Best Payments & Billing
7 tools evaluated. Ranked by ecosystem strength, data quality, and developer experience.
RevenueCat
The 'backend for IAP'. Managing Apple StoreKit and Google Play Billing is painful; RevenueCat normalizes it into one API.
Strong Alternatives
Square
Combines physical POS hardware with online payments, inventory, and employee management. Best for brick-and-mortar + online hybrid.
Chargebee
Deep subscription lifecycle management (metered billing, trials, coupons, dunning, revenue recognition). Goes far beyond basic payment processing.
Lemon Squeezy
Merchant of Record (MoR). They handle the tax remittance for you globaly. Stripe bought them but keeps them running for this specific use case.
Best Pick by Use Case
The right tool depends on who you are and what you're optimizing for.
Prioritizes speed, cost, and simplicity. Needs to ship fast on a budget.
RevenueCat has a free tier.
Runner-up: Square
Prioritizes maturity, compliance, support, and scalability over cost.
RevenueCat has enterprise support.
Runner-up: Stripe
Prioritizes free tiers, good docs, and low setup friction.
RevenueCat has a free tier.
Runner-up: Square
Prioritizes flexibility, multi-project support, and professional tooling.
RevenueCat has enterprise support.
Runner-up: Stripe
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