PayPal vs Recurly vs Stripe Billing

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PayPal

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Recurly

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139
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Stripe Billing

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Pros of PayPal
Pros of Recurly
Pros of Stripe Billing
  • 195
    Most known service
  • 135
    Consumers know it
  • 113
    It's available for many countries
  • 70
    Easy
  • 54
    Best way to get paid outside US
  • 35
    Most widely used payment processor
  • 25
    Express Checkout
  • 16
    Consumers trust it
  • 15
    Flexible and secure
  • 6
    Digital Goods for Express Checkout
  • 20
    Recurring billing
  • 10
    Simplicity
  • 9
    Works with multiple gateways
  • 9
    Supports Value Added Tax
  • 7
    Great support & easy to use
  • 4
    Simple
  • 3
    Amazing
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    Cons of PayPal
    Cons of Recurly
    Cons of Stripe Billing
    • 1
      Not well written recurring payment api
    • 1
      Less countries supported
    • 1
      Harder to get started with
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        What is PayPal?

        PayPal is an online payments and money transfer service that allows you to send money via email, phone, text message or Skype. They offer products to both individuals and businesses alike, including online vendors, auction sites and corporate users. PayPal connects effortlessly to bank accounts and credit cards. PayPal Mobile is one of PayPal’s newest products. It allows you to send payments by text message or by using PayPal’s mobile browser.

        What is Recurly?

        Recurly is the leading pay-as-you-go recurring billing service because setup is easy, integrations are quick, and our service grows with the needs of your business.

        What is Stripe Billing?

        A set of billing and subscription tools for developers and business people. Developers can use out-of-the-box functionality to get started quickly or use the composable API building blocks to design fully customized subscription logic and pricing models. Business people can create and manage subscriptions and invoices—and view detailed financial reports.

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        What are some alternatives to PayPal, Recurly, and Stripe Billing?
        Stripe
        Stripe makes it easy for developers to accept credit cards on the web.
        WePay
        WePay helps people sell tickets to events, send invoices, sell items online, and accept donations online. WePay also provides an API that allows developers to access its payments platform.
        Payoneer
        It is a financial services company that provides online money transfer and digital payment services and working capital solutions
        TransferWise
        It bypasses pricey international payments entirely by using two local transfers instead of one international transaction. If you want to convert your pounds to euros, you send the money in pounds to its UK-based account.
        Braintree
        Braintree replaces traditional payment gateways and merchant accounts. From one touch payments, to mobile SDKs and international sales, we provide everything you need to start accepting payments today.
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