Payoneer vs. Venmo for Business

Payoneer is well suited for freelancers whether or not they work on marketplaces. as it makes it easier to receive payments from clients abroad. More over it also takes a lot of hassle out of getting paid from international clients as well as sending cross border payments. It has some what limited implementation in e commerce type business especially where you need to automate the payment process

Incentivized

I had a customer who wanted me to do his wife's birthday party. I sent him the estimate and he gave me a deposit from his Venmo account. When the party was done, he forgot to pay for a week. I reminded him with an invoice and he sent a deposit. It wasn't immediately deposited, but it [arrived the next day].

• It is very well accepted world wide and also accepts more than 150 currencies.
• A decent and nominal exchange rates of currency as compared to similar platforms like PayPal.
• I can keep track of all the transactions, payments, balance, etc using Payoneer.
• It is because of Payoneer we can grow our business globally.

Incentivized

• QR codes for quick payment
• A secure account for customers
• Venmo integrates with QuickBooks

• The process of getting payment is a little bit complex in Payoneer as compared to PayPal.
• Receiving of payments takes a very long time and it's not instant.
• The customer service of Payoneer is not up to the mark and it takes a very long time to resolve simple issues.

Incentivized

• Take out transaction fee. They are not PayPal
• More understanding with bitcoin
• Invoicing would be a good feature

Payoneer helps me a lot on my online business journey, it gave me the support and functions that I want.

Incentivized

The support is really awful. They send you generic answers, and actually don't really understand what is going on. For example, when our re-verification was stuck, support agents told me that the account is active and you can send a payment. I did that, my card was charged, but the payment was declined, because the account was not active

Before Payoneer, I used Paxum, a Canadian product, that was or is similar but more expensive. Also used Payza(later Ecopayz), and European alternative, they have their ups and downs, they aren't even listed in the Search above, basically they are both payment gateways that allow using several payment methods, and any payment gateway, the problem is they don't have any bank accounts associated with them, therefore they are more limited in that regard. Both use a card as the main withdrawal method, and both support international currencies, but there as I mentioned there isn't any bank account associated with them, nor there is a way to connect them to Stripe.

Incentivized

PayPal has more work items for businesses. It has invoicing, time tracking, and marketing strategies. I could [use] PayPal to run my business like I do with QuickBooks. Affiliates with other business is crazy. Plus, they also carry debit and credit cards for business and personal purposes. Venmo is the little brother [of PayPal].

• I can receive the money from anywhere around the world, and in any currency.
• It converts the money directly into my local currency, hence becomes easy for us to track and withdraw money from our bank accounts.
• Sometimes customer support lacks the ability to satisfy the customer requirements.
• Required to make two different accounts for receiving and sending money.

Incentivized

• Give customers reassurance
• Secure money account
• More marketing strategies