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Paddle vs Polar

	Paddle	Polar
What it says it does	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.	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	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)	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.paddle.com/	https://polar.sh/

Which to use

Paddle wins when you want a Merchant of Record with no monthly fee that handles global tax, fraud and buyer support for you. Polar wins when you want a Merchant of Record with public, simple fees for selling software and subscriptions.

Choose Paddle if you sell software or SaaS worldwide and want someone else to handle sales tax and billing.
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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