Lemon Squeezy
Lemon Squeezy is a merchant-of-record platform for selling software, subscriptions and digital products, handling checkout, payments, subscription billing, fraud protection and global sales tax and VAT compliance. Stripe acquired Lemon Squeezy in 2024, and the two teams are now building Stripe Managed Payments, a combined merchant-of-record product, while Lemon Squeezy continues to operate and accept new merchants.
Facts checked on against the sources listed at the end of this page.
- Pricing
- Pay as you goPaid from 5% + 50 cents per transaction, no monthly charge
- Open source
- NoProprietary
- npm downloads a week
- 148kup 7% on the week before
A good fit for
- Indie developers and small SaaS companies who want someone else to handle global sales tax and VAT
- Selling software licenses, subscriptions or digital downloads without building custom billing
- Teams that want checkout, subscriptions and an affiliate program in one product
- Founders who want to start selling without a monthly platform fee
Not a good fit for
- Businesses that need to be the merchant of record themselves, for example to control their own payment processor relationship
- High-volume sellers where a flat 5% + 50 cents per transaction costs more than a negotiated payments contract
- Teams wanting deep customization of checkout UI beyond what hosted checkout pages allow
Lemon Squeezy pricing
Lemon Squeezy charges a flat 5% plus 50 cents per transaction, with no monthly subscription fee. Email marketing is free for up to 500 subscribers, then priced by list size.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Ecommerce | 5% + 50 cents per transaction | Checkout, subscription billing, merchant-of-record tax handling, license keys, affiliates. |
| Email marketing | Free up to 500 subscribers, then usage-based | Subscriber lists and campaign sending. |
Prices in USD, checked on 27 September 2026. Current prices on lemonsqueezy.com.
Main features
- Merchant of record
- Lemon Squeezy is the seller of record and handles global sales tax and VAT collection and remittance.
- Hosted checkout
- Prebuilt checkout pages and payment links that can be embedded or linked to directly.
- Subscription billing
- Recurring billing, upgrades, downgrades, dunning and customer portals for subscription products.
- License keys
- Generate and validate software license keys tied to a purchase or subscription.
- Affiliate program
- Built-in affiliate tracking and payouts for referral-driven sales.
- API and webhooks
- REST API and webhook events for orders, subscriptions and license activity.
About Lemon Squeezy
Lemon Squeezy acts as merchant of record for its customers: it is the seller of record on every transaction, which means it collects and remits sales tax and VAT across jurisdictions, handles chargebacks and fraud, and takes on payment compliance so the merchant does not have to register for tax in each country themselves.
It offers hosted checkout pages, subscription billing, license key generation for software, an affiliate program, and an email marketing tool for subscriber lists, alongside a REST API and webhooks for integrating with an existing product.
Stripe acquired Lemon Squeezy in 2024. Since then the companies have been building Stripe Managed Payments, described as a merchant-of-record product combining Lemon Squeezy's simplicity with Stripe's payments infrastructure, currently in limited early access and expanding to more countries through 2026.
- Made by
- Stripe (Lemon Squeezy, Inc., acquired 2024)
- Free plan
- Yes: no monthly fee, free to start with no credit card required
- Available on
- Web checkout, REST API, Webhooks, No-code product links
Usage and activity
Weekly npm downloads of @lemonsqueezy/lemonsqueezy.js, last 12 months.
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Questions about Lemon Squeezy
Was Lemon Squeezy acquired by Stripe?
Yes, Stripe acquired Lemon Squeezy in 2024. The product continues to operate, and the combined teams are building Stripe Managed Payments as a longer-term successor.
Is Lemon Squeezy still accepting new merchants?
Yes, as of September 2026 Lemon Squeezy is still open for new signups with no monthly fee and no credit card required to start.
What is Stripe Managed Payments?
It's a merchant-of-record product being built jointly by Stripe and the Lemon Squeezy team, currently in limited early access and expanding to more countries through 2026.
How much does Lemon Squeezy charge?
A flat 5% plus 50 cents per transaction, with no monthly subscription fee.
What does merchant of record mean?
Lemon Squeezy is legally the seller on each transaction, so it collects and remits sales tax and VAT on the merchant's behalf instead of the merchant registering for tax in every country themselves.
Sources and links
- Lemon Squeezy pricing
- Stripe acquires Lemon Squeezy, Lemon Squeezy blog
- 2026 Update: Lemon Squeezy + Stripe Managed Payments, Lemon Squeezy blog
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