# Stripe vs Dodo Payments

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Every value below is read from Stripe's and Dodo Payments's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Stripe | Dodo Payments |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Pricing model | Pay-as-you-go per successful charge, with no setup fee, no monthly fee and rates set per country. Volume discounts, multi-product discounts and interchange-plus pricing are offered on a custom package. | One headline rate with named surcharges stacked on it: +3% when the customer pays with PayPal, +1% for cards and alternative methods outside the US. No setup fee. |
| Per-transaction fee | 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards and 2.5% + 20p for EU cards, on the UK pricing page. Rates are per-country: the same URL family prints 2% for cards issued in India on stripe.com/in/pricing. | 4% + 40 cents per transaction on cards and wallets, plus 3% for PayPal and 1% for cards and payment methods outside the US. The page contrasts itself with the 5% + 50 cents other providers charge. |
| Countries served | 195 countries for cardholders, listed as available out of the box. That is where a buyer can pay, not where a business can incorporate — Stripe accounts are available in far fewer. | 220+ countries to sell into from day one, alongside 40+ payment methods. The count is what Dodo will sell for you, not where cardholders are. |
| Support on entry paid plan | Technical support through the official Stripe Developer Discord server, listed among the features available out of the box on the pricing page. | No support tier is published against the 4% + 40 cents Standard plan. A Discord community is linked from the site footer. |
| Merchant of record | Not supported | Supported |

## Where they differ

### Pricing model

- Stripe: Pay-as-you-go per successful charge, with no setup fee, no monthly fee and rates set per country. Volume discounts, multi-product discounts and interchange-plus pricing are offered on a custom package. ([source](https://stripe.com/gb/pricing))
- Dodo Payments: One headline rate with named surcharges stacked on it: +3% when the customer pays with PayPal, +1% for cards and alternative methods outside the US. No setup fee. ([source](https://dodopayments.com/pricing))

### Per-transaction fee

- Stripe: 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards and 2.5% + 20p for EU cards, on the UK pricing page. Rates are per-country: the same URL family prints 2% for cards issued in India on stripe.com/in/pricing. ([source](https://stripe.com/gb/pricing))
- Dodo Payments: 4% + 40 cents per transaction on cards and wallets, plus 3% for PayPal and 1% for cards and payment methods outside the US. The page contrasts itself with the 5% + 50 cents other providers charge. ([source](https://dodopayments.com/pricing))

### Support on entry paid plan

- Stripe: Technical support through the official Stripe Developer Discord server, listed among the features available out of the box on the pricing page. ([source](https://stripe.com/gb/pricing))
- Dodo Payments: No support tier is published against the 4% + 40 cents Standard plan. A Discord community is linked from the site footer. ([source](https://dodopayments.com/pricing))

### Merchant of record

- Stripe: Not supported ([source](https://stripe.com/gb/pricing))
- Dodo Payments: Supported ([source](https://dodopayments.com/pricing))

### Countries served

- Stripe: 195 countries for cardholders, listed as available out of the box. That is where a buyer can pay, not where a business can incorporate — Stripe accounts are available in far fewer. ([source](https://stripe.com/gb/pricing))
- Dodo Payments: 220+ countries to sell into from day one, alongside 40+ payment methods. The count is what Dodo will sell for you, not where cardholders are. ([source](https://dodopayments.com/pricing))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Stripe if Selling where you already handle your own tax registrations. At 1.5% + 20p on a standard UK card, Stripe is roughly three and a half points cheaper than every merchant of record here, and that gap is the whole reason to take on the VAT work yourself.

Pick Dodo Payments if The cheapest merchant of record published here — 4% + 40¢ against the category's usual 5% + 50¢, across 220+ countries, with the comparison made on its own pricing page.

Consider something else: Stripe — You sell internationally and do not want to register for sales tax in each jurisdiction. Stripe moves the money and leaves the liability with you — and its rate is set per country, so the number you budget from is not the number a buyer elsewhere generates.

Consider something else: Dodo Payments — Your customers pay by PayPal or buy from outside the US. The headline rate carries named surcharges — 3% more for PayPal, 1% more for cards and alternative methods outside the US — which can put the real cost above the flat 5% it undercuts.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Should I choose Stripe or Dodo Payments?**

Pick Stripe if Selling where you already handle your own tax registrations. At 1.5% + 20p on a standard UK card, Stripe is roughly three and a half points cheaper than every merchant of record here, and that gap is the whole reason to take on the VAT work yourself.
Pick Dodo Payments if The cheapest merchant of record published here — 4% + 40¢ against the category's usual 5% + 50¢, across 220+ countries, with the comparison made on its own pricing page.