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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adyen

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAdyen is a payment gateway software solution offered by Adyen.N/A

    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

    Score8.5 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
    AdyenAuthorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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
    AdyenAuthorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    AdyenAuthorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Payment Gateways
    Comparison of Payment Gateways features of Adyen and Authorize.net and PayPal Payments Pro
    Feature
    Adyen
    9.6
    9 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Authorize.net
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    PayPal Payments Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Fraud Detection9.69 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    API or SDK9.79 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recurring Payment Support9.59 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and Invoicing Support9.69 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Support9.69 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payment Form Acceptance9.89 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AdyenAuthorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (31 ratings)
    8.2
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.3
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AdyenAuthorize.netPayPal Payments Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adyen
    Ayden has been a great resource for us with international transactions. We know that they can be a trusted gateway when it comes to dealing with our client's money. Thankful to have that confidence in this system. It also has a user-friendly interface, which allows for a concise process with clients as well.
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    Visa
    Authorize.net is reliable and I feel confident that customers' information is protected. The security protocols used by Authorize.net appear to be as good, and probably better than many credit card payment processors. However, the initial setup process was very difficult. I distinctly recall getting up and running as being very cumbersome and time-consuming. I also was disappointed with how the processing and deposit of payments were not consistent. I distinctly remember regretting the decision to go with Authorize.net. However, as mentioned before, with the time and effort required to get the account set up and running, I refused to go through the process again and try a different provider.
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    PayPal
    Paypal is great for personal payments as well as business payments for ecommerce of for paying monthly memberships. It is a user friendly software that needs little expertise to get used to. For larger payments, the fees become high therefore it is more suitable for payments of upto few hundred dollars.
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    Pros
    Adyen
    • PCI DSS Compliant Solution
    • Provided options to configure a specific list of payments, like Alipay, ACH, PayPal, etc.
    • Good support and quick solution for the technical help
    • Well described documentation on technical integrations
    • Drop in framework to display the payment options
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    Visa
    • Very smooth workflow to authorizing, capturing, voiding, and refunding charges. This can all be done via API calls, or through their online dashboard.
    • Their AVS settings for validating credit cards are substantial and have been reliable in ensuring that our customers cards are being used safely and properly.
    • Their uptime and response times are very good in general. The only issues we ever have communicating with their services is when our connection quality is compromised.
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    PayPal
    • PayPal offers me the option of converting my currency deposited in my account to another currency, so I can complete all kinds of payments and send money to employees who are in another country for business reasons.
    • The mobile phone application is too fast, I can make payments to my employees in a matter of seconds without having to wait for the web version to load.
    • Scheduled payments are great. PayPal allows me to add a list of contacts to my PayPal Business account, and after adding the contacts, I can schedule payments for a specific day and time. It's easier to make automated payroll payments with PayPal.
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    Cons
    Adyen
    • I would like to be able to create my own reports, like a combination between "Received payment details" and "Interactive payment accounting".
    • Maybe you can have a better integration with PayPal. The disputes are reflected all wrong in Adyen, for example if we accept a chargeback in PayPal, in Adyen we see a "chargeback reversed" status first, then we see a "refund" status. This is very confusing for us, we have accepted that chargeback, which means we have lost the case, what are a Chargeback Reversed and a Refund statuses doing here? I think PayPal is trying to unblock the transaction that received the chargeback, but this is a very confusing way of handling the chargebacks. If I look at the "Dispute transaction details" reports, all the PayPal chargebacks are "won" because of that "Chargeback reversed" status, which is obviously wrong, we lose some cases and we win others.
    • Amex chargebacks could be integrated. We don't see them in Adyen at all.
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    Visa
    • The lack of data portability is a big issue for me.
    • Authorize.net uses the same $49.00 gateway setup fee to scam merchants out of money, which is no better than any of the other gateways out there.
    • Their customer service is not up to the mark. You can get stuck if you need any help from their end.
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    PayPal
    • Sometimes the UX flow would not deliver the customer back to our site, leaving orders in limbo "Pre-approved" status. The customer would call days later asking why we hadn't shipped it.
    • The PayPal logo on the checkout page can be kind of large and obtrusive.
    • They mention new features and programs on their login page, but it's hard to find any details on them deeper in the software.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adyen
    Well, Ayden is a very easy system to manage, it allow the user a nice visibility and many details about the clients. It integrated very easily to our system and allow us to increase our activity. In addition, Ayden have a very good help center that available all the time and very helpful.
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    Visa
    Authorize.net has been a useful system for our Chamber. We appreciate the ease of use and access to our Main Frame. Connecting Authorize.net to our system for membership, event and other payment ease has been excellent and we have experienced no problems whatsoever.
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    PayPal
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Adyen
    No answers on this topic
    Visa
    Except for some of the back of the house issues with settings the overall usability was great
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    PayPal
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Adyen
    Response time are as expected, and Adyen team is always knowledgeable and are clear subject matter experts. Quite often I am assigned an engineer who is not in our time zone and sometimes 8-12 hours different from me. This causes delays in resolution due. It would be great to have a support agent who is located in the US.
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    Visa
    No answers on this topic
    PayPal
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Adyen
    No answers on this topic
    Visa
    I have no experience directly with the support offered by Authorize.Net.
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    PayPal
    Customer service representatives were unable to explain why customer in Australia were unable to make payments using our link. It turned out that customers in Australia must create an account. PayPal's user interface did not reveal this to our customers in Australia. There was plenty about this issue appearing in online forums and PayPal customer service couldn't explain this. This change in PayPal's usability happened between April and May of 2021 and was done without notice to vendors (like us).
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adyen
    Adyen has better handling of Disputes, provides much more detailed forecasts and withdrawal reports. Adyen has a specific page to clear doubts much more complete. Adyen have not fees for processing refunds, have not fess for chargeback received, and have not fees for retry process payments. And your processing fees are very attractive.
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    Visa
    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 - protection against fraud in risky transactions so I would recommend using Authorize.net if this matters to your business!
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    PayPal
    I don't think there's really any competition here. There's Venmo (also owned by PayPal) who is now offering business accounts, but it still isn't quite the same. The closest thing in terms of ease of use would be Apple Pay or Google Pay (and there are a handful of others out there, but we offer Apple and Google Pay). As a business, I prefer Apple or Google Pay to PayPal Payments, but we offer either Google or Apple Pay, PayPal, and credit card options and PayPal is always right up there with credit cards. I don't foresee us ever getting rid of PayPal Payments as an option, but we do try to only offer it on request for higher ticket items or high dollar installment purchases.
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    Return on Investment
    Adyen
    • I cannot see any negative impact.
    • It is good to synchronize the payment details that come from Adyem in our CRM and this allows us, now, to manage refunds and subscriptions in there and get any action done in real time and recorded in all the platforms.
    • Quick and reliable it is a good tool to be used for managing and checking credit card transactions details.
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    Visa
    • Lets us charge cards so we can get paid on time, every time.
    • It was very difficult to setup the DocuSign integration the first time, but after we got it setup, it's made the onboarding process very easy. That probably saves about 30 minutes every time we get a new client.
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    PayPal
    • Our daily revenue has been increased when started PayPal Payments as the payment gateway.
    • Refund rate and recurring revenue is stable and disputes are handled properly.
    • Forex Fluctuations is controlled and solved the buying experience for few users.
    • Solved problem for different currencies and retained our users.
    Incentivized
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