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For most US small businesses, Square is the best all-round payment app, PayPal has the lowest in-person card rate among the big names, and Stripe is best for online and invoice payments. Venmo and Cash App business accounts are cheap for quick local sales, but they're best used alongside a full payment system, not instead of one.
Square wins for businesses that sell at a counter, thanks to free next-business-day payouts and no dispute fees. Stripe wins for online stores and large invoices paid by bank transfer. PayPal wins on in-person card rates and suits customers who prefer PayPal or Venmo, but its online fixed fee and dispute charges cost more.
Side by side, most ecommerce platforms that can sell start around $29 a month billed yearly, with card rates near 2.9% + 30ยข. The real differences are in extra platform fees, sales thresholds, product limits, in-person selling and what's included without apps. Square Online and WooCommerce have no subscription but other costs.
