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Paddle vs Billin

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Paddle

Accounting & Finance

The complete payments infrastructure for SaaS

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Billin logo

Billin

Accounting & Finance

Spanish online invoicing software for freelancers and small businesses

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Paddle paddle charges 5% plus 50 cents on every checkout transaction, which is well above a bare payment processor rate; Billin plan Basico caps usage at just 5 clients, 1 user and 10 products for EUR 6.60/month, well below what most active small businesses need

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Paddle and Billin actually diverge.

Attributes where Paddle and Billin differ
AttributePaddleBillin
Starting price$29/monthOn request
Pricing modelusage-basedsubscription
PlatformsWeb, ApiWeb
Founded2012Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting & Finance).

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 Paddle

  • Payment processing
  • Sales tax handling
  • Subscription management
  • Checkout
  • Revenue metrics
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Various

Only in Billin

Nothing recorded that Paddle does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Paddle

  • Selling SaaS or digital products with a merchant of record handling taxnot Billin
  • Global subscription billing and checkoutnot Billin
  • Offloading sales tax and VAT compliance for cross border salesnot Billin

Billin

No use cases recorded yet. See the Billin review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

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

Billin

  • Plan Basico caps usage at just 5 clients, 1 user and 10 products for EUR 6.60/month, well below what most active small businesses need
  • Plan Pro still caps clients at 50 and users at 3 for EUR 14/month, so any business with more clients must move to the unlimited EUR 23/month tier

Pricing, plan by plan

Paddle

$29/month
  • Standard$5/transaction
    • Payment processing
    • Tax compliance
    • Billing

Billin

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Billin review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Paddle if

  • You need payment processing.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want sales tax handling.
Paddle review

Choose Billin if

Nothing in the data separates Billin from Paddle on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Billin review

Questions people ask

Is Paddle or Billin better?
Neither clearly leads. Paddle starts at $29/month and Billin at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Paddle or Billin?
Paddle starts at $29/month and Billin at On request.
Does Paddle or Billin run on more platforms?
Paddle runs on Web, Api. Billin runs on Web.
What is Paddle best used for?
Paddle is most often used for selling saas or digital products with a merchant of record handling tax, global subscription billing and checkout, offloading sales tax and vat compliance for cross border sales. Of those, selling saas or digital products with a merchant of record handling tax and global subscription billing and checkout are not what Billin is typically brought in for.
What can Paddle do that Billin cannot?
Paddle covers Payment processing, Sales tax handling, Subscription management, Checkout.
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