Payments · working at 10,000 users · rates as read 30 Sept 2026
On free tier, Paddle is $0/month: 5% + 50¢ per Checkout transaction and Lemon Squeezy is $0/mo: 5% + 50¢ per sale. On cheapest paid plan, Paddle does not publish it and Lemon Squeezy does not publish it. On rate above what's included, Paddle does not publish it and Lemon Squeezy does not publish it. 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PaddleMerchant of record: Paddle is the seller and files the tax.verified 28 Sept 2026paddle.com/pricing | $ | $ | $ |
| Lemon SqueezyMerchant of record for digital products, now owned by Stripe.verified 28 Sept 2026lemonsqueezy.com/pricing | $ | $ | $ |
- Sorted by the total at
- Merchant of record: Paddle is the seller and files the tax.verified 28 Sept 2026paddle.com/pricing
- 1,000 users
- $
3030 Standard - 10,000 users
- $
300300 Standard - 100,000 users
- $
3,0003,000 Standard
- Merchant of record for digital products, now owned by Stripe.verified 28 Sept 2026lemonsqueezy.com/pricing
- 1,000 users
- $
3030 Standard - 10,000 users
- $
300300 Standard - 100,000 users
- $
3,0003,000 Standard
| Criterion | Paddle | Lemon Squeezy |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0/month: 5% + 50¢ per Checkout transaction"No migration fees, monthly fees, or hidden extras." | $0/mo: 5% + 50¢ per sale"There are no monthly charges for ecommerce features"; every feature is available at "exactly $0/mo". |
| Cheapest paid plan | Not publishedOne published rate and a "Custom pricing" option with no figure. The page also notes that if you are "selling products under $10 or require invoicing" you must contact them for custom pricing. | 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. |
| Rate above what's included | Not publishedPaddle publishes the 5% + 50¢ headline and does not publish a separate international-card or currency-conversion surcharge on this page, so there is no additional rate here to multiply out. | Not publishedThe pricing page carries the 5% + 50¢ headline and no separate published surcharge above it. |
“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
Paddle: $0/month: 5% + 50¢ per Checkout transaction. "No migration fees, monthly fees, or hidden extras.". Lemon Squeezy: $0/mo: 5% + 50¢ per sale. "There are no monthly charges for ecommerce features"; every feature is available at "exactly $0/mo". Read from paddle.com and lemonsqueezy.com on 2026-09-28. Free tier here means what the vendor gives you at $0 a month, in its own words.
Paddle does not state it on paddle.com. One published rate and a "Custom pricing" option with no figure. The page also notes that if you are "selling products under $10 or require invoicing" you must contact them for custom pricing. 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. Read from paddle.com and lemonsqueezy.com on 2026-09-28.
Paddle does not state it on paddle.com. Paddle publishes the 5% + 50¢ headline and does not publish a separate international-card or currency-conversion surcharge on this page, so there is no additional rate here to multiply out. Lemon Squeezy does not state it on lemonsqueezy.com. The pricing page carries the 5% + 50¢ headline and no separate published surcharge above it. Read from paddle.com and lemonsqueezy.com 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.
Paddle: You are selling worldwide at real volume and the thing that would actually hurt is a tax authority asking questions. Paddle is the dearest rate in this table and it has the longest record of standing behind a filing when that happens: which is what the extra points are for. 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.
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.
- Paddle: You are selling worldwide at real volume and the thing that would actually hurt is a tax authority asking questions. Paddle is the dearest rate in this table and it has the longest record of standing behind a filing when that happens: which is what the extra points are for.
- 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.
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.
- Paddle: www.paddle.com/pricing: Free tier, Cheapest paid plan, Rate above what's included. Read 2026-09-28.
- Lemon Squeezy: www.lemonsqueezy.com/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/paddle-vs-lemon-squeezy