GoCardless vs PayPal vs Stripe Billing

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GoCardless

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PayPal

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Stripe Billing

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Pros of GoCardless
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    • 195
      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
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      Cons of GoCardless
      Cons of PayPal
      Cons of Stripe Billing
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          Not well written recurring payment api
        • 1
          Less countries supported
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          Harder to get started with
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          What is GoCardless?

          GoCardless makes it super simple for businesses to take regular payments online direct from their customers' bank accounts, perfect for invoicing and recurring subscriptions.

          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 Billing?

          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.

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          What are some alternatives to GoCardless, PayPal, and Stripe Billing?
          Stripe
          Stripe makes it easy for developers to accept credit cards on the web.
          SlimPay
          It enables merchants to facilitate acquisition, increase the consumer lifetime value and maximize revenue through card and direct debit payments.
          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.
          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.
          Recurly
          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.
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