Payments · working at 10,000 users · rates as read 25 Sept 2026
On free tier, Lemon Squeezy is $0/mo: 5% + 50¢ per sale and Gumroad is $0/month: 10% + $0.50 per transaction. On cheapest paid plan, Lemon Squeezy does not publish it and Gumroad does not publish it. On rate above what's included, Lemon Squeezy does not publish it and Gumroad is 30% on sales Gumroad sources through its own Discover marketplace. 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 2026-09-18; 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 2026-09-18
| Service | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon SqueezyMerchant of record for digital products, now owned by Stripe.verified 25 Sept 2026lemonsqueezy.com/pricing | $ | $ | $ |
| GumroadMerchant of record with a storefront attached, at a flat 10%.verified 25 Sept 2026gumroad.com/pricing | $ | $ | $ |
- Sorted by the total at
- Merchant of record for digital products, now owned by Stripe.verified 25 Sept 2026lemonsqueezy.com/pricing
- 1,000 users
- $
3030 Standard - 10,000 users
- $
300300 Standard - 100,000 users
- $
3,0003,000 Standard
- Merchant of record with a storefront attached, at a flat 10%.verified 25 Sept 2026gumroad.com/pricing
- 1,000 users
- $
5050 Standard - 10,000 users
- $
500500 Standard - 100,000 users
- $
5,0005,000 Standard
| Criterion | Lemon Squeezy | Gumroad |
|---|---|---|
| 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: 10% + $0.50 per transaction"No hidden fees, no monthly charges." It is by some distance the highest rate in this table. |
| 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 publishedGumroad publishes no paid plans at all: the whole model is the percentage. |
| Rate above what's included | Not publishedThe pricing page carries the 5% + 50¢ headline and no separate published surcharge above it. | 30% on sales Gumroad sources through its own Discover marketplaceTwo different rates depending on where the customer came from: 10% + $0.50 through your own profile or links, 30% when Gumroad's marketplace found the buyer. |
“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". Gumroad: $0/month: 10% + $0.50 per transaction. "No hidden fees, no monthly charges." It is by some distance the highest rate in this table. Read from lemonsqueezy.com and gumroad.com on 2026-09-18. 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. Gumroad does not state it on gumroad.com. Gumroad publishes no paid plans at all: the whole model is the percentage. Read from lemonsqueezy.com and gumroad.com on 2026-09-18.
Lemon Squeezy does not state it on lemonsqueezy.com. The pricing page carries the 5% + 50¢ headline and no separate published surcharge above it. Gumroad: 30% on sales Gumroad sources through its own Discover marketplace. Two different rates depending on where the customer came from: 10% + $0.50 through your own profile or links, 30% when Gumroad's marketplace found the buyer. Read from lemonsqueezy.com and gumroad.com on 2026-09-18. 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. Gumroad: You have no audience and you want one. Gumroad is the only option here with a marketplace that will actively find buyers for you, and the 30% it takes on those sales is a customer-acquisition cost rather than a payment fee: which is a reasonable trade when the alternative is no sale.
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.
- Gumroad: You have no audience and you want one. Gumroad is the only option here with a marketplace that will actively find buyers for you, and the 30% it takes on those sales is a customer-acquisition cost rather than a payment fee: which is a reasonable trade when the alternative is no sale.
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 2026-09-18.
- Gumroad: gumroad.com/pricing: Free tier, Cheapest paid plan, Rate above what's included. Read 2026-09-18.
Last verified 2026-09-18. https://stacktab.thecompound.tech/compare/lemon-squeezy-vs-gumroad