Monthly cost
$0+ / mo
5% + $0.50 per charge
Popularity
3/5
LLM knowledge
4/5
Difficulty
Medium
#enterprise
What Paddle is good at
Strengths
- +Handles global tax
- +Checkout + subs
- +Works for SaaS
Tradeoffs
- −Higher fees
- −Less flexible than Stripe
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You're working with Paddle. Merchant of record with enterprise features. Best practices: - Lean on: handles global tax - Lean on: checkout + subs - Lean on: works for saas Things to watch for: - Watch out for: higher fees - Watch out for: less flexible than stripe General guidance: - Canonical docs: https://paddle.com — check here before inventing APIs. - Keep secrets in environment variables, never commit them. - Write TypeScript where the ecosystem supports it; add types to every exported function. - Add tests for the critical paths before declaring the task done. - Read-the-docs is usually faster than guessing — cite the docs page in code comments when you apply a non-obvious pattern.
Beginner's guide to Paddle
In one line: Merchant of record with enterprise features.
Paddle, like Lemon Squeezy, takes tax compliance off your plate. Pricier but aimed at larger SaaS companies.
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