Payments tools
Taking money. 5 tools, covering merchant-of-record options that handle sales tax as well as raw payment APIs.
5 tools in Payments
| # | Name | Category↑ | Starting price | Free access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gumroad optimizes for shipping a digital product today: files, memberships, and simple storefronts with almost no integration work. Fee percentage is higher; time-to-first-dollar… |
Payments | 10% per sale | Yes, free plan is available |
| 2 | Lemon Squeezy acts as merchant of record: they handle tax collection nuances that scare solo founders selling globally. Checkout, license keys, and subscriptions are packaged for… |
Payments | 5% + 50c per txn | Yes, free plan is available |
| 3 | Paddle acts as merchant of record for software sellers, handling global tax, checkout, and subscriptions on your behalf. Founders choose it when VAT and sales tax compliance feel… |
Payments | 5% + 50c per txn | Yes, free plan is available |
| 4 | Polar helps open-source and indie creators sell subscriptions, sponsorships, and digital products with a developer-friendly API. It competes on transparent fees and GitHub-native… |
Payments | 5% + 50c per txn | Yes, free plan is available |
| 5 | Stripe is the default payments API for internet businesses: cards, subscriptions, Billing, Checkout, and a huge ecosystem of examples. Most indie SaaS tutorials assume Stripe firs… |
Payments | 2.9% + 30c per txn | Yes, free plan is available |