# Dodo Payments

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/payments/dodo-payments/

Merchant of record covering 220+ countries, priced below the category's usual rate with explicit surcharges for PayPal and non-US cards.

## Who it suits

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 if 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.

## iScore

69 / 100 (80% interval 62–75), rank 1 of 5 in payments — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every payments peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/payments/dodo-payments/alternatives/

- Price: 39 (33–45), weight 44%, 2 of 2 criteria scored
- Capacity and limits: 62 (38–86), weight 6%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Trust and compliance: 94 (67–100), weight 38%, 1 of 1 criteria scored
- Evidence: 100 (100–100), weight 13%, 4 of 4 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: No ([source](https://dodopayments.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)
- Pricing model: 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), read 2026-09-15)
- Per-transaction fee: 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), read 2026-09-15)

### Infrastructure

- Countries served: 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), read 2026-09-15)

### Support

- Support on entry paid plan: 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), read 2026-09-15)

### Compliance

- Merchant of record: Supported ([source](https://dodopayments.com/pricing), read 2026-09-15)

## Compared with

- [Dodo Payments vs Stripe](https://inetgeek.com/compare/stripe-vs-dodo-payments/)
- [Dodo Payments vs Paddle](https://inetgeek.com/compare/dodo-payments-vs-paddle/)