Likelihood to Recommend This tool is most usable when used in parallel with Sage's accounting management software, as with other accounting systems it can generate errors, leaving room for other credit card payment processor alternatives to exist and be preferred by other potential users for their overall performance. It is promising the ability to develop transaction reports in summary or detailed form, resulting in a better management of income to then make the distribution of budgets in the company, thus achieving better planning and performance of our work. This service allows the processing of payments through touch screen card devices at POS points of sale without having to be sitting at your laptop, fortunately with face to face payments companies with fixed establishments can get their money faster, which constantly benefits the flow of money.
Read full review 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.
Read full review Pros Simple. If you use a Sage accounting product the integration is seamless. PCI compliant. PCI compliance is assured through the provided Trustwave audit. Secure. Keeps all card numbers remotely, none stored locally where they could be exposed by a hack or dishonest employee. Robust. API for integrating into multiple web platforms and extensive reporting capabilities through the secure web portal. Read full review 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. Read full review Cons When you are reversing a credit card it just deducts from your total batch for the day. Instead of showing a separate charge out of the account. That can cause confusion if someone else is doing your bank reconciliation. It would be nice is Sage Pay could copy over client emails as well as the address and other information so that you can send that email confirmation of charge without having to go back to pull it up. If Sage could post it as a total deposit instead of each individual charge for the day that would also save time with bank reconciliation. Read full review 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. Read full review Support Rating 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).
Read full review Alternatives Considered It plays better with Sage 50. It has better associates should you have an issue. It's reasonably priced.
Read full review 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.
Read full review Return on Investment By simplifying payment processing and automatically posting payments to their related transactions within our Sage accounting product, it has eliminated a source of friction between sales and accounting. Eliminates clerical errors in recording paymens. Eliminates one step in the payment reconciliation process by automatically posting payments to their respective transactions. Insures PCI compliance with scheduled monitoring. No need for a separate product. Read full review 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. Read full review ScreenShots