Creator and commerce

Paddle alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

getlago/lago10,299AGPL-3.0Metered and usage-based billing API with subscription management, payment orchestration, and revenue analytics.Open on GitHub killbill/killbill5,654Apache-2.0Open-source subscription billing and payments platform for invoices, payments, and extensible billing workflows.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Merchant-of-Record legal/tax remittance and filings
Global automated VAT/sales-tax collection and remittance
Liability coverage for fraud and chargebacks
Global localized checkout optimizations and local payment methods
24/7 payments-related customer support and managed migrations

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Paddle, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.