Adyen vs PayPal Multiparty Payments

Adyen is an online payments platform for businesses that accept, optimize, and settle payments through one integration. It offers access to more than 200 payment methods and supports 136 currencies. Businesses can use ready-made Drop-in checkout components or create a custom flow with the API. Adyen describes AI tools for checkout personalization, authentication, fraud protection, tokenization, and payment cost optimization. Local acquiring through local licenses is presented as a way to improve authorization rates and lower costs. The platform supports recurring and marketplace payments, with payouts in 36 countries. Listed integrations include Adobe Commerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, NetSuite, Shopify, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. It is available through web, Android, iOS, and API. Pricing is transaction-based, with no setup or monthly fees and a fixed processing fee plus a payment-method fee for each transaction. The stated starting price is $0.13. Adyen describes its platform as built for global businesses and enterprise payment volume.

PayPal Multiparty Payments is a payment-processing offering within PayPal Complete Payments Platform for marketplaces and other platforms. It supports global seller onboarding subject to local regulations and compliance rules, with payment acceptance, partner fees, foreign exchange, payouts, and dispute and chargeback management. Checkout options include PayPal, Pay Later, Venmo in the US, alternative payment methods, and credit or debit cards. Expanded Checkout adds customizable branded card fields, while its fraud tools can be customized. Multiparty checkout uses the PayPal JavaScript SDK and supports client-side and server-side integration. The platform is available only to approved partners, though sandbox testing is available before approval; advanced card payments also require vetting and underwriting. Multi-merchant orders are limited to 10 purchase units, with a 20-second API response timeout. Platform fees are not supported for first-party integrations. Pricing is on request.