What Is PayPal?

Over 26 million businesses choose PayPal to power their online payments both home and abroad. With easy setup, world-class fraud and seller protection tools, youll be able to reach more buyers and driver higher sales with PayPal. Whether youre selling on your own website or on marketplaces or via social media you can receive and send payments anywhere in the world with your all-in-one business account for online payments

24/7 Fraud Protection - Easy Integration - Global Expertise

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.

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Reviews of PayPal

Average score

Overall
4.7
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.3
Features
4.6
Value for Money
4.5

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
ZAiN
ZAiN
QA in Saudi Arabia
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Payment Processing done right.

5.0 last month New

Comments: Easy integration with current e-commerce platforms.Customers shop with confidence knowing that payments are handled by Paypal.

Pros:

With Paypal, my customers shop securely, knowing that they are protected.Paypal integrates with virtually any shopping cart/e-commerce platform.Paypal is the industry standard that is trusted by millions.

Cons:

Processing rates are slightly higher compared to competitors.

Akshat
Software Developer in India
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Best Tool for Payment Processing

5.0 last month New

Comments: Overall experience is great, Price for the product is fair enough.

Pros:

The application has suitable user interface for both mobile and web applications which makes navigation more easier. Also less charges are offered for transactions.

Cons:

Some countries do not support this app, This might be an issue. Rest all is good.

Craig
Manager in Australia
Sports, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Account Cancelled - No Explanation

1.0 2 months ago

Pros:

it was good when it worked but still would not recommend due comments in cons

Cons:

We have had a PayPal account for many years which we used for both business and private use. Recently the account was suspended because apparently we were not meeting their terms of service. The problem is that there is no indication whatsover as to which terms we appear to be breaching so we have no idea what we are supposed to have done wrong or what we need to do to resolve the issue. Could not PayPal at least do their customers the courtesy of explaining the problem?Documents were requested and provided and we then received a message that our account was cancelled due to the unspecified breach. There was a link to their terms of service but having no idea what might be wrong this was useless.To add salt to the wound they then acted like the mafia stating we would receive a message in 180 days explaining how to retrieve the funds in our PayPal account.We believe PayPal has shown itself to be a company with poor communication skills and systems and one that cannot be trusted. If this behaviour does not breach a number of consumer rights, I'd be surprised.

Amy
Owner in US
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
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Great features and a lot of value

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: Overall, I enjoy the service of PayPal. It’s easy to learn and get comfortable with. The App is convenient and simple to use.

Pros:

I enjoy using the App and the ease of syncing the features to my Business website.

Cons:

I don’t like the high fees when selling an item.

Neel
Owner in US
Retail, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
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5.0 last month New

Comments: my overall experience with PayPal is great it is easy to work with.

Pros:

What I liked most about this software is that it makes online purchasing easy and time saving.

Cons:

What I like least about this software is that they charge a fee on big transactions