Afterpay vs Paypal

How Afterpay and Paypal compare on real Shopify usage: popularity, store types, and co-installed apps, from live scan data.

Afterpay Paypal

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	Afterpay	Paypal
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Used by	1.8% of stores	2.9% of stores
Popularity rank	#45	#21
Shopify App Store rating	3.0 / 5 (56)	n/a
Avg apps per store	11.7	10.9
Category	Payment experience	Checkout - Other
Installed alongside	Klaviyo 77.0% Yotpo 34.2% Loox ‑ Product Reviews App 34.2% Judge.me Product Reviews App 31.7% Gorgias 25.8%	Klaviyo 60.9% Judge.me Product Reviews App 35.6% Loox ‑ Product Reviews App 29.8% Yotpo 23.3% Pandectes Gdpr 22.4%
Top themes it runs on	Dawn 11.0% Prestige 7.4% Impulse 6.6%	Dawn 11.8% Impulse 6.3% Horizon 3.7%
Most common store types	Subscription Multichannel & Marketplaces Wholesale / B2B	Subscription Multichannel & Marketplaces Wholesale / B2B
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