Braintree offers a few options when accepting PayPal payments. Choose whether you would like to use our Drop-in UI or a custom integration. Learn more about differences between these integrations.
Vault vs. Checkout
When adding PayPal to your integration, you can choose between our Vault, Checkout, or Checkout with Vault flows. The Vault flow will save the payment method for later reference, and Checkout is for one-time payments when you do not want to save the payment method. The Checkout with Vault option allows you to do a one-time payment and save the payment method for later in a single flow. Below is a comparison of the three options:
| Vault | Checkout | Checkout with Vault | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compatibility | iOS, Android, Web, and supported countries | iOS, Android, Web, and supported countries | Not supported |
| PayPal One Touch™ | iOS, Android, and Web | iOS, Android, and Web | Not supported |
| Pay later offers | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Shipping address selector | Supported | Supported | Not supported |
| Funding instrument selector | Supported | Supported | Not supported |
| Recurring billing | Supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Customer login | Customers must log in once; subsequent payments will not require a login | Customers must log in each time they choose to pay with PayPal, unless they have approved One Touch™ payments. | Customers must log in once; subsequent payments will not require a login |
| Device data | Must collect and submit device data on non-recurring transactions created from the Vault | Device data is automatically included with each transaction | Must collect and submit device data on non-recurring transactions created from the Vault |
PayPal One Touch
PayPal One Touch™ is a feature that improves the PayPal buying experience for customers and merchants alike. Available for both native mobile apps and on the web, customers paying via One Touch™ minimize the number of taps and times they are required to enter their user IDs and passwords for future purchases.
How it works
One Touch™ for the web is automatically included when you integrate PayPal using our JavaScript SDK. In both the Vault and Checkout flows, when your web customers choose to pay with PayPal, they will see an option on the PayPal login screen to stay logged in for faster purchases:
Choosing this option enables One Touch™ payments. The next time the customer returns to your site and chooses to pay with PayPal, they will bypass the login step and be automatically taken to a review screen. In addition, if the customer had previously chosen to pay via One Touch™ on any other merchant's site, they would bypass the login step while going through your checkout flow.
One Touch availability
As a standard feature, PayPal One Touch™ is available to eligible merchants in all countries that we support and to customers in 140+ countries.