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Stripe vs Paddle: Why businesses outgrow Stripe

As companies scale, Stripe requires more cost, compliance work, add-ons, and engineering effort than teams expect. That's why thousands of companies choose Paddle to unlock global growth.

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Four reasons Stripe customers move to Paddle

Purpose built for digital businesses

Stripe serves everyone, from ecommerce to brick-and-mortar businesses. Paddle is the purpose-built Merchant of Record for SaaS, App and Digital Products.

Transparent, all-in-one pricing

With Stripe, essential features can quickly stack up to 10%+ per transaction. Paddle keeps it simple: 5% + 50c, or a 10% fee for every transaction under $10.

One single integration

We take care of payments, tax, subscriptions, and metrics with one unified API that does it all.

Dedicated customer service

Migrating or looking for your next revenue stream? Paddle brings hands-on support from dedicated growth experts and customer support teams.

Put your billing operations on autopilot

Just growth, no add ons, no nasty surprises

For global businesses who want to unlock meaningful growth, Paddle handles billing, payments and subscriptions for one transparent price.

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Boost global conversion

Utilize 100s of currencies, languages and payment methods.

Stay compliant

Focus on growth while Paddle automatically remits your global sales tax.

Stress-free migration

Dodge downtime with dedicated migration support and documentation.

Keep customers for longer

Reduce churn by up to 30% with Paddle's retention toolkit.

The migration from Stripe was way easier than I thought it would be... It was so so nice to have a five-step process laid out for us”

Nick ChapsasFounder, Dometrain
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Developers

The dev-first Merchant of Record

We've supported hundreds of businesses moving from Stripe.

Get up and running in days, not weeks. 

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API-first design

Full REST API with JSON responses

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Modern SDKs

SDKs for Python, Go, NodeJS and more.

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Realtime webhooks

Get updates in realtime for purchases and events.

Migration support

Get a dedicated transition plan tailored to your needs.

Stripe Managed Payments vs Paddle

Stripe Managed Payments can push fees well past 10% per transaction. Paddle gives you better global reach, a custom checkout and more payment methods for just 5% + 5¢ per transaction.

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why Paddle is the best alternative to Stripe managed payments

Thousands have outgrown Stripe

The ex-Stripe customers unlocking meaningful growth with Paddle