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| plan | from $/mo | billed | source | checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecommerce | $0 | per payment (fee on each sale) | pricing page | 2026-10-20 |
Ecommerce: Lemon Squeezy is the merchant of record. Its fee is 5% + 50¢ per transaction, plus 0.5% on subscription payments (its fees page). Worked out as 5% + 0.5% in add-on fees of each $29 payment + $0.50 a payment, for 50, 200, 500 and 2,000 paying customers.
features recorded
| feature | status | from plan | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales tax and VAT handled for you | yes | Ecommerce | "Lemon Squeezy is your merchant of record." |
| Subscriptions (recurring billing) | yes | Ecommerce | Weekly, monthly or yearly billing. +0.5% on subscription payments. |
| Usage-based billing | yes | Ecommerce | Usage-based billing is listed in its docs and on the pricing page. |
| Software licence keys | yes | Ecommerce | License key management is on the features list. |
| Checkout with PayPal | yes | Ecommerce | +1.5% on PayPal transactions. |
| No extra fee on international cards | no | - | +1.5% for international (outside the US) transactions. |
| Invoices for your customers | not stated | - |
limits: why people look elsewhere
| limit | what the vendor says | source | checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| extra-fees | On top of 5% + 50¢: +1.5% international, +1.5% PayPal, +0.5% subscriptions; the fee is charged on the total order including tax | source | 2026-10-20 |
| small-products | Products under $10 need custom pricing from sales | source | 2026-10-20 |
| payouts | Stripe payouts: free for US bank accounts, 1% outside the US; PayPal payouts: $0.50 flat in the US | source | 2026-10-20 |
compare
- +Cheaper alternatives to Lemon Squeezy: what each costs at every size, and what you would lose.
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- +Stripe alternatives: how Lemon Squeezy compares.
- +All payments tools, including Creem, Dodo Payments, Gumroad, Paddle, Polar.
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switches
Reported switches to Lemon Squeezy from other listed tools: none yet. Self-reported by visitors, shown as a raw count, and never used for ranking.
What people said they gave up (read first, one person's view each):
proof signals
- +npm package @lemonsqueezy/lemonsqueezy.js published since July 2023
details
- website
- www.lemonsqueezy.com
- hosting
- managed
- open source
- no