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Two categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to PayPal, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 418 of the 432 answers collected in the two categories where PayPal holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Wise Business73
Airwallex36
Adyen28
Helcim28
Stripe21
Melio15
First choices in the 418 answers that did not name PayPal, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Cross-border payments and FX

Treasury and cash. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when PayPal is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessPayPal is #8 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 15 labels.

Seventy-one of the seventy-two answers did not name PayPal; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-one answers, eight products in all:

Wise Business47 of 71
Airwallex4 of 71
Revolut Business3 of 71
Corpay Cross-Border2 of 71
WorldFirst2 of 71
OFX1 of 71
Stripe1 of 71
XE Business1 of 71
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketPayPal is #11 of 11 here at 0% of first choices, 16 labels.

Sixty-nine of the seventy-two answers did not name PayPal; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-nine answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Wise Business21 of 69
Airwallex18 of 69
Corpay Cross-Border3 of 69
Thunes3 of 69
Ebury2 of 69
Kantox2 of 69
OFX2 of 69
Bound1 of 69
5 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterprisePayPal holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name PayPal; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Airwallex13 of 72
Thunes11 of 72
Kyriba8 of 72
Wise Business5 of 72
Adyen4 of 72
Corpay Cross-Border3 of 72
ConnectPay2 of 72
Convera1 of 72
3 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

B2B payment acceptance

Receivables and billing. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when PayPal is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessPayPal is #7 of 10 here at 5% of first choices, 17 labels.

Sixty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name PayPal; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those sixty-six answers, ten products in all, the eight most named:

Helcim18 of 66
Melio11 of 66
BILL6 of 66
Bill3603 of 66
Nickel3 of 66
Stripe3 of 66
Stripe Invoicing2 of 66
BILL Accounts Receivable1 of 66
2 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketPayPal is #13 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 15 labels.

Sixty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name PayPal; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Helcim10 of 68
Stripe10 of 68
Versapay8 of 68
EBizCharge7 of 68
Billtrust4 of 68
Melio4 of 68
Adyen2 of 68
BILL2 of 68
8 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterprisePayPal holds 7 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name PayPal; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Adyen22 of 72
HighRadius13 of 72
Stripe7 of 72
Billtrust6 of 72
Stax4 of 72
Tipalti2 of 72
Worldpay2 of 72
Airwallex1 of 72
6 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled PayPal neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named PayPal only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from PayPal's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of PayPal was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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