Payments · ranked 01
Polar
Billing for developers, with an open-source core.
Best for Developer billing with an open-source option
Polar is a billing platform for developers selling software, with an open-source codebase and a hosted product that can act as merchant of record. Use it when you want developer-shaped billing and you are fine checking whether their current fee and tax coverage fit your countries.
Best use cases
- Charging for an open-source project or dev tool
- Subscriptions and one-time sales
- A Stripe alternative aimed at builders
Pros
- + The product is aimed at developers selling software
- + Open-source core, which you can read
- + Merchant-of-record support is part of the pitch
Cons
- − A smaller ecosystem than Stripe
- − Fees and tax coverage: check site
Pricing
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Platform fees. Current rates: check site.
Alternatives
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Stripe
Cards, subscriptions, and a lot of billing API.
Best for Taking cards and running subscriptions
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Lemon Squeezy
A merchant of record for software sales.
Best for Selling software without becoming the merchant of record
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