PayPalvsStripe

Side-by-side API comparison

Global payments platform supporting checkout, subscriptions, payouts, and invoicing across 200+ markets.

Complete payments platform with support for cards, wallets, subscriptions, invoicing, and marketplace payouts.

Performance

PayPalStripe

30-Day Uptime99.90%99.99%

Avg Latency95ms45ms

GitHub Stars1.3k22k

PayPalStripe

Auth TypeOAuth 2.0API Key

Pricing Modelfreemiumfreemium

OpenAPI Spec

CategoryPaymentsPayments

PayPalStripe

Languages

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javascriptpythonrubyphpjavagodotnet

PayPalStripe

Pay As You Go

2.9% + 30c per txn

Unlimited req/mo

Custom

Unlimited req/mo