Comparison

Stripe vs Paddle

Overview

Financial infrastructure for the internet

Stripe is a payment infrastructure platform for businesses to accept online payments, manage billing and subscriptions, handle marketplace payouts, and build financial products.

Paddle

The complete payments, tax, and subscriptions solution for software companies

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Paddle is a merchant of record payments platform for SaaS and software companies, handling global payments, subscription billing, tax compliance, and fraud so you can focus on building.

Features

—Payment acceptance (135+ currencies)
—Subscriptions and billing
—Connect (marketplace payments)
—Fraud detection (Radar)
—Invoicing
—Terminal (in-person payments)
—Financial connections
—Tax automation

—Merchant of record
—Payment processing
—Subscription billing
—Global tax compliance (200+ countries)
—Fraud prevention
—Analytics dashboard
—Checkout optimization
—Automated invoicing

Pricing

Stripe

usage based

Plan	Price	Notes
Standard	Contact sales	No monthly fees; 2.9% + 30¢ per successful card charge.
Custom	Contact sales	Volume discounts and custom rates for high-volume businesses.

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Paddle

usage based