Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce v3.2.86 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 2,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Credit cards, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay and Venmo; Refunds, voids and saved payment methods; Subscription products without a separate subscriptions plugin | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Sends merchant details to the vendor unless the register option is turned off; Needs a Braintree merchant account; Large plugin with many gateways to configure | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Credit and debit card payments, PayPal checkout, Google Pay and Apple Pay, Refunds from the order screen, Void charges, Subscription products without WooCommerce Subscriptions, Fastlane checkout, Local payment methods such as iDEAL, SEPA and P24 | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Braintree, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Venmo | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.1 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | 0x2vnavy35.execute-api.us-west-1.amazonaws.com, js.braintreegateway.com | api-m.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.ai, d.joinhoney.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 6 |