Lemon Squeezy charges 5% plus 50 cents per sale as merchant of record, and it is moving its users to Stripe Managed Payments. Chargedeck is a flat $9.99 a month with 0% of sales, on the Stripe, PayPal or Square account you already own.
Free for 7 days. No card. Prices on this page are in US dollars.
Lemon Squeezy is a merchant of record: it sells on your behalf, handles sales tax and pays you out twice a month. That service costs 5% + 50 cents of every sale.
Choose Chargedeck if you sell more than about $500 a month, would rather be the seller yourself and want payments to land in your own processor account. Choose Lemon Squeezy if you sell software and want tax compliance, subscriptions and licence keys handled for you.
| Your monthly sales | Chargedeck Starter plus a 2.9% card fee | Lemon Squeezy (5%) |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | $24.49 | $25 |
| $2,000 | $67.99 | $100 |
| $5,000 | $154.99 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $299.99 | $500 |
| $50,000 | $1,459.99 | $2,500 |
Lemon Squeezy figures are from lemonsqueezy.com/pricing, read on 6 November 2026. Lemon Squeezy's published fee is 5% + 50 cents per transaction with no monthly fee, and it notes that some payments carry small additional fees. Its fee includes card processing, so to keep the comparison fair the Chargedeck column adds a typical 2.9% card fee (Stripe's standard US rate) to the $9.99 plan. Fixed per-sale amounts (50 cents at Lemon Squeezy, a processor's 30 cents) are extra on both. Lemon Squeezy also handles sales tax as merchant of record; on Chargedeck you handle your own. Below about $500 a month in sales the two cost roughly the same.
Including the rows where Lemon Squeezy is ahead.
| Chargedeck | Lemon Squeezy | |
|---|---|---|
| Payment processors | Your own Stripe, PayPal or Square, plus pay by bank | Lemon Squeezy takes the payment |
| Where the money goes | Straight to your own processor account | To Lemon Squeezy, paid out twice a month |
| Order bumps | Every plan | Not listed |
| Link-in-bio storefront | Free forever, with swipe, grid and list views | An online storefront |
| Discord roles on purchase | Built in | Not listed |
| Rewards points across stores | Yes | Not listed |
| Merchant of record, tax handled | You are the seller of record | Yes |
| Subscriptions | Not available right now | Yes |
| Licence keys | No | Yes |
| Discount codes | Not yet | Yes |
| Pay what you want | Yes | Yes |
Lemon Squeezy details are from its own public pages on 6 November 2026 and may have changed. "Not listed" means we did not find it on those pages. Chargedeck details describe the product as it works today.
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Stripe acquired Lemon Squeezy in 2024. Lemon Squeezy's own 2026 update says its goal is to give users an easy way to migrate to Stripe Managed Payments, Stripe's merchant of record product.
With a merchant of record, the platform is the legal seller, collects the money, handles sales tax and pays you later. With Chargedeck you are the seller: the money goes straight into your own processor account and you handle your own tax.
No. Chargedeck charges a flat monthly fee from $9.99 and 0% of your sales. Your own processor charges its normal card fee, which Chargedeck does not mark up.
Your processor does. Payments go straight from the buyer into your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account and Chargedeck never holds a balance for you.
Yes. Every new account gets 7 days with everything unlocked, and you do not enter a card to start. After the trial, selling needs a plan from $9.99 a month. Your link-in-bio page stays free forever.
No. Chargedeck is an independent product from ChargeDeck Ltd. Lemon Squeezy is named here only to compare the two.
Lemon Squeezy is a trademark of its owner and is named here for comparison only. Chargedeck is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lemon Squeezy. Competitor pricing and features were read from lemonsqueezy.com/pricing on 6 November 2026 and may have changed. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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