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Paddle vs Polar
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glancePaddlePolar
- Pricing
- 5% + 50¢ as Merchant of Record
- 4% + 40¢ as MoR
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Paid
- Founded
- 2012
- 2022
- Location
- London, UK
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Bootstrapped
- —
- —
- Open source
- —
- Yes
- Category
- Payments & Billing
- —
- Indie alternatives
- 4
- 0
- Founders
- Christian Owens, Harrison Rose
- Birk Jernström
Key differences
Funding
Polar is bootstrapped / open source; Paddle is venture-backed.
Open source
Polar is open source; Paddle is closed source.
Founded
Paddle (2012) is 10 years older than Polar (2022).
Indie alternatives
Paddle has 4 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Polar has 0.
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.
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