Braintree, a PayPal service vs. PayPal Payments Pro

Braintree, a PayPal service

67 Reviews and Ratings

PayPal Payments Pro

225 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Braintree, a PayPal service	Score6.8 out of 10	N/A	Braintree, a Paypal service and subsidiary, is a billing platform which stores credit card data directly from the merchant’s systems on secure servers, and it allows for cards to be recharged or refunded . Braintree also supports international payments. Pricing is 2.9% plus a 30c transaction fee.	N/A
PayPal Payments Pro	Score7.9 out of 10	N/A	PayPal 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

Braintree, a PayPal service

PayPal Payments Pro

Standard Pricing: 2.9% +$0.30
per transaction
Custom Pricing: Contact for quote

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

Pricing Offerings
Braintree, a PayPal service	PayPal Payments Pro
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Braintree, a PayPal service	PayPal Payments Pro
Considered Both Products	PayPal Verified User Chose Braintree, a PayPal service Braintree is better at handling international payments and supporting a variety of payment methods that can all be configured from the same dashboard. Braintree supports PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, etc. in addition to simply credit cards like Stripe. Braintree has a … Incentivized Helpful? Cristian Vitales Muñoz CTO and Co-Founder in Engineering at FindThatLead (Internet, 1-10 employees) Chose Braintree, a PayPal service We use Braintree because we got recommended by another user, it has no fees at the beginning and it's very well documented. Incentivized Helpful? Gerard Compte CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Marketing at FindThatLead (Accounting, 1-10 employees) Chose Braintree, a PayPal service The price and quality has been a part of why we chose Braintree as our main payment method. We started with PayPal but as the business was growing, we needed a system that was easy to implement to get paid by cards. We looked into Stripe, but it was more difficult to implement, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Braintree, a PayPal service Prior to Braintree, we used Authorize.Net which is actually great however Authorize.Net's rates were not as competitive as Braintree's. One advantage that I would have to give to authorize over Braintree is their incredibly robust system which has settings and customization … Incentivized Helpful?	PayPal Verified User Chose PayPal Payments Pro PayPal complements other payment methods. PayPal is simple to use and implement on your website. Braintree payments (a PayPal company by chance) handles credit card payments and can has an advantage of paying out in currencies of my choice and not just the single currency … Incentivized Helpful? 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 Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	Braintree, a PayPal service	PayPal Payments Pro
Likelihood to Recommend	1.0 (15 ratings)	8.2 (72 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	5.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	1.6 (5 ratings)	2.3 (9 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)