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Lemon Squeezy 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.

Lemon Squeezy

Merchant of Record for digital products.

Paid · 5% + 50¢ as MoRBootstrapped
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Stripe

Payments infrastructure for the internet.

Payments & BillingPaid · 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction
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At a glanceLemon SqueezyStripe
Pricing
5% + 50¢ as MoR
2.9% + 30¢ per transaction
Pricing model
Paid
Paid
Founded
2021
2010
Location
San Francisco / Dublin
Bootstrapped
Yes
Open source
Category
Payments & Billing
Indie alternatives
0
8
Founders
JR Farr, Saud Razzak
Patrick Collison, John Collison

Key differences

  • Funding

    Lemon Squeezy is bootstrapped; Stripe is venture-backed.

  • Founded

    Stripe (2010) is 11 years older than Lemon Squeezy (2021).

  • Indie alternatives

    Lemon Squeezy has 0 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.

Founders of Lemon Squeezy

  • JR FarrCo-founder & CEO
  • Saud RazzakCo-founder

Founders of Stripe

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