Overview
Paddle acts as merchant of record for software companies — it processes payments, handles global sales tax and VAT, and runs subscription billing and dunning so you ship product instead of tax paperwork.
Pricing
5% + 50¢ per checkout as merchant of record
Best for
SaaSSubscriptionsDigital goodsInternational
Key features
- Merchant of record — global sales tax handled
- Subscription and license management
- Checkout
- billing and dunning
- SaaS analytics and reporting
What we like
- No separate tax-compliance stack
- All-in-one billing and checkout
- Strong for selling globally
Watch out for
- 5% + 50¢ is pricey at scale
- Product approval process to onboard
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