Software · head to head
Hnry vs Paddle
Hnry
Software
Accounting for sole traders and the self-employed
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Hnry fee is charged as 1 percent of income processed through the platform rather than a flat subscription, so cost rises directly with earnings; Paddle paddle charges 5% plus 50 cents on every checkout transaction, which is well above a bare payment processor rate
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Hnry and Paddle actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Hnry
Nothing recorded that Paddle does not also cover.
Only in Paddle
- Payment processing
- Sales tax handling
- Subscription management
- Checkout
- Revenue metrics
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Various
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Hnry
No use cases recorded yet. See the Hnry review.
Paddle
- Selling SaaS or digital products with a merchant of record handling taxnot Hnry
- Global subscription billing and checkoutnot Hnry
- Offloading sales tax and VAT compliance for cross border salesnot Hnry
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Hnry
- Fee is charged as 1 percent of income processed through the platform rather than a flat subscription, so cost rises directly with earnings
Paddle
- Paddle charges 5% plus 50 cents on every checkout transaction, which is well above a bare payment processor rate
- The 50 cent fixed component falls heavily on low value sales, and products under $10 require custom pricing agreed with sales
- Invoicing is not covered by the published rate and requires custom pricing
- As a merchant of record Paddle sits between the seller and the customer, so payouts and tax handling run through Paddle rather than the seller's own processor
Pricing, plan by plan
Hnry
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Hnry review.
Paddle
$29/month- Standard$5/transaction
- Payment processing
- Tax compliance
- Billing
Which should you pick?
Choose Hnry if
Nothing in the data separates Hnry from Paddle on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Paddle if
- You need payment processing.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want sales tax handling.
Questions people ask
- Is Hnry or Paddle better?
- Neither clearly leads. Hnry starts at On request and Paddle at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Hnry or Paddle?
- Hnry starts at On request and Paddle at $29/month.
- Does Hnry or Paddle run on more platforms?
- Hnry runs on Web. Paddle runs on Web, Api.
- What can Hnry do that Paddle cannot?
- Paddle covers Payment processing, Sales tax handling, Subscription management, Checkout.