# Lemon Squeezy vs Stripe for Next.js

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

| | Lemon Squeezy | Stripe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 Stripe: hosted Checkout, the customer portal, refunds that revoke access, and a signature-verified webhook with event-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. | 2.9% + 30c per successful US card charge. No setup or monthly fee. Stripe Billing adds 0.7% of billing volume. Stripe Tax is extra, charged per transaction where you are registered to collect. |
| 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. | SaaS selling to businesses and consumers in many countries. Best when you need real invoices, dunning, proration and a tax story your accountant will accept. |

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- [Build with Stripe](https://agenticboilerplate.com/build?b=stripe)

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