Comparison Overview

PayPal

VS

Instacart

PayPal

2211 North First Street, San Jose, CA, US, 95131
Last Update: 2025-12-11
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Between 700 and 749
https://www.paypal.com/us/home

We're championing possibilities for all by making money fast, easy, and more enjoyable. Our hope is unlock opportunities for people in their everyday lives and empower the millions of people and businesses around the world who trust, rely, and use PayPal every day. For support, visit the PayPal Help Center. https://payp.al/help For employment opportunities, check out our job openings in the 'Jobs' tab. We're an equal opportunity employer that welcomes diversity, and offer generous benefits to help you thrive at work and in your free time.

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 34,558
Subsidiaries: 8
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
4
Attack type number
3
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Instacart

Blue Shield of California Building, San Francisco, CA, 94105, US
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799
https://www.instacart.com

Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.

NAICS: 5112
NAICS Definition: Software Publishers
Employees: 21,886
Subsidiaries: 1
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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PayPal
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Instacart
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
—
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
PayPal
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Instacart
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for PayPal in 2025.

Incidents vs Software Development Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Instacart in 2025.

Incident History — PayPal (X = Date, Y = Severity)

PayPal cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Instacart (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Instacart cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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PayPal
Incidents

Date Detected: 3/2025
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Inadvertent Public Disclosure
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 7/2024
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Publicly Accessible Information
Motivation: Stalking, Trolling, Impersonation
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 01/2023
Type:Data Leak
Attack Vector: Credential Stuffing
Motivation: Financial Gain, Data Theft
Blog: Blog
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Instacart
Incidents

Date Detected: 07/2020
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Instacart company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to PayPal company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

PayPal company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Instacart company.

In the current year, PayPal company has reported more cyber incidents than Instacart company.

Neither Instacart company nor PayPal company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Both Instacart company and PayPal company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

PayPal company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Instacart company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither PayPal company nor Instacart company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither PayPal nor Instacart holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

PayPal company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Instacart company.

PayPal company employs more people globally than Instacart company, reflecting its scale as a Software Development.

Neither PayPal nor Instacart holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither PayPal nor Instacart holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither PayPal nor Instacart holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither PayPal nor Instacart holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither PayPal nor Instacart holds HIPAA certification.

Neither PayPal nor Instacart holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
References