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Looking for an alternative to PayPal? Site Stats Database tracks 21 other payment processors; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. PayPal itself is used by 6,439 websites. Back to PayPal.
| Payments | Websites | Share | Median DR | Median traffic | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PayPal (this page) |
| 6,439 |
| 15.3% |
| 25 |
| 4,207 |
| - |
| Shop Pay | 18,635 | 44.3% | 18 | 4,527 | PayPal vs Shop Pay |
| Stripe | 6,774 | 16.1% | 31 | 5,818 | PayPal vs Stripe |
| Amazon Pay | 3,148 | 7.5% | 22 | 6,061 | PayPal vs Amazon Pay |
| Apple Pay | 2,063 | 4.9% | 36 | 4,824 | PayPal vs Apple Pay |
| Square | 1,877 | 4.5% | 8 | 1,974 | PayPal vs Square |
| Affirm | 849 | 2.0% | 31 | 26,073 | PayPal vs Affirm |
| Authorize.Net | 613 | 1.5% | 13 | 2,392 | PayPal vs Authorize.Net |
| Patreon | 570 | 1.4% | 31 | 4,974 | PayPal vs Patreon |
| Google Pay | 446 | 1.1% | 28 | 5,531 | PayPal vs Google Pay |
| Gumroad | 405 | 1.0% | 27 | 3,668 | PayPal vs Gumroad |
| Braintree | 349 | 0.8% | 43 | 15,097 | PayPal vs Braintree |
| Afterpay | 316 | 0.8% | 28 | 4,062 | PayPal vs Afterpay |
| Sezzle | 313 | 0.7% | 20 | 6,124 | PayPal vs Sezzle |
| Adyen | 280 | 0.7% | 63 | 17,063 | PayPal vs Adyen |
| Paddle | 242 | 0.6% | 51 | 6,859 | PayPal vs Paddle |
| Cybersource | 187 | 0.4% | 53 | 36,349 | PayPal vs Cybersource |
| Razorpay | 169 | 0.4% | 26 | 2,377 | PayPal vs Razorpay |
| Klarna | 162 | 0.4% | 42 | 3,410 | PayPal vs Klarna |
| Lemon Squeezy | 124 | 0.3% | 34 | 4,326 | PayPal vs Lemon Squeezy |
| Scalapay | 110 | 0.3% | 31 | 653 | PayPal vs Scalapay |
| Chargebee | 103 | 0.2% | 50 | 8,001 | PayPal vs Chargebee |
Shop Pay is Shopify's accelerated checkout and wallet.
18,635
Websites
44.3%
Share of Payments
18
Median DR
4,527
Median traffic
Top sites using Shop Pay
Stripe is a developer-first payments platform for online businesses. Its APIs handle card processing, subscriptions, and payouts, making it the default for many SaaS products and modern stores. It is one of the most detected checkout providers on the web.
6,774
Websites
16.1%
Share of Payments
31
Median DR
5,818
Median traffic
Top sites using Stripe
Amazon Pay lets shoppers check out using their Amazon account.
3,148
Websites
7.5%
Share of Payments
22
Median DR
6,061
Median traffic
Top sites using Amazon Pay
Apple Pay is Apple's mobile and web digital-wallet payment service.
2,063
Websites
4.9%
Share of Payments
36
Median DR
4,824
Median traffic
Top sites using Apple Pay
Square is a payments and point-of-sale platform from Block.
1,877
Websites
4.5%
Share of Payments
8
Median DR
1,974
Median traffic
Top sites using Square
Affirm is a buy-now-pay-later financing provider.
849
Websites
2.0%
Share of Payments
31
Median DR
26,073
Median traffic
Top sites using Affirm
Authorize.Net is a long-established payment gateway, now owned by Visa.
613
Websites
1.5%
Share of Payments
13
Median DR
2,392
Median traffic
Top sites using Authorize.Net
Patreon is a membership platform for creators to take recurring payments.
570
Websites
1.4%
Share of Payments
31
Median DR
4,974
Median traffic
Top sites using Patreon
Google Pay is Google's digital-wallet and payment service.
446
Websites
1.1%
Share of Payments
28
Median DR
5,531
Median traffic
Top sites using Google Pay
Gumroad is an e-commerce platform for selling digital products.
405
Websites
1.0%
Share of Payments
27
Median DR
3,668
Median traffic
Top sites using Gumroad
By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to PayPal are Shop Pay, Stripe, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay, Square. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.
Site Stats Database tracks 21 other payment processors used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. PayPal itself is used by 6,439 websites.
Shop Pay leads this category with 18,635 websites in our catalog.
Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "PayPal Alternatives & Competitors." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/payment-processors/paypal/alternatives
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