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4 tools compared. Prices checked 2026-10-20.

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Sales tax and VAT handled for you
The vendor is the legal seller (a "merchant of record"): it collects, reports and pays sales tax and VAT in the countries you sell to, so you do not register for tax yourself.
Subscriptions (recurring billing)
Charge customers every month or year automatically, with upgrades, downgrades and cancellations.
Usage-based billing
Charge for what customers use, such as credits, tokens or API calls, instead of a flat price.
Software licence keys
Issue and check a license key automatically after each sale.
Checkout with PayPal
Let customers pay with PayPal as well as a card.
No extra fee on international cards
Many vendors add a percentage when the customer's card is from another country. This one does not.
Invoices for your customers
Automatic invoices or receipts that businesses can use for their own books.
You pay now
$419 /mo
Lemon Squeezy Ecommerce, the cheapest plan with everything you need

4 of 4 alternatives cover what you need. The cheapest of those saves $112.80 (27%) a month.

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Cover everything you need

$306.20 /mo
saves $112.80 (27%)
Pay as you go plan
Covers all 2 things you need.
Also has: no extra fee on international cards, invoices for your customers.
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Each paying customer is charged $29 once a month (one subscription payment). A US seller, US cards, USD, no refunds or disputes, no discount codes. The cost is the vendor's fee on those payments (a percentage plus a fixed amount each, and a monthly fee where a plan has one), which includes card processing, plus the 0.7% Stripe charges for Stripe Billing and the 0.5% Lemon Squeezy and Dodo Payments charge on subscriptions. Fees for international cards, PayPal, payouts and disputes are not included; they are listed on each tool's page. "Sales tax and VAT handled for you" is a must-have by default (US sellers owe sales tax in many states too), so Stripe is priced with Managed Payments, its merchant of record service; untick it to see Stripe Payments on its own, where you collect and file tax yourself. Prices are worked out from each vendor's published rates, not read off a calculator.

Compare in detail

Lemon Squeezy and the 4 cheapest alternatives. ✓ included +$ paid add-on ~ partly ? not stated – not offered

Feature Lemon Squeezy
your tool
 Creem Polar Dodo Payments Paddle
Monthly cost
50 paying customers $104.75$76.55$95.10$85.25$97.50
200 paying customers $419$306.20$320.40$341$390
500 paying customers $1,047.50$765.50$771$852.50$975
2,000 paying customers $4,190$3,062$2,888$3,410$3,900
What you need
Sales tax and VAT handled for you ✓✓✓✓✓
Subscriptions (recurring billing) ✓✓✓✓✓
Also useful
Usage-based billing ✓✓?✓?
Software licence keys ✓??✓?
Checkout with PayPal ✓??✓?
No extra fee on international cards –✓––?
Invoices for your customers ?✓?✓?
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