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PayPal vs Buku: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 18th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 11,646 reviews from Billing and Invoicing users.
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Invoice Creation
4.5
Invoice Processing
4.4
Client Management
NA
Payment Processing
4.6
Financial Management
NA
% Fit
Missing features
Not enough reviews
Feature ratings
Invoice Creation
4.6
Invoice Processing
NA
Client Management
NA
Payment Processing
NA
Financial Management
5.0
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews25,461
Ease of use
4.6
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
4.7
User reviews18
Ease of use
4.9
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.5
Price starts from
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Free version
Free trial
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

PayPal caters to small business, eCommerce platforms, marketplace, enterprises, or developers and offers payment processing solutions.

Any type of Micro and Small Business like retailers/shop keepers /distributors/stockists/ whole-sellers/ traders/ service providers, AMC, Financers, Nidhi companies, RWA, PG , lending business

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pros & cons
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Nischala R
Payroll Manager
4.0

Nischala R.: Hi. My name is Nischala. My job title is Payroll Manager and Admin, and my company size is 140 hairstylists. It is a franchisee of a hair salon. And I rate four out of five to the PayPal, and five is the highest. So I use PayPal as a payer as well as the receiver. I am pretty active volunteer, so we receive PTO payments from the school community. We receive the... I do some kind of Christmas gift card for bus driver, those kinds of things. So I am at the receiver ends also, and most of the invoices, what we receive for the hair salon industry, we have an option of PayPal payment. So for my professional payment work, we use PayPal as a payer, one of the option for payment. I feel that it doesn't have the login problem in the sense that forgot password is not required. We can log in as one time code, which has made my life easy in the sense that I do not download apps and so the login issue has been taken care. And whenever I make the payment, I see the options of do you want to pay by PayPal balance and do you want to pay by the bank account, which is connected to the PayPal and also the credit card, which person might have with the PayPal account. So I like the connectivity issue. We don't have to remember the password, we don't have to download any app, and it has the internal options for the payment. I know that we have lots of options for the payment nowadays. One thing which I don't like, when it gives me the first option, do you want to pay by the PayPal balance, I do not know the amount, what is in the PayPal. So I know that if I have $50 and I am buying something $100, that $50 can be paid by PayPal and $50 via the bank account connected. But I really want the amount which is in the PayPal balance to be visible without going through the app or clicking so many options.

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Accounting Integration
207
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Activity Dashboard
388
Important

PayPal

Top Features
17/50
  • Accounting Integration
  • API
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Bulk Send
  • Client Management
  • Contingency Billing
  • Credit Note
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Document Management
  • Dunning Management
  • Dynamic Pricing
  • Email Management
  • Event Logs
  • File Encryption
  • File Sharing
  • Financial Management
  • Hourly Billing
  • Master Data Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Process/Workflow Automation
  • Project Billing
  • Projections
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Tax Calculation
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Billing Portal
  • Compliance Management
  • Contact Database
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Fraud Detection
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Processing
  • Mobile Payments
  • Multi-Currency
  • Online Invoicing
  • Payment Processing
  • Real-Time Data
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
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Buku

7/50
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PayPal
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Buku
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
PayPal
  • By PayPal
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1998
Buku
  • By SoftDew Tech
  • Located in India
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