Payments and billing · Comparison
FastSpring vs Lemon Squeezy
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | FastSpring | Lemon Squeezy |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Compliance includedFastSpring becomes the seller of record: it collects and remits sales tax and VAT, runs subscriptions and handles fraud and chargebacks for one quoted rate. | Compliance includedA merchant of record with a storefront, license keys and email marketing built in, so you can sell digital products globally without registering for tax. |
| Overall score | 5.3Best | 4.7 |
| Free option | Free trial | –Not measured |
| Card to start | –Not measured | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Approval wait |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | Quote/transaction | 5% + 50¢/transaction |
| Pricing model | Custom quote | Usage-based |
| Pricing page | Prices hidden | Public prices |
| Model | Merchant of record | Merchant of record |
| Base fee | Quoted revenue share; no published rate | 5% + 50¢ per transaction |
| $10,000/mo scenario | Not computable; priced by sales | $680 (6.8%), computed |
| Sales tax and VAT filing | FastSpring collects and remits | Lemon Squeezy files and pays |
| Dispute fee | $20 per chargeback or prevention alert | $15 |
| Payouts | Twice a month by default; weekly or monthly; $100 minimum | Twice a month, $50 minimum |
| Charge currencies | 36 | USD only (prices shown in 130) |
| Team access | Ten predefined roles, 2FA, Okta (OIDC) or Google SSO | Owner and members, 2FA |
| Card export if you leave | Not documented; data returned in a standard form | Not stated |
| Security reports | PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3 | PCI DSS stated; no SOC 2 stated |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, FastSpring is a full merchant of record with strong B2B tools and security reports, but its rate is quoted by sales, so its cost cannot be compared here before a call. | From its public pages, Lemon Squeezy bundles merchant-of-record tax handling with digital-product tools. Its lower score reflects surcharges listed only in the docs, USD-only charges and simple team controls, and its team now points sellers to Stripe Managed Payments. |
Evidence: FastSpring: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Lemon Squeezy: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- FastSpringRevenue shareContact salesFlat rate set by transaction type and volume; no minimum volume; fees withheld from payouts
- FastSpring as merchant of record
- Sales tax and VAT collected and remitted
- Subscriptions, checkout, B2B invoicing and quotes
- Fraud prevention and chargeback handling
- Lemon SqueezyEcommerce5% + 50¢/transactionNo monthly fee; surcharges in the fee docs
- +1.5% outside the US, +1.5% PayPal, +0.5% subscriptions
- Merchant of record: tax collected, filed and paid
- Storefront, license keys and secure downloads
- $15 dispute fee
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: FastSpring 2026-10-15, Lemon Squeezy 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- FastSpringSelf-serve sign-up; the only one here you can use right after signing up.
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- Lemon Squeezyno card needed; scored 4.7/10.
- Highest overall score
- FastSpring5.3/10 (Fair). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
Full reviews
More in Payments and billing
Add a product
Search by product name or by what it does, such as “email” or “feature flags”. 2 more fit in this comparison.