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  5. PayPal vs Recurly vs Stripe Billing

PayPal vs Recurly vs Stripe Billing

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Overview

Recurly
Recurly
Stacks123
Followers142
Votes64
PayPal
PayPal
Stacks19.5K
Followers14.8K
Votes665
Stripe Billing
Stripe Billing
Stacks158
Followers171
Votes0

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Recurly
Recurly
PayPal
PayPal
Stripe Billing
Stripe Billing

Recurly is the leading pay-as-you-go recurring billing service because setup is easy, integrations are quick, and our service grows with the needs of your business.

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.

A set of billing and subscription tools for developers and business people. Developers can use out-of-the-box functionality to get started quickly or use the composable API building blocks to design fully customized subscription logic and pricing models. Business people can create and manage subscriptions and invoices—and view detailed financial reports.

Subscription Plans;Account Dashboard;Dunning Management;Automated Communications;Trial Periods + Setup Fees;Add-Ons;Coupons + Discounts;Multiple Subscriptions;Virtual Terminal;One-Time Transactions;Value Added Tax (V.A.T.);Metered Billing;Intelligent Payment Routing;MailChimp Integration;Multi-Currency Support;Salesforce Integration;Import Customers;Javascript Checkout Forms;Hosted Payment Pages;Push Notifications;API Capabilities;Gateway Support
2.9% + $0.30 or less- With our flat, transparent pricing, you’ll never be surprised by hidden or variable fees. We also offer discounted rates when you sell a lot, or when you use our card reader.;Keeping every seller secure- If you’re sent an unauthorized payment, or a buyer claims they never received an item, our Seller Protection covers you for the full amount of the eligible payment.;Easy for them, easy for you- With just a few clicks, you can get paid by debit card, credit card, or a PayPal transfer. All someone needs to start buying from you is your e-mail address or mobile number.;Adaptive Payments- The Adaptive Payments API allows merchants and developers to pay almost anyone and set up automated payments.;Express Checkout- Express Checkout allows merchants and developers to minimize the number of steps customers must complete when they checkout.;PayPal Payments Advanced- PayPal Payments Advanced allows merchants to enable their online stores to collect payment directly via credit card or via PayPal Express Checkout.
Accept Orders - From the dashboard, Stripe.js and Elements, Billing API & Mobile SDKs;Billing & Invoicing - One-off billing, recurring billing, flexible billing, invoice delivery, hosted invoice pages, and sales tax integrations;Collect Payments - Credit cards, ACH and wire, local payments, retry logic, card updater, payment reminders;Accounting & Reporting - Standard reports, custom reporting, NetSuite integration, Accounting integrations, Third-party integrations
Statistics
Stacks
123
Stacks
19.5K
Stacks
158
Followers
142
Followers
14.8K
Followers
171
Votes
64
Votes
665
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 22
    Recurring billing
  • 10
    Simplicity
  • 9
    Works with multiple gateways
  • 9
    Supports Value Added Tax
  • 7
    Great support & easy to use
Pros
  • 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
Cons
  • 1
    Less countries supported
  • 1
    Harder to get started with
  • 1
    Not well written recurring payment api
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Integrations
Mailchimp
Mailchimp
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Salesforce Sales Cloud
KISSmetrics
KISSmetrics
Formstack
Formstack
Wufoo
Wufoo
Constant Contact
Constant Contact
Shopify
Shopify
Stripe
Stripe
NetSuite
NetSuite

What are some alternatives to Recurly, PayPal, Stripe Billing?

Stripe

Stripe

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

Braintree

Braintree

Braintree replaces traditional payment gateways and merchant accounts. From one touch payments, to mobile SDKs and international sales, we provide everything you need to start accepting payments today.

Adyen

Adyen

A payments technology company that provides a single global platform to accept payments anywhere in the world. Businesses can process payments across online, mobile and in-store (POS) with over 250 payment methods and 187 currencies.

Qonversion

Qonversion

Qonversion allows fast in-app subscription implementation. It provides the back-end infrastructure to validate user receipts and manage cross-platform user access to paid content on your app, so you do not need to build your own server.

Payoneer

Payoneer

It is a financial services company that provides online money transfer and digital payment services and working capital solutions

TransferWise

TransferWise

It bypasses pricey international payments entirely by using two local transfers instead of one international transaction. If you want to convert your pounds to euros, you send the money in pounds to its UK-based account.

Amazon FPS

Amazon FPS

With Amazon Flexible Payments Service developers can accept payments on their website for selling goods or services, raise donations, execute recurring payments, and send payments. Amazon customers can pay using the same login credentials, shipping address and payment information they already have on file with Amazon. Amazon FPS supports the processing of payments using credit cards, bank accounts and Amazon Payments account balances to send or receive money.

Zuora

Zuora

Zuora gives you the enterprise-class, cloud-based tools you need to launch and scale any subscription service, quickly and affordably. Design your pricing and packaging, start taking quotes and placing orders, automate your billing and payments, and keep tabs on your financials.

Razorpay

Razorpay

Razorpay is the only payments solution in India that allows businesses to accept, process and disburse payments with its product suite. It gives you access to all payment modes including credit card, debit card, netbanking, UPI and more.

WePay

WePay

WePay helps people sell tickets to events, send invoices, sell items online, and accept donations online. WePay also provides an API that allows developers to access its payments platform.

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