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Stripe won every round it did not tie. PayPal never won one. We still say run both. 💳 We scored @Stripe and @PayPal across 7 categories on a WordPress store. Stripe took 3 outright. The other 4 were ties. PayPal did not win a single category. But that scorecard misses the reason most stores keep PayPal on the checkout page. Your customer already has an account, and they already trust it. That never shows up in a fee table. We use both payment methods on our own eCommerce sites, so this comparison comes from the dashboards we actually log into. Here is what the numbers look like: 💰 Transaction fees: @Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 per card payment. PayPal runs 2.99% to 3.49% plus a fixed fee. 🌍 Currency conversion: Stripe adds 1%. @PayPal adds 2.5% to 4%, which adds up fast if you sell internationally. 🧾 Invoicing: Stripe charges 0.4% per paid invoice. PayPal charges up to 3.49% + $0.49. 🗺️ Global reach: PayPal is in 200+ countries but supports 25 currencies. Stripe is in 46 countries but supports 135+. 🔐 Security: a genuine tie. Both meet PCI-DSS standards and offer two factor authentication. The full breakdown covers every round, plus which WordPress plugins connect each one 👇 (Link is in the thread below)