What is Braintree used for?

Braintree is PayPal's payment gateway for accepting cards, digital wallets and PayPal payments, now presented as PayPal Enterprise Payments. It is a good fit for online checkout for larger merchants, and accepting PayPal and Venmo alongside cards.

How much does Braintree cost?

Braintree is a paid product with no free plan.

Is Braintree open source?

No. Braintree is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Braintree include Hyperswitch.

What are some alternatives to Braintree?

Braintree competes with Stripe, Adyen and Checkout.com. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Braintree alternatives.

Braintree: features, pricing and alternatives

About Braintree

Braintree is a payment platform owned by PayPal that lets online businesses accept card payments, digital wallets and PayPal. The vendor now presents it under the PayPal Enterprise Payments name and positions it for larger merchants who want one provider for processing, security and fraud management.

The platform supports global and local payment methods, PayPal and Pay Later, Venmo for business, network and PCI compliance support, payment orchestration that shares payment data with other service providers, adaptive fraud protection, and global payouts to more than 200 markets in over 50 currencies. Developers get documentation and a sandbox for testing integrations.

Braintree is a hosted commercial service. Merchants integrate it into their sites and apps and log in to a web console to manage their account, and the vendor invites prospects to talk to a payments expert.

Key features

Card, wallet and PayPal payment acceptance
Venmo and Pay Later support
Payment orchestration across providers
Adaptive fraud protection
Global payouts in 50+ currencies
Developer docs and sandbox

Good fit for

→Online checkout for larger merchants
→Accepting PayPal and Venmo alongside cards

Tags: payments; payment-gateway; paypal; fraud-protection; venmo; api; e-commerce

Braintree: questions and answers

What is Braintree used for?: Braintree is PayPal's payment gateway for accepting cards, digital wallets and PayPal payments, now presented as PayPal Enterprise Payments. It is a good fit for online checkout for larger merchants, and accepting PayPal and Venmo alongside cards.
How much does Braintree cost?: Braintree is a paid product with no free plan.
Is Braintree open source?: No. Braintree is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Braintree include Hyperswitch.
What are some alternatives to Braintree?: Braintree competes with Stripe, Adyen and Checkout.com. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Braintree alternatives.