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James Qualtrough
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Paddle?

We've implemented Paddle into our two core products now and have been delighted with the service received and the performance of the product. It's helped us ship products early with a full feature set. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

I've not really found anything I dislike yet. We've used this product to deliver exactly what we need from a Saas product subscription perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Paddle:

Speak to the Paddle team, they offer really good service and will help you get the most out of their product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

We wanted a solution that handled Saas payments and managed the international tax for us. Paddle has been a great solution for this but we've since started to explore offering Affiliate programmes for our products once we discovered this was all possible through Paddle as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paddle Overview

What is Paddle?

Paddle offers a comprehensive payment, tax, and subscription solution for SaaS companies. Instead of managing a fragmented payments stack, we provide an all-in-one platform that serves as your single source of truth for revenue data. As your Merchant of Record (MoR), we handle: Checkouts and payment processing Subscription management and billing Invoicing and renewals Global tax compliance and remittance Fraud protection and chargeback processing Dunning and failed payment recovery Comprehensive reporting How do we streamline your operations? We integrate with multiple payment service providers, so you don't have to We take on the liability for charging and remitting sales tax worldwide Our systems reconcile revenue data across subscription billing and payments We implement strategies to reduce churn and recover failed payments Our team handles billing-related support queries By entrusting Paddle as your Merchant of Record, you can focus on growing your business while we optimize every aspect of your payments and billing process. Ready to simplify your SaaS payments? Visit our website and schedule a call to learn how Paddle can transform your payment infrastructure.

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Product Description

Explore the features and services of Paddle's all-in-one payments infrastructure platform, from checkout and subscription billing to tax compliance and billing support.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Selling software has evolved in the last decade: taking payments on any screen size or natively in a Mac or Windows app, subscription business models that bring in new complexities... Paddle was built to take on these new challenges head-on.

We are different for 3 reasons:
1) We are a software company, building for other software companies, and are driven by developers, not sales reps or financiers
2) We've built a modern platform that is an actual pleasure to use and manage, and doesn't restrict what you can do because it was build decades ago
3) We will grow your revenue, because our streamlined checkout converts higher and our promotional tools make it easier to test and scale your marketing ideas


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Paddle
Company Website
Year Founded
2012
HQ Location
London, United Kingdom
Twitter
@PaddleHQ
16,627 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
336 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Managing global payments complexity for SaaS and digital product companies. We’re the Merchant of Record that helps you get paid from anywhere and grow everywhere. Paddle manages global payments complexity for SaaS and digital product.


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dheeraj i.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"its best"
We usually use it to request invoices and refunds, and it's been a very useful tool and easy to access. Even the support team of Paddle is very qu...
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Paddle Merchant of Record Integration"
Ease of integration, great customer support
FM
Fahad M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"One of Best MOR Currenlty Available"
One of things i really liked about the paddle is the separate full sandbox setup to fully test paddle integration before going live.it is really he...
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DB
Founder
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Paddle?

The integration with Paddle was super easy. Their developer docs are thorough.

They have built Paddle Billing from scratch, after learning many lessons from the previous product - Paddle Classic.

Paddle Billing cover a wide range of scenarios, and has a robust data model that you can adjust to your needs.

It allows storing custom data on the different entities, so integration with your own service is easy. For example, storing references to your own users, products or accounts.

They solve all Tax issues in any country, and as they are the merchant of record, I get a single payment every once in a while which is easy to manage.

Their business-facing UI is easy to use and manage your customers and products.

They also provide buyer-facing UI so you don't have to write all the checkout UI, and all other pieces of customers-facing ui. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

Pricing is a little high (5%), but reasonable.

Their support always answer, but sometimes it takes a while - a day or 2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

In my country I can't use Stripe. So this is the first problem that Paddle solved for me.

But after using them, I'm pretty glad that it came out like that because all of the benefits that I've mentioned.

They solve tax, and all of the complexities involved in subscription management. Including upgrades, downgrades, one-time purchases, usage-based billing, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JU
Founder
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Paddle?

Signup and onboarding was a breeze. Website verification took a little while, but that's only because of the nature of my business.

I had a few customer support inquiries which were addressed promptly and accurately.

I used a 3rd party worpdress plugin to integrate Paddle Payments to my website, and integration was fairly easy with a very useful sandbox environment for testing.

Overall positive experience so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

I am new on paddle with only a couple of test transactions, so I do not really have anything to complain about so far. Hopefully my initial first (good) impressions about Paddle do not fade over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

International tax compliance via a merchant of record are my primary reasons of choosing paddle as I am planning to sell my product internationally Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FM
Founder
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Paddle?

One of things i really liked about the paddle is the separate full sandbox setup to fully test paddle integration before going live.it is really helpful in that aspect

Other thing is the ease of using the platform and responsive customer support team which they follow up until every query is answered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

what i really dislike about the paddle is not able to send simple payment link within the paddle to the customer like stripe does, which is some what important feature for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being tasked with collecting and managing is huge hassle.

which paddle is solving efficiently with handling all taxes themselves making it easier for us to focus on our operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DI
Learning Support Team
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Paddle?

We usually use it to request invoices and refunds, and it's been a very useful tool and easy to access.

Even the support team of Paddle is very quick in resolving his issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

Even when we request support usual paddle team is quick in resolving, but it takes almost 20 hours,

I wish the resolution time were a little down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

helping us with all the billing and invoice issues in servicenow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PJ
CEO
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Paddle?

I like that they are supported in countries other than USA and also available in 3rd world countries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

Late customer support replies and it takes time to verify a new domain, some domain names might get rejected. But if you have a legal business or SaaS then most probably you will get your domain approved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

I don't have to worry about taxes when accepting payments from around the globe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RR
Developer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Paddle?

Paddle's support team is amazing! They responded quickly and made the verification process smooth and hassle free. Super friendly and helpful great experience overall Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

I don’t have any major dislikes, but the web portal could be improved to function more like an SPA. avoiding full-page reloads and maintaining scroll position for a smoother experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

Paddle simplifies global payments, tax handling, and compliance, allowing me to focus on building my product without worrying about complex financial processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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UC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Paddle?

Paddle is just a bundle of perfectness. It's Developer Experience is up to par with Stripe, the fees are low compared to other MoR offerings, and there have never been any issues for me in terms of ease of use. Their support is also great, I have personally received assistance with a technical issue I had while testing and integrating the client-side helper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

The price is good when compared to other MoR offerings, but in total, I dislike that there is this high 50c fee on every transaction, no matter how large. If you personally get in touch with them, you can reduce your rate to a plain 10% for purchases under 10$, but I think that should be included from the get-go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm a one-person business, and managing VAT compliance for all the countries my users are in is would be just straight up not worth it. It's way easier to just accept the (little) higher fees when compared to Stripe, and not have to worry about VAT at all, because it's a complicated mess with all the different jurisdictions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
AC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Paddle?

Ease of integration, great customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

Sometimes the time to get a response to a dev question takes a bit longer than expected Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

Processing payments, collecting and filing taxes as a MOR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Paddle?

Paddle was super easy to get going with. They make all their Ts&Cs really clear and their support service is really good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

There could be more help documentation with a variety of examples of each type of scenario. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

Paddle manages my tax collection internationally Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Paddle?

Paddle acts as Merchant of Record, so we do not have to spend time in managing sales tax applicable in multiple countries. A valuable solution for any SaaS platform that serves globally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Paddle?

- While invoice creation, sales tax administration is solved well, we end up wasting a lot of time on payment collections.

- They do not send invoice reminders, it is a paid feature with some subscription of third party tool. We have do manual follow-ups, what a waste of time!

- The end customer receives invoices from Paddle branding, so customers do not recognize they are our invoices and they get ignored. We have to reach out to them and inform. If the email invoices get white-labelled, it would be a huge time saver (and trust builder).

- Paddle support can be improved. It takes many hours for them to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Paddle solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a SaaS platform with customers presence globally. Paddle provides a subscription and invoicing solution, where we do not have to spend time on tax collection and settlement that are applicable in different countries and states in the US. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.