Default Magento payment methods

Magento includes several payment methods by default:

• PayPal
• Braintree
• Check or money order
• Bank transfer payment
• Cash on delivery payment
• Zero subtotal checkout
• Purchase order
• Authorize.net direct post

You can see the configuration for those payment methods on the System Configuration page (STORES | Configuration) in the SALES | Payment Methods section:

Here, you can see that Magento recommends the following payment solutions:

• PayPal Express Checkout
• Braintree

However, in the Recommended Solutions section, you will see that there is a link located in the bottom-right corner--Other PayPal Payment Solutions. If you click on that link, you will see the other PayPal solutions that are included in Magento:

This makes a total of 13 payment solutions that are included in Magento out-of-the-box, which gives you a lot of alternatives to set up the payment methods that you prefer.