Braintree
Braintree is PayPal's end-to-end payment platform designed for growth, offering card processing, PayPal/Venmo integration, ACH payments, and fraud tools. Uniquely positioned to leverage PayPal's ecosystem while offering standalone payment processing.
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Who is this best for?
This is the fastest way to decide whether Braintree is in the right neighborhood.
- High-volume PayPal merchants where Braintree's Interchange++ pricing and direct PayPal/Venmo integration provides better economics than Stripe at $5M+ annual payment volume.
- Merchants that want native PayPal and Venmo acceptance alongside card processing in a single integration — Braintree is the only processor that offers first-party PayPal/Venmo without a redirect checkout.
- Enterprise merchants that need a global payment processor with local payment methods in markets where Stripe's coverage is thinner — Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Central Europe.
- Need Venmo outside the United States (not supported)
- Heavy international payment volume (1% + 1% adds up)
- High chargeback rates in your industry ($15 each)
- Require lowest ACH fees for small transactions (0.75% expensive for small amounts)
- Want transparent pricing without 'established business' gatekeeping
- Need advanced fraud tools without per-transaction add-ons
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