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24 alternatives to Paypal Beacon

Hands free payments

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Paypal Beacon launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   PayPal Bot▲248

   Send payments in Slack with PayPal

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   PayPal for Business▲148

   Stay on top of your business wherever it takes you!

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hands Free▲88

   Pay hands free with Google

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   LendPal▲68

   Borrow and Lend Money + Items to Friends

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Human API▲82

   Paypal for health data

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Poynt▲212

   World’s first smart payment terminal

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Paid▲124

   An API for invoicing

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Paylike▲86

   A modern full-stack payment platform

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Space Box▲100

   Payments made simple

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Referrral▲90

    Recommend your friends, pay it forward.

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Scan to Donate▲58

    The new way to accept donations

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Payfriendz▲92

    Send and request money for free and in realtime

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Paypal.Me▲15

    Paypal's new take on peer-to-peer payments

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Landed▲115

    Community down payment support

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Paypal 6.0▲128

    A brand new design for Paypal mobile app

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Shout▲207

    Exchange Anything with the people around you

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Glassjar▲135

    Collect money from friends to pay for things together

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Vouch▲90

    Friend powered finance

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Freemarket▲80

    Domain marketplace from Freelancer.com

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Mango▲69

    Better payments

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Plasso▲139

    Payments Made Simple

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    UP4 by Jawbone ▲76

    Power your UP for payments

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Braintree▲70

    Accept payments online

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Bellroy▲102

    Slim Your Wallet

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →