# Lemon Squeezy vs Polar for Next.js

Both are payments batteries. A repo takes one of them, not both.

| | Lemon Squeezy | Polar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | Subscriptions and one-time purchases on Lemon Squeezy, the merchant of record: hosted checkout for monthly, yearly and lifetime prices, the signed customer portal, refunds that revoke access, and X-Signature verified webhooks made idempotent without a delivery id. Plans live in src/lib/pricing.ts and /pricing renders with no keys. | Subscriptions and one-time payments on Polar, the merchant of record: hosted checkout, the customer portal, refunds that revoke access, and a signature-verified webhook with delivery-id idempotency. Plans live in src/lib/pricing.ts and /pricing renders with no keys. |
| Pricing | 5% + 50c per transaction, no monthly fee. Non-US payments and PayPal each add 1.5%, and subscriptions add 0.5%. Tax calculation, filing and remittance are included. | Free Starter plan at 5% + 50c per transaction. Paid plans lower the rate: Pro is $20/month at 3.8% + 40c, and Growth and Scale go lower. Non-US cards add 1.5%. Tax calculation, filing and liability are included. Organisations created before May 27, 2026 can stay on the Early Member plan: 4% + 40c, plus 0.5% on subscriptions. |
| Best for | Solo founders and small teams selling SaaS, desktop apps or digital downloads worldwide. You get checkout, tax, license keys and a customer portal on day one, with no VAT registration anywhere. Strong fit for software sold with license keys, because Lemon Squeezy issues and validates them itself. | Solo founders and small teams selling digital products or SaaS worldwide, by subscription or as a one-time lifetime deal. You skip registering for VAT, GST and US sales tax before your twentieth customer. |

- [Build with Lemon Squeezy](https://agenticboilerplate.com/build?b=lemonsqueezy)
- [Build with Polar](https://agenticboilerplate.com/build?b=polar)

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