Is Authorize.Net or PayPal more popular?

PayPal is used by more websites in our catalog: 613 use Authorize.Net and 6,439 use PayPal.

Does Authorize.Net or PayPal have higher-authority sites?

PayPal sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Authorize.Net: 13, PayPal: 25).

Is Authorize.Net or PayPal growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Authorize.Net went from 0.06% to 0.07% of all tracked sites, while PayPal went from 0.83% to 0.73%. Authorize.Net is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both Authorize.Net and PayPal?

8 websites in our catalog use both Authorize.Net and PayPal.

Where does this Authorize.Net vs PayPal data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

Authorize.Net vs PayPal — Site Stats Database

Authorize.Net vs PayPal

A side-by-side comparison of two payment processors, based on the 42,046 Payments sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	Authorize.Net	PayPal
Websites	613	6,439
Market share	1.5%	15%
Share of top 10K sites	0.01%	0.68%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#8	#3

Median DR	13	25

Average DR	19	27

Median keywords	482	992

Median referring domains	109	329

Median domain age	10 yrs	14 yrs

Average domain age	12 yrs	15 yrs

Average monthly traffic	23,710	66,743

Combined monthly traffic	14,533,943	429,759,976

undergroundshirts.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)65
Total Keywords38,085
Referring Domains1,879
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,043,656
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net
kongcompany.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords16,381
Referring Domains5,979
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)882,913
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net
framedestination.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)55
Total Keywords22,479
Referring Domains2,173
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)808,526
Traffic Trend
Technology
montway.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)57
Total Keywords12,511
Referring Domains3,036
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)740,235
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net
storagetreasures.com
LanguageFilipino
DR (Ahrefs)69
Total Keywords20,803
Referring Domains1,009
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)689,333
Traffic Trend
Technology
dawgpost.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)30
Total Keywords5,419
Referring Domains719
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)610,398
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net
bernssteakhouse.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)55
Total Keywords3,285
Referring Domains1,761
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)570,118
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net
texags.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)64
Total Keywords133,592
Referring Domains5,469
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)432,547
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net
fireballwhisky.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)53
Total Keywords3,662
Referring Domains1,488
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)378,362
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net
austincoins.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)35
Total Keywords16,889
Referring Domains868
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)368,664
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAuthorize.Net

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
undergroundshirts.com	English	65	38,085	1,879	25 yrs	1,043,656		Authorize.Net

discounttire.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords356,298
Referring Domains6,942
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)24,959,321
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
tcgplayer.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords534,734
Referring Domains19,103
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)21,710,744
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
budget.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords169,591
Referring Domains20,118
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)19,712,803
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
poshmark.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords3,080,047
Referring Domains34,854
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)11,567,827
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
paypal.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords161,744
Referring Domains925,390
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,940,876
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
dsw.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords421,066
Referring Domains20,341
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,407,270
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
billyparisi.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)61
Total Keywords195,563
Referring Domains5,846
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,643,155
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
zales.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords185,768
Referring Domains9,009
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,415,132
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
jared.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)66
Total Keywords158,244
Referring Domains6,172
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,119,092
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal
carparts.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords537,511
Referring Domains13,442
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,050,587
Traffic Trend
TechnologyPayPal