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Gumroad vs Polar
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
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At a glance
- Pricing
- Gumroad10% per sale
- Polar4% + 40¢ as MoR
- Pricing model
- GumroadPaid
- PolarPaid
- Founded
- Gumroad2011
- Polar2022
- Location
- GumroadUSA
- PolarStockholm, Sweden
- Bootstrapped
- Gumroad—
- Polar—
- Open source
- Gumroad—
- PolarYes
- Category
- GumroadCreator Platforms
- Polar—
- Indie alternatives
- Gumroad10
- Polar0
- Founders
- GumroadSahil Lavingia
- PolarBirk Jernström
Key differences
Funding
Polar is bootstrapped / open source; Gumroad is venture-backed.
Open source
Polar is open source; Gumroad is closed source.
Founded
Gumroad (2011) is 11 years older than Polar (2022).
Indie alternatives
Gumroad has 10 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Polar has 0.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
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