Polar alternatives
Every payments provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Polar's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Polar's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.
- StripeFree tier: No vs Yes · Merchant of record: Not supported vs Supported
- Lemon SqueezyFree tier: No vs Yes
- Dodo PaymentsFree tier: No vs Yes
- PaddleFree tier: No vs Yes
Where Polar stands against these 4
Polar's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.
- Free tier
- Yes. None of the 4 alternatives that document it has one either.
- Per-transaction fee
- 5% + 40 cents on the free Starter plan; 3.8% + 40 cents on Pro at $20/monthJoint 3rd cheapest of the 5 that document it. Cheapest: Stripe — 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards and 2.5% + 20p for EU cards, on the UK pricing page.
A rank whose 80% interval overlaps its neighbour's is an ordering, not a finding; the intervals are on each provider's page and in /scores.json.