Compare 16 free payments tools, free tiers, and developer deals. 4 are not free offers. We could not confirm today's terms for 7 of them: on 3 the page we cite did not answer, and on 4 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why. Nothing on record contradicts our terms for Stripe, Paddle and more.
What this name holds: Taking money from your customers — checkout, billing, merchant-of-record and the currency rates behind it.
We track 12 payments services with a free tier we hold as current and 4 without. This category has seen some movement — 4 pricing changes recorded across vendors.
| Vendor | Tier | Description | Read / catalogue date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Pay-as-you-go | Payment processing — no monthly fees, 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. Full API, dashboard, and test mode free. Pay only when processing live payments | 2026-09-21 |
| Polar | Pay-as-you-go | Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, polar.sh reads: Starter: Free to start validating ideas. Free 5.00% + 50¢ per transaction. Pro: $20 /month 3.80% + 40¢ per transaction. Growth: $100 /month 3.60% + 35¢ per transaction. Scale: $400 /month 3.40% + 30¢ per transaction. Startup Program: Free for 12 months 3.40% + 30¢ per transaction. We are not publishing our stored Polar terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-09-25 / 2026-07-25 |
| Paddle | Pay-as-you-go | Merchant of record — no monthly fee, 5% + $0.50 per transaction. All-in-one: payments, tax compliance, fraud protection, buyer support | 2026-09-12 |
| Lemon Squeezy | Pay-as-you-go | Merchant of record for digital products — $0/month, all features included (payments, subscriptions, tax compliance, fraud protection). Revenue: 5% + 50c/transaction. Email marketing: 500 subscribers free | 2026-09-10 / 2026-09-08 |
| Zoho Checkout | Free | Product Billing management with 3 pages & up to 50 payments.When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-13, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-13 / 2026-07-30 |
| Adapty.io | Free | One-stop solution with open-source SDK for mobile in-app subscription integration to iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Unity, or web app. Free for apps earning under $5,000/month (rolling 30-day revenue); Pro tier charges 1% of monthly revenue above the $5K threshold. | 2026-09-25 |
| CoinMarketCap | Free | Provides cryptocurrency market data including the latest crypto and fiat currency exchange rates. The free tier offers 10K call credits/month.When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-13, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-13 / 2026-08-10 |
| Currencyapi | Free | Offers a free tier with 300 requests / month. Paid plans start at $7.99 / month with 15,000 requests / month and private forum access.Our read on 2026-09-18 found the page different from the terms we hold, and we hold no confirmation of the terms we publish. | 2026-09-18 / 2026-08-11 |
| currencylayer | Free | Reliable Exchange Rates and Currency Conversion for your Business, 100 API requests/month free.When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-18, we refused the change we considered recording because it named no figure that had moved, and refusing a change is not a confirmation of the terms above, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-18 / 2026-08-14 |
| exchangerate-api.com | Free | An easy-to-use currency conversion JSON API. The free tier updates once per day with a limit of 1,500 requests/month. | 2026-09-13 |
| FxRatesAPI | Free | Provides real-time and historical exchange rates. The free tier requires attribution.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-10, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-10 / 2026-08-14 |
| Moesif API Monetization | Free | Generate revenue from APIs via usage-based billing. Connect to Stripe, Chargebee, etc. The free tier offers 30,000 events/month.The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-09-02 / 2026-08-13 |
| ParityVend | Free | Automatically adjust pricing based on visitor location to expand your business globally and reach new markets (purchasing power parity). The free plan includes 7,500 API requests/month.We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-15, so we cannot confirm these terms today. | 2026-08-12 · tried 2026-09-15, no read |
| Qonversion | Free | Free up to $7K MTR No credit card required | 2026-09-19 / 2026-09-01 |
| RevenueCat | Free | Hosted backend for in-app purchases and subscriptions (iOS and Android). Free up to $2.5k/mo in tracked revenue. | 2026-09-18 |
| vatlayer | Free | Instant VAT number validation and EU VAT rates API, free 100 API requests/month | 2026-09-18 |
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