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Best Braintree (a PayPal service) alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Braintree (a PayPal service) in payment processors, ranked by entry price. Braintree (a PayPal service) starts at —. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: Square.
- Closest by price: Authorize.net ($25/mo), Stax (by Fattmerchant) ($99/mo), Adyen (—).
Braintree (a PayPal service) alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Authorize.net | $25/mo | No | No | Established SMBs wanting a gateway-only solution with their own merchant account | authorize.net |
| 2 | Stax (by Fattmerchant) STALE · 2026-09-03 | $99/mo | No | No | Established SMBs processing $120K+/year wanting to eliminate percentage markups | staxpayments.com |
| 3 | Adyen STALE · 2026-09-03 | not priced monthly | No | No | Large enterprise and global retailers needing unified commerce | adyen.com |
| 4 | Helcim STALE · 2026-09-03 | not priced monthly | No | No | Small and mid-size businesses wanting transparent interchange-plus pricing | helcim.com |
| 5 | PayPal STALE · 2026-09-03 | usage-priced | No | No | Consumer-facing e-commerce leveraging PayPal buyer trust | paypal.com |
| 6 | Square STALE · 2026-09-03 | not priced monthly | Yes | Yes | Small and mid-size retail, food & beverage, and service businesses | squareup.com |
| 7 | Stripe STALE · 2026-09-03 | usage-priced | No | No | SaaS and subscription businesses | stripe.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 6 of 7 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Payment Processors index.