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Lemon Squeezy vs Polar

	Lemon Squeezy	Polar
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.	Polar is the Merchant of Record for developers building AI-era software: payments, subscriptions, and usage-based billing, with global tax handled for you.
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)	Starter free with 5% + 50¢ per transaction; Pro $20/mo (3.8% + 40¢); Growth $100/mo (3.6% + 35¢); Scale $400/mo (3.4% + 30¢); +1.5% for non-US cards; Stripe payout fees passed through (official)
Website	https://www.lemonsqueezy.com	https://polar.sh/

Which to use

Lemon Squeezy wins when you need subscriptions, SaaS billing, and tax handled as the merchant of record. Polar wins when you want a Merchant of Record with public, simple fees for selling software and subscriptions.

Choose Lemon Squeezy if you sell software or digital products and want someone else to be the merchant of record.
Choose Polar if you sell software, SaaS subscriptions or digital products and want tax handled for you.

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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