Payments & Billing

Payment processing, subscription billing, and revenue management for SaaS.

10 tools

Stripe

Why I use it: The developer-first payments platform. Best-in-class API, docs, and billing infrastructure for SaaS.

4.4
Paddle

Why I use it: Merchant of record handling tax, compliance, and billing. You focus on product, they handle payments.

4.2
Lemon Squeezy

Why I use it: Merchant of record built for digital products. Simpler than Stripe with tax handling included.

4.2
PayPal

Why I use it: Universal payment processor. Accepted everywhere — essential as a secondary payment option.

4.4
Chargebee

Why I use it: Subscription billing and revenue operations platform. Handles complex pricing models and dunning.

4.4
Lago

Why I use it: Open-source metering and usage-based billing. Self-host or use their cloud for consumption pricing.

4.4
Recurly

Why I use it: Enterprise subscription management with intelligent retry logic. Reduces involuntary churn.

4.2
RevenueCat

Why I use it: In-app subscription infrastructure for mobile apps. Handles Apple/Google receipts and analytics.

4.8
Stigg

Why I use it: Pricing infrastructure layer — change plans, entitlements, and limits without code deploys. Great for PLG experimentation.

4.2
FastSpring

Why I use it: Merchant of record for global software sales. Handles VAT/sales tax so you don't have to. Good for B2C SaaS.

4.5