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Paddle

Paid

Merchant of record for SaaS checkout and tax

Best for payments · saas · tax

Toolora score85/100

Our own editorial score, not public reviews.

Strengths

  • Hosted checkout
  • Global sales tax handling

Skip if

you only need a free one-off and will not stay on a plan

Paddle sells your software as the merchant of record. They handle checkout, sales tax, and failed payments so a small SaaS team is not also a tax office.

Key features

  • Hosted checkout
  • Global sales tax handling
  • Subscriptions and dunning
  • Customer portal

Why it is on Toolora

We list Paddle for people who need payments · saas · tax. Skip it if you only need a free one-off and will not stay on a plan.

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