head to head
Paddle vs Polar
Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.
Paddle
Merchant of record built for SaaS at scale
community boosts
⚡ 0
pricing
Paid
what it is
Paddle sells your software as the merchant of record, absorbing global tax, compliance and payment failure recovery into one bill. The grown-up MoR choice for SaaS selling worldwide without a finance department.
Polar
Open-source merchant of record for developers
community boosts
⚡ 0
pricing
Paid · 4% + 40c per transaction
what it is
Polar gives developers checkout, subscriptions, license keys and usage-based billing as an open-source MoR with a lower take rate than incumbents. The new favorite for indie devs monetizing side projects.