PayPal Braintree SaaS sender
According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 12, 2026), PayPal Braintree is the SaaS sender for 559 domains — 0.09% of 629,828 SPF-publishing domains. Detection method: include: mechanisms in the SPF record.
Key facts
- 559 domains in the Tranco top-1M use PayPal Braintree (0.09% of SPF-publishing domains).
- Snapshot date: 2026-09-12 — recomputed every day.
- 30-day share change: -0.00 pp.
- Strongest TLD: .com (68.9% of its domains).
- Most co-used service: Google Workspace.
- Directory category: SaaS sender.
Why PayPal Braintree appears in this category
PayPal Braintree — payments gateway sending receipt, dispute and payout notifications to merchants and buyers.
We classify it as a SaaS sender from include: mechanisms in the SPF record matching a maintained provider rule. This is infrastructure attribution from public DNS, not evidence of a direct contract or exclusive use.
PayPal Braintree is PayPal's payment processing platform that sends transactional emails—receipts, confirmations, alerts—on behalf of merchant domains. Merchants authorise Braintree to send these notifications, which is why Braintree's SPF includes appear in their SPF records.
Braintree's email footprint is concentrated amongst smaller and mid-market organisations rather than enterprise brands, predominates in the .com space, and frequently coexists with Google Workspace. This pattern reflects typical adoption: teams that consolidate infrastructure, delegating transactional mail to Braintree whilst using Google Workspace for corporate email.
Where PayPal Braintree sits in the Tranco ranking
| Tranco rank band | Domains | Share of its base |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 4 | 0.7% |
| Top 10,000 | 24 | 4.3% |
| Top 100,000 | 122 | 21.8% |
| Top 1,000,000 | 408 | 73.0% |
| Unranked | 1 | 0.2% |
Top-level domain split
| TLD | Domains | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 385 | 68.9% | |
| .org | 34 | 6.1% | |
| .com.au | 19 | 3.4% | |
| .io | 16 | 2.9% | |
| .net | 14 | 2.5% | |
| .co.uk | 12 | 2.1% | |
| .it | 10 | 1.8% | |
| .edu | 5 | 0.9% | |
| .co | 5 | 0.9% | |
| .ai | 3 | 0.5% |
What PayPal Braintree users also use
Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 559 domains.
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of PayPal Braintree users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailbox | Google Workspace | 288 | 51.5% |
| Mailbox | Microsoft 365 | 147 | 26.3% |
| Mailbox | Generic / unmatched (mx*.*) | 22 | 3.9% |
| Mailbox | Self-Hosted | 16 | 2.9% |
| Mailbox | Proofpoint | 14 | 2.5% |
| Mailbox | Mimecast | 12 | 2.1% |
Transactional email inheritance via payment platform
Braintree's email capability is a transactional byproduct of its primary role as a payment processor—it sends receipts and confirmations on behalf of merchants rather than serving as a dedicated email infrastructure. This means organisations' Braintree SPF includes represent outsourced payment notifications rather than strategic email platform selection. The reputation profile tends to be clean and predictable, since transactional mail is typically lower-volume and less targeted for abuse than marketing or phishing-adjacent campaigns.
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Frequently asked questions
What is PayPal Braintree in relation to email?
Braintree is PayPal's payment processing platform that sends transactional emails like receipts and confirmations on behalf of merchants. It appears in SPF records because those merchants have authorised it to send mail for them.
How many domains use PayPal Braintree?
559 domains in the Tranco top-1M use PayPal Braintree as their SaaS sender as of September 12, 2026 (0.09% of SPF-publishing domains), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
Is PayPal Braintree common enough to affect email deliverability testing?
PayPal Braintree accounts for 0.09% of SPF-publishing domains in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.
Is PayPal Braintree growing or declining?
PayPal Braintree has been stable — its share moved -0.00 pp over the last 30 days (as of September 12, 2026).
Which countries or TLDs use PayPal Braintree most?
PayPal Braintree's largest TLD is .com (68.9% of its domains); it appears across 52 TLDs in total.