Accounting · pricing
Paddle pricing
Paddle publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Paddle pricing is $5/percent_plus_transaction across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $5/percent_plus_transaction
- Model
- Transaction
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Paddle plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | $5/percent_plus_transaction | 12 | Entry tier |
| Custom Pricing | On request | 6 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Pay-as-you-go
$5/percent_plus_transactionThe entry tier. It covers 5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction, global payments and billing unified in one platform, cross-border sales tax compliance, fraud and chargeback protection, no migration fees, monthly fees, or hidden extras, checkout, subscriptions, and payment management.
Custom Pricing
On requestOver Pay-as-you-go, this tier adds:
- All pay-as-you-go features
- Custom pricing tailored to business model
- Optional premium services access
- Success management
- Custom migration services
- Implementation support
What the product covers
The full Paddle feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Payment processing
- Sales tax handling
- Subscription management
- Checkout
- Revenue metrics
Integrations
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Various
Security
- PCI DSS
- SOC 2
Platform
- Web support
- Api support
People bring Paddle in 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. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Paddle are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Accounting
Across the 3 accounting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $13/month. Paddle starts at $5/percent_plus_transaction, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddle (this page) | $5/percent_plus_transaction | transaction | - | |
| Rydoo | $10/month | Per user per month | - | vs Paddle |
| Happay | On request | quote | - | vs Paddle |
| Moss | On request | quote | - | vs Paddle |
| Mesh Payments | Free, then $13/month | Per user per month | - | vs Paddle |
| Medius Expense | On request | quote | - | vs Paddle |
| Ottimate | On request | quote | - | vs Paddle |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Paddle badges page.
Before you pay for Paddle
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $5/percent_plus_transaction and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Paddle against the tools that do have one before committing.
Paddle runs on web, api, and is published by Paddle.com Market Ltd of London, UK. The full record is on the Paddle review, and the rest of the category is under best accounting tools.
Paddle pricing questions
- How much does Paddle cost?
- Paddle publishes 2 tiers, from $5/percent_plus_transaction for Pay-as-you-go up to On request for Custom Pricing. The cheapest paid tier is $5/percent_plus_transaction.
- Does Paddle have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Paddle is listed as transaction. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Pay-as-you-go and Custom Pricing on Paddle?
- Custom Pricing costs On request against $5/percent_plus_transaction, and adds all pay-as-you-go features, custom pricing tailored to business model, optional premium services access, success management.
- Is the Custom Pricing plan on Paddle worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all pay-as-you-go features, custom pricing tailored to business model, optional premium services access, success management. It costs On request against $5/percent_plus_transaction for Pay-as-you-go. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Paddle expensive for a accounting tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 accounting tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $13/month; Paddle starts at $5/percent_plus_transaction.
- Which accounting tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 accounting tools listed alongside Paddle have a free tier: Mesh Payments.
- What am I actually paying for with Paddle?
- The record lists 12 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in 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.
- Does Paddle charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Paddle prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Paddle against before paying?
- The closest accounting tools in this directory are Rydoo, Happay, Moss, Mesh Payments. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Paddle covering price, platforms and features.