PayPal remains one of the most recognized checkout options for end users, often added alongside another provider to reduce friction for buyers who already trust it.
PayPal is rarely your only payment option — it's usually added next to Stripe or a merchant-of-record provider specifically because some buyers (especially outside the US, or less technical users) convert better with a PayPal button than a card form alone.
| Provider | Best for | Starters |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Teams that want full control over checkout and billing logic, and the widest ecosystem of integrations. | 80 |
| Polar | Indie hackers and open-source maintainers who want subscription billing without configuring Stripe themselves. | 5 |
| Lemon Squeezy | Solo developers selling internationally who want to never think about VAT or sales tax filings. | 24 |
| Paddle | SaaS products selling to many countries that want MoR simplicity with more subscription-management tooling. | 5 |
| Revenuecat | Mobile apps that need unified subscription logic across iOS and Android. | 4 |
| Chargebee | Billing that has outgrown flat subscriptions: usage-based tiers, enterprise contracts, complex proration. | 1 |
| Paypal | Reducing checkout friction for buyers who already trust and use PayPal. | 2 |
| Superwall | Mobile apps that want to A/B test and iterate on paywall design without app-store review cycles. | 1 |