# Braintree 5 Hacker News commenters recommended Braintree and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for a better developer experience than Adyen and for being better than PayPal. Critics call it outdated, with little new development and weak support. ## What people warn about - Outdated, with little new development (3 comments): "Braintree is antiquated. Sure it's not Chase payment tech, but it's closer to them than it is close to Adyen, Checkout and Stripe." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329718)) "they didn't do anything with Braintree years ago and just let it rot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49475370)) "Everything works but nothing new is being added." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319992)) - Errors can charge customers anyway (2 comments): "the API returned a HTTP500 but charged the customer and created the recurring subscription anyway" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050909)) "some processors will 500 while processing the payment (Braintree)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087781)) - Now part of PayPal, adding confusion (2 comments): "It's why they bought Braintree and that added even more confusion." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416254)) "Braintree is now essentially paypal, so that is off the list." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034372)) - Missing features and weak support (2 comments): "Braintree's catastrophically bad handling of 3D Secure (mandatory in the EU) and abysmally bad support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319839)) "it was just missing things that we were legally required to support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831255)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Stripe](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stripe.md): 143 recommend - [PayPal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paypal.md): 103 recommend - [Adyen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adyen.md): 17 recommend - [Mollie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mollie.md): 11 recommend - [Paddle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/paddle.md): 10 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.paypal.com/us/braintree?utm_campaign=Braintree_Migration&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=Braintree) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Braintree", https://hackerapproved.com/p/braintree/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).