Compare Apple Pay and PayPal Here - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Apple Pay or PayPal Here?

PayPal Here is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Apple Pay, and PayPal Here is rated higher (95/100) than Apple Pay (90/100). PayPal Here offers users more features (2) than Apple Pay (0).

Looking for the right Retail & POS solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Apple Vs. PayPal

Apple: Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California[2] that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod music player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tab...

PayPal: PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online, via mobile devices and in store. The service allows people to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 117 million active accounts in 190 markets and 25 c...

Who is more expensive? Apple Pay or PayPal Here?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Retail & POS software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Apple Pay and PayPal Here.

Apple Pay price starts at $300 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Apple Pay is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Retail & POS software. PayPal Here price starts at $29 per license , When comparing PayPal Here to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Retail & POS software cost.

Bottom line: Apple Pay cost is around the same cost of PayPal Here.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Apple Pay Vs. PayPal Here based on some of the most important and required Retail & POS features.

Apple Pay: We are still working to collect the list of features for Apple Pay.

PayPal Here: Mobile Access, Credit Card Processing.

Target customer size

Apple Pay's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and PayPal Here's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.