Who Uses PayPal?
Whether you're a small business, ecommerce platform, marketplace, enterprise, or developer, PayPal Commerce Platform offers what you need to run your business and help it grow.
What Is PayPal?
PayPal Commerce Platform is a comprehensive solution designed to serve your business needs and your customers, whether you're just getting started or already a thriving enterprise or marketplace.
Leveraging our two-sided network, the platform lets you connect with more than 295 million PayPal customers around the world and across many platforms and marketplaces.
PayPal Details
PayPal
https://www.paypal.com
Founded 1998
PayPal pricing overview
PayPal does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial.
Free Version
No
Free Trial
No
PayPal deployment and support
Support
- Online
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web
- Mobile - iOS Native
- Mobile - Android Native
Training
- Documentation
PayPal Features
B2B eCommerce Platform Software
- Bulk Ordering
- Communication Tools
- Inventory Control
- Mobile Access
- Payment Options
- Promotions Management
- Reordering
- Reporting/Analytics
- SEO Management
- Shipping Management
Ecommerce Tools for Small Businesses
- Catalogue Management
- Channel Management
- Customer Accounts
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Loyalty Program
- Mobile Commerce
- Order Management
- Product Configurator
- Promotions Management
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- Shopping Cart
Financial Risk Management Software
- Compliance Management
- Credit Risk Management
- For Hedge Funds
- Liquidity Analysis
- Loan Portfolio Management
- Market Risk Management
- Operational Risk Management
- Portfolio Management
- Portfolio Modeling
- Reporting
- Risk Analytics
- Stress Tests
Financial Services Software
- Analytics
- Branch Optimisation
- Channel Management
- Compliance Management
- Customer Engagement
- Performance Management
- Risk Management
Fraud Management Software
- Check Fraud Detection
- Custom Fraud Rules
- Customer Account Profiles
- Data Mining
- For Banking
- For Insurance Industry
- Internal Fraud Monitoring
Multi-Channel eCommerce Software
- Catalogue Management
- Channel Management
- Data Synchronisation
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Marketplace Integration
- Mobile Commerce
- Order Management
- Promotions Management
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- Shopping Cart
- Social Commerce
PCI Compliance Software
- Access Control
- Compliance Reporting
- Exceptions Management
- File Integrity Monitoring
- Intrusion Detection System
- Log Management
- PCI Assessment
- Patch Management
- Policy Management
Payment Processing Software
- ACH Payment Processing
- Billing & Invoicing
- Cryptocurrency Processing
- Data Security
- Debit/Credit Card Processing
- Electronic Signature
- In-Person Payments
- Mobile Payments
- Multiple Payment Gateways
- Online payment processing
- PCI Compliance
- POS Integration
- Payment Fraud Prevention
- Payment Processing
- Payment Processing Services Integration
- Recurring Billing
- Reporting/Analytics
Recurring Billing Software
- Deferred Billing
- Dunning Management
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Period Recurring Billing
- Payment Processing
- Recurring Invoicing
- Recurring/Subscription Billing
- Self Service Portal
Reporting Tools
- Customisable Dashboard
- Data Source Connectors
- Drag & Drop
- Drill Down
- Financial Reporting
- Forecasting
- Marketing Reports
- OLAP
- Report Export
- Sales Reports
- Scheduled / Automated Reports
Retail Management Software
- CRM
- Commission Management
- Email Marketing
- Employee Management
- Loyalty Program
- Mail Order
- Merchandise Management
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Reporting/Analytics
- Returns Management
- eCommerce
Subscription Management Software
- Cancellation Management
- Discount / Coupon Management
- Dunning Management
- Enrollment Management
- Product Catalogue
- Recurring Billing
- Revenue Recognition
- Self Service Portal
- Subscription Plan Management
- Tax Management
- Usage Tracking/Analytics
eCommerce Software
- CRM
- Data Security
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Kitting
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Store Management
- Promotions Management
- Returns Management
- Reviews Management
- SEO Management
- Templates
PayPal Alternatives
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PayPal Reviews for UK Users
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Average score
Emeka O.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 30/12/2019
"A Widely Used Payment Processor"
Comments: I use PayPal to make payments for goods and services for my business. It's also used to accept payments. Generally, PayPal is a cool payment processor.
Pros: I like PayPal for some reasons. Among the reasons for which I like PayPal include: 1. Ability to make payments without exposing my credit card details: Credit card fraud and identity theft is a trending menace nowadays. One is at a very high risk of having his/her credit card information stolen when the card is used on insecure websites. With PayPal I don't have to bother about my credit card information as I only have to sign in to my PayPal account and then proceed to making payment without having to expose my credit card information on the third-party website. 2. Ability to receive payment using only an email address: I love it that I can use my verified PayPal account's email address to receive money from anyone with a PayPal account. 3. Ability to integrate PayPal payment processor without much technicalities involves: I was able to integrate the PayPal payment processor to my ecommerce website in just a few minutes without having to do much technical stuffs. 4. Moderate payment processing charges: The charges by PayPal while using their payment gateway is moderate compared to that of some other payment processors. I had tried using a payment processor whose charges were quite high.
Cons: I have some problems with PayPal. One of the problems is that PayPal is not available is some countries, and this is a limitation to expanding to such countries. Secondly, PayPal have an history of limiting people's accounts for some hard to understand reasons. The issue is that once an account is limited, it is very hard or impossible to get back the money in the account.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 30/12/2019
Sarah O.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 13/10/2020
"Great for both businesses and personal use!"
Comments: PayPal is one of the best commerce software out there for both business and personal use. Their online website and mobile app are both very easy to use, when both paying and requesting payments. PayPal has been my go-to payment method for over 10 years, and I've never had any big issues with it. I've always receive payments to my bank accounts within a timely manner, and their customer service team is very helpful as well.
Pros: PayPal is one of the commerce platforms I have used for the longest time. I've used it both for businesses and personal use, and it's never let me down. It's super easy to send money to individuals both on their website and mobile app, and I love that you can write specific notes within each payment. It links seamlessly to your bank accounts, and I always receive payouts quickly. When requesting payments, I love the "reminder" feature where you can politely nudge someone for a payment. It's also easy to pull historical statements for accounting purposes.
Cons: It's annoying that there are transaction fees when you have a business account, though this is not something you can avoid with any e-commerce platform. They all charge fees, but PayPal is actually reasonably priced and competitive compared to other platforms like Stripe or Square, so it's not a huge negative aspect of the platform. My personal PayPal has also been hacked before through eBay back in 2015. There was an unknown foreign charge on there, which was a little concerning since PayPal is linked to my bank accounts. Luckily PayPal customer service was able to refund me the amount and help me set up two-step authentication for security purposes. I have not gotten hacked since!
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 13/10/2020
Kat O.
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Overall Rating3 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support1 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 29/12/2019
"Good but has some problems"
Comments: They wanted me to pay 10k or more for purchases that were authorized which is completely crazy to me but they are very helpful when needing to send money fast. More people use PayPal than other services so its nice for it to instantly transfer in most cases. I use cash app now and nit everyone uses it so I find myself having to go right back to PayPal.
Pros: I really like the ease of use. It was very easy to add money, spend money, send money, link to a bank or credit/debit card, get your own PayPal account card, take out money, or get paid through paypal. It has tons of features and they are all easy to use. The tabs are labeled so you dont have to search to figure out where you need to be to send or recieve money. It is also nice that you are backed up from PayPal when paying for goods/services. Very nice platform overall. The app is also very easy to use.
Cons: I dont like how they dont back you on friends/family purchases since sometimes I am paying a friend but want to be backed up without the fee. Just because I know them doesnt always mean I trust them to handle money for me. But the fee is small so I normally just use goods/services in that case.
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- Reviewed on 29/12/2019
Jason W.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 08/08/2020
"Highly Recommended Product"
Comments: Paypal is a excellent service for any e-commerce solution people with or without paypal can securely enter info for payment without any fear of identity theft, scam, or leaked info. Their Top security makes them our number 1 choice 5 years in a row.
Pros: Paypal is great because its very secure and anonymous. What i mean by that is no one can know the card numbers used or taken its all by order and transaction numbers so no one can steal info so its great and recommended.
Cons: The only thing i find least appealing is that the resolution center most likely take the customer side, which in some cases is them getting over but customers are always right.
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- Reviewed on 08/08/2020
Pedro T.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use3 /5
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Features & Functionality3 /5
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Customer Support2 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
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- Reviewed on 24/07/2020
"The Global Solution - but not the best"
Comments: As someone who likes to solve problems and its willing to work around technicalities to make things work, PayPal has been a very decent experience. As I mentioned, I really miss some key features regarding recurring billing and checkout customization but, as an overall, it is an amazing platform.
Pros: What I really like about PayPal is that it is available in almost any country in the world and works with almost any existing credit card. It's also a great payment option because it has no initial upfront costs, which means that anyone can start using it right away. If, for some reason, you cannot have the money transferred to your local bank, PayPal will transfer the money to any dollar card you might have within two days. The fact that you can also embed it to your website or smartphone app is also great. You can also create a PayPal.me checkout, which will allow you to charge anyone any amount you need to charge in a quick and simple way by via a link you can share.
Cons:
I think that the user interface is not the easiest to understand at all. PayPal also lacks on features when it comes to, for example, recurring billing systems (recently, they tried to improved it but the generated codes - to embed on a website - generated an error, which is something unbelievable coming from such a giant technological company), and the options to charge or personalize the icons are not the best neither.
The $5 (per transaction) and 5% commission of the total amount you are transferring are not the lowest on the market neither. This is only compensated by the fact that they are the most globally accepted payment platform in the world.
Finally, customer service doesn't exist at all and you must solve almost every problem and question by yourself. Google and forums are your only source of help. This is, probably, one of the worst things about PayPal. What happens if they freeze your money and you cannot withdraw it? No one knows.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 24/07/2020
