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7 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Sell digital products with almost no setup
Gumroad sells a digital product with almost no setup for one person, a lighter option than Paddle for a seller with a single product in fewer countries.
Game server monetization at a flat five percent
Tebex is built specifically for selling perks and ranks on a game server at a flat five percent, a narrower niche than Paddle's general digital product tax handling.
Checkout pages built for testing offers
SamCart at $79 builds checkout pages made for testing offers, optimising the sale where Paddle handles the tax behind it.
Digital product sales with the tax handled
Lemon Squeezy is also a merchant of record handling sales tax like Paddle, but aimed at one person selling files rather than a wider software business.
Card and wallet payments with no monthly fee
PayPal charges nothing monthly and lets a buyer pay with a balance, card or Venmo, but leaves sales tax registration to you rather than handling it like Paddle.
Card payments at a published per-charge rate
Stripe publishes a flat per-charge rate and gives more control over the checkout, but it does not register or remit sales tax the way Paddle does as merchant of record.
Sell access to a community with no monthly fee
Whop sells access to a community with no monthly fee, free to start, membership rather than merchant of record for a product.