Paddle is a Merchant of Record platform for SaaS, software, and digital product businesses that handles payments, subscription billing, checkout, tax compliance, fraud protection, invoicing, and revenue reporting in one platform. It manages global sales tax and regulatory compliance across 300+ markets on behalf of sellers. The platform includes a developer API and SDKs for integrating checkout and subscription management, plus add-on tools like ProfitWell Metrics for subscription analytics and Retain for reducing churn.
What it's for
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- Automatic global sales tax and VAT compliance
- Automatic proration for subscription changes
- Benchmarking against 40,000 SaaS subscription companies
- Built-in customer portal for self-service subscription management
- Churn reduction and retention tools (Retain)
- Developer API and SDKs for checkout and subscription integration
- Dunning management / failed payment recovery
- Fraud protection and chargeback prevention
- In-app purchase monetization
- Localized online checkout
- Localized pricing pages with estimated taxes and discounts
- Multi-currency and multiple payment method support
- Pause and reactivate subscriptions
- Real-time payment and revenue reporting
- Real-time subscription analytics (ProfitWell Metrics)
- Recurring, automated B2B invoicing
- Subscription management with bundles, seat-based plans, and add-ons
At a glance
Integrations
Complianceself-reported
Pricing
Pricing is transaction-based (5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction) rather than a monthly subscription; higher-volume or low-value-transaction sellers get custom quoted pricing.
Businesses selling products under $10 can contact Paddle for bespoke pricing.
No monthly fees, migration fees, or hidden extras
Quote-based; requires booking a demo.
For high-volume businesses or more complex needs
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