What is Paddle?
Paddle is a platform that acts as merchant of record for software companies, handling payments, sales taxes, invoicing and subscription management on their behalf. Under this model, companies do not have to deal directly with VAT and sales tax obligations in different countries. It offers checkout pages, subscription lifecycle management and revenue analytics. It is aimed at small and mid-sized companies selling SaaS and digital products.
Key facts
- Starting price
- $5 / transaction %
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
- Active users
- —
- Customers
- —
- Vendor employees
- 400
- Launched
- —
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS)
- Platforms
- Web
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Handles global sales tax as merchant of record
- Combines payments, billing and compliance
- Reduces operational burden for small teams
Considerations
- Fees are higher than a plain payment processor
- Less control over the checkout experience
- No free plan or free trial
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Features
✓GDPR compliance· Compliance
✓SOC 2· Compliance
✓Multi-currency· Finance
✓Recurring billing· Finance
✓Online payments· Finance
✓API access· Integrations
✓Webhooks· Integrations
✓Multi-language· Platform
✓Dashboards· Reporting
✓Two-factor authentication· Security
User reviews
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