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Lemon Squeezy vs Stripe

	Lemon Squeezy	Stripe
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.	Stripe is a payments platform for accepting cards, wallets and bank payments online, with Payment Links, Checkout, subscriptions, invoicing and tax tools that need little or no code.
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)	No setup or monthly fees; 2.9% + 30 cents per successful domestic card transaction; +0.5% for manually entered cards, +1.5% for international cards, +1% if currency conversion is needed; ACH Direct Debit 0.8% capped at $5; $15 per dispute; Payment Links included (US pricing) (official)
Website	https://www.lemonsqueezy.com	https://stripe.com/

Which to use

Lemon Squeezy wins when you need subscriptions, SaaS billing, and tax handled as the merchant of record. Stripe wins when you want pay-per-sale card processing with Payment Links, subscriptions and invoices and no monthly fee.

Choose Lemon Squeezy if you sell software or digital products and want someone else to be the merchant of record.
Choose Stripe if you want to take card payments for products, services or subscriptions without a monthly fee.

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