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Affirm vs Klarna: which slows a Shopify store more?

Affirm and Klarna usually land in the same band. Neither is clearly lighter on the typical store.

Both are payment and pay-later apps. We measured Affirm on 22 Shopify ecommerce stores and Klarna on 41.

Payments and pay later

Side by side

AppTypical processing timeStores measured
Affirm Moderate (100 to 300 ms) 22
Klarna Moderate (100 to 300 ms) 41

Affirm was moderate on 55% of the stores it was measured on. Klarna was moderate on 71% of the stores it was measured on.

On stores that run both

None of the stores we checked load both. Stores often pick one of the two.

Each band is an app's typical processing time across the stores it was measured on. Those stores differ from app to app. That makes the result on stores that run both the fairer test. Apps found on fewer than 20 stores aren't listed yet. The list grows as more stores are checked.

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