, from intake to pay
Procurement runs on Zavo: the procurement brain over the whole cycle, from intake to pay. Built by operators who ran procurement.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles PayPal’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones PayPal uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what PayPal adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 12 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,200
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 32 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to PayPal’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CSS & UI
- Bootstrap asset https://www.paypalobjects.com/martech/tm/paypal/gtm-bootstrap.js
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 ip4:74.112.67.243 ip4:159.242.240.113 ip4:159.242.240.114 ip4:…
- Payments
- PayPal page source: paypalobjects.com
- Security
- DataDome header x-datadome: protected
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-fra-eddf8230098-FRA, cache-ber1080056-BER, cache-ber1…
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 ip4:74.112.67.243 ip4:159.242.240.113 ip4:159.242.240.114 ip4:…
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms64840644
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 ip4:74.112.67.243 ip4:159.242.240.113 ip4:159.242.240.114 ip4:…
- DNS hosting
- UltraDNS NS pdns100.ultradns.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Q8BdHlO6NYSN5njfC2rlbPQxksVfADlcxarxq4f…
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 ip4:74.112.67.243 ip4:159.242.240.113 ip4:159.242.240.114 ip4:…
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on braintreepayments.com 20/20
- Atlassian 19/20
- Apple Business · not on braintreepayments.com 17/20
- Microsoft 365 16/20
- DocuSign · not on braintreepayments.com 14/20
- Google Workspace 12/20
- Cloudflare · not on braintreepayments.com 10/20
- OneTrust · not on braintreepayments.com 10/20
- Google Tag Manager 9/20
- Miro · not on braintreepayments.com 9/20
- OpenAI · not on braintreepayments.com 9/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on braintreepayments.com 8/20
- Slack · not on braintreepayments.com 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on braintreepayments.com 7/20
- Adobe · not on braintreepayments.com 6/20
- Canva · not on braintreepayments.com 6/20