Paddle
A merchant of record for software and digital product companies, selling to their buyers in its own name.
Paddle sells as the merchant of record for SaaS and digital product businesses: it takes the payment, runs checkout and subscription billing, calculates and remits sales tax and VAT, screens fraud and handles chargebacks and buyer support. Its developer documentation says Paddle handles tax calculation and remittance in more than 200 countries on the seller’s behalf. The company behind the site is Paddle.com Market Limited.
Paddle Billing is the current product, with a REST API, webhooks, the Paddle.js frontend library and SDKs for PHP, Node.js, Go and Python. Businesses that signed up after August 8, 2023 use Paddle Billing; the older Paddle Classic takes no new sign-ups. Paddle publishes its price: 5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction, with custom pricing for high volumes and for products under $10.
- Website
- paddle.com
- Infrastructure layers
- Merchant of record, subscription billing
- Products (as published)
- Merchant of record (payments, sales tax and VAT, fraud, chargebacks, buyer support)
Checkout (embeddable in a website or app)
Subscriptions and billing
Invoicing
Paddle Billing API, webhooks and Paddle.js
SDKs for PHP, Node.js, Go and Python - Client types
- SaaS and digital product companies
- Regions served
- Global (tax calculation and remittance in 200+ countries, per Paddle's documentation)
- Pricing model (only if published)
- 5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction; custom pricing for high volume and products under $10
- API documentation
- developer.paddle.com
- Date checked
- Profile type
- Standard
Questions
What does Paddle cost?
Is Paddle a payment processor or a merchant of record?
What is the difference between Paddle Billing and Paddle Classic?
See also
Sources
- Paddle pricing
- About Paddle.com Market Limited
- Paddle developer documentation
- Checked October 4, 2026.
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