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Authorize.net vs. PayPal Payments Pro

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Authorize.net

73 Reviews and Ratings

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225 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Authorize.net

    Score8 out of 10
    		N/AAuthorize.net is a payment gateway software solution offered by Visa featuring secure data processing and fraud protection.

    $25

    monthly gateway

    PayPal Payments Pro

    Score7.9 out of 10
    		N/APayPal Payments Pro is an enterprise-class ecommerce payment solution, that provides payment processing security to build a professional-grade ecommerce site. It can be configured to meet business needs and works across devices. Users can tap into over 390 million active customer accounts around the globe.

    $0.02

    per transaction

    Pricing
    Authorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Editions & Modules
    All-in-One Option
    25 & 2.9% + $0.30
    monthly gateway/per transaction
    Payment Gateway Only
    $25
    monthly gateway
    QR code Transactions
    1.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Charity Transactions
    2.20% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Commercial Transactions - In-Store
    2.70% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Commercial Transactions - Online
    2.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    PayPal's pay later offers
    2.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Venmo
    2.90% + fixed fee
    per transaction
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Authorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Authorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Considered Both Products
    Visa
    Abhay Ranjan
    Founder in Social Media at Digicite (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Authorize.net
    I have found a similar feature on Authorize.net like PayPal, that's why I have shifted here. Few things are even better than Paypal. Authorize.net offers your customers a variety of payment options online. Authorize.net accepts payments from customers using mobile devices. …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Authorize.net
    Authorize.net is a reliable and affordable payment processing service that offers more robust security than other services, such as Stripe or PayPal with their monthly fees at $25 dollars month lot of people may be turned off by these high prices but you get what you pay for - …
    Incentivized
    Allison McLain
    General Manager in Corporate at Brand Fuel, Inc. (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Authorize.net
    Stripe's platform doesn't seem to offer a lot in the way of customer service. I felt Authorize.Net's customer service was far superior. I didn't like that PayPal's platform redirected you to their site and then back into our site. It seemed confusing to the user and I'd rather …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Authorize.net
    We did not select authorize.net, it came with the software package with our catering system Spoonfed. I would prefer either Toast or LevelUp as a payment processor over authorize.net—those two are easier to use from a manager perspective and process refunds. My experience with …
    Incentivized
    PayPal
    Verified User
    Chose PayPal Payments Pro
    We use Authorize.Net on one of our other websites as the payment processor. It is good too but definitely took a while to integrate because of some issues. PayPal Payments was much easier.
    Incentivized
    Jennifer Walschap
    Director at Imagine Music and Arts (Music, 11-50 employees)
    Chose PayPal Payments Pro
    I currently use both Quickbooks and PayPal in conjunction. I stopped using Authorize.Net because the company I went through had so many extra charges that it was hard to budget for. I like how PayPal just combines all the charges into one simple fee per transaction. I know how …
    Incentivized
    Blake Baron
    Product Manager in Product Management at Midwest Tungsten Service (Retail, 11-50 employees)
    Chose PayPal Payments Pro
    PayPal Payments, at the end of the day, was an easy sell to management and an auto integration with our eCommerce software. We already informally accepted PayPal for international customers to reduce risk, and taking it a step further was an easy next step. It was a one or …
    Incentivized
    Sanchit Kharbanda
    Director of Customer Success and Operations in Customer Service at Droplr (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
    Chose PayPal Payments Pro
    • On the micropayments side, PayPal Payments was the clear victor, charging significantly less as compare to other payment gateways in past.
    • PayPal Payments used to return our original processing fee in the past.
    • PayPal Payments is currently available in over 200 countries/regions …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose PayPal Payments Pro
    We use both Amazon Pay and PayPal on our website. Paypal is more well known, but Amazon Pay works better with subscriptions and offers better business support.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Authorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (31 ratings)
    8.2
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.3
    (9 ratings)