PayPal offers many advantages. The vast majority of transactions run smoothly. Nevertheless, it is important that customers can also pay using other payment methods, particularly due to the disadvantages of PayPal. That's why we're showing 10 PayPal alternatives that can also be easily offered as payment options via Mollie - and another five that are suitable as PSP alternatives to PayPal.

Popular PayPal alternatives in Germany

1. Giropay: Giropay is one of the most popular online payment methods in Germany, is supported by many banks and is therefore ideal as a PayPal alternative. Consumers can pay securely online from their bank accounts and benefit from wide availability in Germany.

2. Klarna: Klarna is a comprehensive payment solution that is widely used in Germany. It offers various payment options, including purchase on account and installment purchase. Klarna also offers its own buyer protection.

3. Credit card: Credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard and American Express are a common payment method - worldwide and also in Germany. They enable online payments on an international level and offer shoppers a convenient way to make purchases. Accepted by most online merchants, credit cards are a versatile option and a successful PayPal alternative.

4. Billie: Billie is the leading online payment solution for B2B businesses in Germany. It enables companies to conveniently pay invoices or accept payments from business customers. Billie offers flexible payment terms and a user-friendly platform for business transactions, making it the ideal PayPal alternative for B2B businesses in Germany.

Popular PayPal alternatives in European countries

5. Cartes Bancaires: Cartes Bancaires for webshops is one of the most widely used payment methods in France, allowing transactions to be carried out in just a few minutes. Cartes Bancaires is therefore a first-class PayPal alternative, especially for French customers.

6. Bancontact: Bancontact for webshops is the most widely used payment method in Belgium. It is accepted by more than 80 percent of Belgian online stores and service providers. Bancontact is an excellent alternative to PayPal in Belgium, as transactions are usually completed within ten minutes.

7. iDEAL: In the Netherlands, the most commonly used payment method is iDEAL as a payment method for online stores. It enables secure transactions from Dutch bank accounts and is offered by many Dutch online merchants - overall a very suitable PayPal alternative in the Netherlands.

8. Belfius Pay Button: Belfius Pay Button for online stores is a payment method from the Belgian Belfius Bank. Around one million Belfius customers can use it to pay online from their bank accounts. This option is a particularly practical PayPal alternative for Belgian customers.

9. Przelewy24: Przelewy24 is the most frequently used payment method in Poland. Polish customers can use it to make online payments securely and conveniently from their bank accounts. Merchants with customers in Poland can therefore offer Przelewy24 as a PayPal alternative.

International alternatives to PayPal as a PSP

10. Stripe: Stripe is an international PSP that can be easily integrated into common store systems and is therefore suitable as a PayPal alternative for merchants. However, some local payment methods and PayPal are not supported.

11. Payone: The payment provider Payone is aimed in particular at small and medium-sized companies. However, merchants enter into a minimum term of 36 months with this PayPal alternative.

12. Mollie: Mollie focuses on the needs of SMBs. Mollie's simple, plug-and-play solutions are specially tailored to the needs of small and medium-sized companies. Mollie is characterized by local, German-speaking support.

13. Payoneer: This PSP focuses on international payments and merchants who offer their products via platforms such as Amazon or eBay.

14. Adyen: Adyen is available as a PayPal alternative for large, globally active companies. However, the integration and implementation is somewhat more complex.