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Paddle 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.
At a glancePaddlePolar
At a glance
- Pricing
- Paddle5% + 50¢ as Merchant of Record
- Polar4% + 40¢ as MoR
- Pricing model
- PaddlePaid
- PolarPaid
- Founded
- Paddle2012
- Polar2022
- Location
- PaddleLondon, UK
- PolarStockholm, Sweden
- Bootstrapped
- Paddle—
- Polar—
- Open source
- Paddle—
- PolarYes
- Category
- PaddlePayments & Billing
- Polar—
- Indie alternatives
- Paddle4
- Polar0
- Founders
- PaddleChristian Owens, Harrison Rose
- PolarBirk Jernström
Key differences
Funding
Polar is bootstrapped / open source; Paddle is venture-backed.
Open source
Polar is open source; Paddle is closed source.
Founded
Paddle (2012) is 10 years older than Polar (2022).
Indie alternatives
Paddle has 4 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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