Payments · working at 10,000 users · rates as read 29 Sept 2026
On free tier, Lemon Squeezy is $0/mo: 5% + 50¢ per sale and Creem is $0/month: 3.9% + $0.40 per successful transaction. On cheapest paid plan, Lemon Squeezy does not publish it and Creem does not publish it. On rate above what's included, Lemon Squeezy does not publish it and Creem is No international-card surcharge. StackTab sells neither of these and takes no referral fee on either: it scores them. Every figure was read off the named company's own page on or since 2026-09-28; the URLs and the dates are at the foot of this page, and a job re-fetches each one on a schedule and fails when a figure is no longer on the page it came from.
2 compared · 3 criteria, identical for every column · every competitor figure read off that company's own page · last verified 2026-09-28
| Service | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon SqueezyMerchant of record for digital products, now owned by Stripe.verified 21 Sept 2026lemonsqueezy.com/pricing | $ | $ | $ |
| CreemMerchant of record at a flat 3.9%, aimed squarely at indie SaaS.drifted, last true 17 Sept 2026creem.io/pricing | $ | $ | $ |
- Sorted by the total at
- Merchant of record for digital products, now owned by Stripe.verified 21 Sept 2026lemonsqueezy.com/pricing
- 1,000 users
- $
3030 Standard - 10,000 users
- $
300300 Standard - 100,000 users
- $
3,0003,000 Standard
- Merchant of record at a flat 3.9%, aimed squarely at indie SaaS.drifted, last true 17 Sept 2026creem.io/pricing
- 1,000 users
- $
2424 Standard · drifted - 10,000 users
- $
236236 Standard · drifted - 100,000 users
- $
2,3602,360 Standard · drifted
| Criterion | Lemon Squeezy | Creem |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0/mo: 5% + 50¢ per sale"There are no monthly charges for ecommerce features"; every feature is available at "exactly $0/mo". | $0/month: 3.9% + $0.40 per successful transaction"Monthly fees $0. Setup fees $0." The FAQ states "You pay 3.9% + $0.40 per successful transaction. No setup fees, no monthly fees." The rate is unchanged since 8 September 2026; the page stopped abbreviating it as "per txn". |
| Cheapest paid plan | Not publishedOne rate for everyone: the page's argument is that "whether you're a small startup or an enormous enterprise" you get the same thing at $0/mo. | Not published"One simple price, pay as you go." Creem publishes a single rate and no paid tiers above it. A Partner plan for higher volume sits at the foot of the page at "Custom pricing", behind a call, with no figure on it. |
| Rate above what's included | Not publishedThe pricing page carries the 5% + 50¢ headline and no separate published surcharge above it. | No international-card surchargeCreem's comparison table lists "No international card fees" as a difference from the others, which is why its effective rate on a worldwide customer base can land below a nominally similar 5% competitor. |
“Not published” means that company does not state the figure on the page cited at the foot of this page. It is not a claim that no such figure exists. A company that publishes no limit most likely has none, but “most likely” is not a fact, and this table prints what was read rather than what was inferred.
- Free tier: what the vendor gives you at $0 a month, in its own words
- Rate above what's included: the per-unit or per-transaction rate the vendor publishes for usage beyond the plan: the figure you need to work out a bill before you commit to one
Lemon Squeezy: $0/mo: 5% + 50¢ per sale. "There are no monthly charges for ecommerce features"; every feature is available at "exactly $0/mo". Creem: $0/month: 3.9% + $0.40 per successful transaction. "Monthly fees $0. Setup fees $0." The FAQ states "You pay 3.9% + $0.40 per successful transaction. No setup fees, no monthly fees." The rate is unchanged since 8 September 2026; the page stopped abbreviating it as "per txn". Read from lemonsqueezy.com and creem.io on 2026-09-28. Free tier here means what the vendor gives you at $0 a month, in its own words.
Lemon Squeezy does not state it on lemonsqueezy.com. One rate for everyone: the page's argument is that "whether you're a small startup or an enormous enterprise" you get the same thing at $0/mo. Creem does not state it on creem.io. "One simple price, pay as you go." Creem publishes a single rate and no paid tiers above it. A Partner plan for higher volume sits at the foot of the page at "Custom pricing", behind a call, with no figure on it. Read from lemonsqueezy.com and creem.io on 2026-09-28.
Lemon Squeezy does not state it on lemonsqueezy.com. The pricing page carries the 5% + 50¢ headline and no separate published surcharge above it. Creem: No international-card surcharge. Creem's comparison table lists "No international card fees" as a difference from the others, which is why its effective rate on a worldwide customer base can land below a nominally similar 5% competitor. Read from lemonsqueezy.com and creem.io on 2026-09-28. Rate above what's included here means the per-unit or per-transaction rate the vendor publishes for usage beyond the plan: the figure you need to work out a bill before you commit to one.
Lemon Squeezy: You want the simplest possible answer and no tier to think about. Lemon Squeezy is one flat rate with every feature switched on regardless of size, it is now owned by Stripe, and international VAT and sales-tax filing are included rather than an add-on. Creem: You are selling worldwide and the lowest published rate is the thing that decides it. Creem is 3.9% + $0.40 with no monthly fee and states it charges no international-card surcharge: which on a customer base outside the United States makes it cheaper than the 5% providers by more than the headline gap suggests.
StackTab does not sell any of these and has nothing to gain from which one you choose: it scores them. Each case below is the one that option genuinely wins.
- Lemon Squeezy: You want the simplest possible answer and no tier to think about. Lemon Squeezy is one flat rate with every feature switched on regardless of size, it is now owned by Stripe, and international VAT and sales-tax filing are included rather than an add-on.
- Creem: You are selling worldwide and the lowest published rate is the thing that decides it. Creem is 3.9% + $0.40 with no monthly fee and states it charges no international-card surcharge: which on a customer base outside the United States makes it cheaper than the 5% providers by more than the headline gap suggests.
Prices and limits move, and a page quoting a stale one is worth less than a page quoting none. Every source is printed here so a reader can check it against the day they are reading this, and a job re-fetches each of these URLs on a schedule and fails when a figure above no longer appears on the page it came from.
- Lemon Squeezy: www.lemonsqueezy.com/pricing: Free tier, Cheapest paid plan, Rate above what's included. Read 2026-09-28.
- Creem: www.creem.io/pricing: Free tier, Cheapest paid plan, Rate above what's included. Read 2026-09-28.
Last verified 2026-09-28. https://stacktab.thecompound.tech/compare/lemon-squeezy-vs-creem