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Lemon Squeezy vs Paddle

	Lemon Squeezy	Paddle
What it says it does	Sell digital products and SaaS software the easy peasy way with Lemon Squeezy. As your merchant of record, we handle the tax compliance burden so you can focus on more revenue and less headache.	Increase revenue, reduce risk and reduce cost with Paddle, the payment solution powering global revenue for n8n, Letterboxd & AdGuard. One platform that handles billing, tax and compliance.
Pricing	Free to start, no monthly charge for ecommerce features: 5% + 50¢ per transaction (some payment types cost extra); merchant of record for sales tax (official)	Pay-as-you-go 5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction, no monthly fee (Merchant of Record: sales tax, fraud and buyer support included); custom pricing for high volume; contact sales for products under $10 (official)
Website	https://www.lemonsqueezy.com	https://www.paddle.com/

Which to use

Lemon Squeezy wins when you need subscriptions, SaaS billing, and tax handled as the merchant of record. Paddle wins when you want a Merchant of Record with no monthly fee that handles global tax, fraud and buyer support for you.

Choose Lemon Squeezy if you sell software or digital products and want someone else to be the merchant of record.
Choose Paddle if you sell software or SaaS worldwide and want someone else to handle sales tax and billing.

This is an editorial fit note from each vendor's public site and docs, not a sponsored ranking and not a price quote. Descriptions in the table come from those sites. Confirm current prices there. How we review tools.

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