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Paddle vs Stripe
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 glancePaddleStripe
At a glance
- Pricing
- Paddle5% + 50¢ as Merchant of Record
- Stripe2.9% + 30¢ per transaction
- Pricing model
- PaddlePaid
- StripePaid
- Founded
- Paddle2012
- Stripe2010
- Location
- PaddleLondon, UK
- StripeSan Francisco / Dublin
- Bootstrapped
- Paddle—
- Stripe—
- Open source
- Paddle—
- Stripe—
- Category
- PaddlePayments & Billing
- StripePayments & Billing
- Indie alternatives
- Paddle4
- Stripe8
- Founders
- PaddleChristian Owens, Harrison Rose
- StripePatrick Collison, John Collison
Key differences
Funding
Both are venture-backed.
Founded
Stripe (2010) is 2 years older than Paddle (2012).
Category
Both compete in Payments & Billing.
Indie alternatives
Paddle has 4 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Stripe has 8.
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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