Payment providers compared: prices and price hikes
Payment processors and merchants of record compared on what they actually take from your sales, from Stripe, PayPal and Square to Paddle, Lemon Squeezy and Polar, which also handle global sales tax for you.
Prices at $10,000 a month in card sales
- PayPal: $347/mo · last hike Aug 2021
- Square: $350/mo · last hike Jan 2026
- Stripe: $350/mo · last hike Jun 2024
- Lemon Squeezy: $600/mo
- Paddle: $600/mo
Total fees in USD per month at standard published rates for one-off online card payments at each sales level: percentage and fixed per-payment fees plus any monthly or gateway fee. Merchant-of-record prices include sales tax and VAT handling, while processor prices cover payment processing only, without tax, billing or fraud add-ons.