Stripe
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Payments infrastructure for the internet
Custom pricingPaid
Paddle
Merchant of record for software sellers
PaidAccounting & FinanceSince 2012
Custom pricingVisit paddle.com
What Paddle is
Handles payments, sales tax and VAT compliance, invoicing and chargebacks as the seller of record — removing global tax handling from the vendor.
People use it to
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What the rest of Accounting & Finance charges
Paddle publishes no fixed monthly price, so it is not plotted. Here is what the rest of the category charges.
- BrexFree
- Ramp$15
- QuickBooks$19
- Wave$19
- FreshBooks$23
- Xero$25
- Chargebee$249*
6 of these 7 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 6 verified prices in Accounting & Finance. 3 more tools in this category do not publish an entry price and are not plotted.
Paddle pricing questions
- How much does Paddle cost?
- Paddle does not publish a fixed monthly entry price — pricing is quoted rather than listed.
- Does Paddle have a free plan?
- No. Paddle does not publish an ongoing free plan.
- What is Paddle used for?
- Handles payments, sales tax and VAT compliance, invoicing and chargebacks as the seller of record — removing global tax handling from the vendor. People mainly use it to accept payments, handle sales tax, bill subscriptions.
- What are the best alternatives to Paddle?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are Stripe, QuickBooks, Xero, Ramp. Ramp publishes a free plan.