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8 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Sell digital products with almost no setup
Gumroad sells digital products with almost no setup, the simpler starting point for one creator with a single product to list.
Merchant of record for digital products
Paddle is also a merchant of record with no monthly fee, the closest match if VAT handling is the reason to look at Lemon Squeezy in the first place.
Card and wallet payments with no monthly fee
PayPal charges no monthly fee and handles the payment alone, without the storefront, licence keys or affiliate tools that come with Lemon Squeezy.
Card payments at a published per-charge rate
Stripe has no monthly fee and publishes its per-charge rate directly, a plain payments layer rather than a full store with tax handling built in.
A free store plugin that takes no cut at all
WooCommerce is a free plugin that takes no cut of sales at all, the choice for somebody who would rather own the store outright than pay a platform for it.
Game server monetization at a flat five percent
Tebex charges a flat five percent with no monthly fee, built specifically for game server monetization rather than general digital products.
Digital delivery billed flat, with no cut of sales
SendOwl at $33 bills a flat fee and takes no cut of sales, which wins once revenue is real, at the cost of handling tax yourself.
A storefront whose card rate falls by plan
Shopify at $29 lowers the card rate as the plan rises, a storefront for a catalogue rather than a merchant of record for digital goods.