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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
- Venmo
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 paypal.com
From paying friends to saving money or getting cash back when you shop, explore what the new PayPal app has to offer.
Wikidata: American worldwide online payments system
- 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 19 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
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 - 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
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 - 04
Send, Receive, Invest, & Manage Your Money with Cash App
Download Cash App to send & receive money instantly, spend with the Cash App Card, buy bitcoin, invest in stocks, & manage your finances.
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
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 - 07
Wise: The international account | Money without borders | Wise United Kingdom
Banks charge a lot for overseas transfers. We don't. Transfer money abroad easily and quickly with our low cost money transfers.
Very close - 08
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 - 09
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 - 10
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 - 11
Digital wallet for money transfers & online payments | Skrill EN - US
Whether you're placing a bet, gaming online, or sending money internationally, Skrill's digital wallet makes every payment quick and secure.
Very close - 12
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 - 13
Global Payments, Cards & Accounts Without Borders - AstroPay
Pay, send, and receive money worldwide with AstroPay. Multi-currency accounts, international cards, and rewards — all in one simple app.
Very close - 14
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 - 15
Home - Neteller
Sign up for a Neteller account. A faster, safer way to send and receive money online. Discover our award-winning eWallet today.
Very close - 16
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 - 17
Block
Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy.
Very close - 18
Where to Pay Later with Zip
Zip is a leading digital financial services company providing fair and seamless solutions that simplify how people pay.
Very close - 19
Canadian based online payment processing company
Very close - 20
Homepage
MuchBetter is the award-winning digital wallet app to send, spend and store money. Pair it with a prepaid Mastercard® or contactless ring. Sign up free.
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
- 9,192
- 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-
- Payments
- Security
- DataDome cookie datadome
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562f7f1a803444a-HAM
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms95960309
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:pp._spf.paypal.com include:3ph1._spf.paypal.com includ…
- DNS hosting
- UltraDNS NS pdns100.ultradns.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=11600efbec96c0e73dd8820cd33ca906ec4302aea…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=Q8BdHlO6NYSN5njfC2rlbPQxksVfADlcxarxq4f…
- GlobalSign TXT globalsign-domain-verification=KXa3jn_dNODlTVQ4eg1Wx3vA-RrHZ2K7iLQN0v…
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on paypal.com 20/20
- Atlassian 16/20
- Microsoft 365 15/20
- Apple Business · not on paypal.com 13/20
- Google Workspace · not on paypal.com 12/20
- DocuSign · not on paypal.com 12/20
- OneTrust · not on paypal.com 12/20
- Google Tag Manager 10/20
- Cloudflare 10/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on paypal.com 9/20
- OpenAI · not on paypal.com 9/20
- Miro · not on paypal.com 7/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on paypal.com 6/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on paypal.com 6/20
- Zendesk · not on paypal.com 6/20
- Stripe 6/20