Chargebee vs PayPal vs Stripe

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Chargebee

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PayPal

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Stripe

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Pros of Chargebee
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    • 196
      Most known service
    • 135
      Consumers know it
    • 113
      It's available for many countries
    • 70
      Easy
    • 54
      Best way to get paid outside US
    • 35
      Most widely used payment processor
    • 25
      Express Checkout
    • 16
      Consumers trust it
    • 15
      Flexible and secure
    • 6
      Digital Goods for Express Checkout
    • 302
      Easy setup
    • 292
      Developer friendly
    • 248
      Well-designed api
    • 191
      Great documentation
    • 169
      Clear pricing
    • 75
      Secure
    • 74
      Reliable
    • 63
      Full integration with webhooks
    • 43
      Amazing api
    • 38
      Great customer support
    • 11
      Easy
    • 6
      Credit cards never hit your server - no pci worries
    • 5
      Recurring billing
    • 4
      No merchant account/gateway required
    • 3
      BitCoin
    • 3
      Easy to integrate
    • 2
      Support for SCA (Strong Customer Authentication)
    • 2
      Fast UI
    • 2
      Great app
    • 1
      Beautiful
    • 1
      Payments without own backend (using Stripe Products)
    • 1
      Connect
    • 1
      Checkout.js
    • 1
      Great UI
    • 1
      So easy to use

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    Cons of Chargebee
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      • 1
        Not well written recurring payment api
      • 1
        Less countries supported
      • 1
        Harder to get started with
      • 4
        Connect
      • 2
        CANNOT withdraw USD to a Canadian Bank Account
      • 2
        Does NOT have a currency conversion option like Paypal
      • 2
        They keep 25% of the income for 60 days

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      What is Chargebee?

      Chargebee is a subscription billing platform that lets you bill, manage and understand your SaaS or subscription based eCommerce business easily.

      What is PayPal?

      PayPal is an online payments and money transfer service that allows you to send money via email, phone, text message or Skype. They offer products to both individuals and businesses alike, including online vendors, auction sites and corporate users. PayPal connects effortlessly to bank accounts and credit cards. PayPal Mobile is one of PayPal’s newest products. It allows you to send payments by text message or by using PayPal’s mobile browser.

      What is Stripe?

      Stripe makes it easy for developers to accept credit cards on the web.

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