Updated September 2026 · prices from vendor's pricing page

Lemon Squeezy pricing

Lemon Squeezy has 2 plans: Ecommerce, Email Marketing. There is no free plan. Fees: 5% + $0.50 per transaction (all-inclusive merchant-of-record fee); +1.5% for international transactions; +3% additional for affiliate-referred orders

Ecommerce
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- Free to start, no trial period/card/contract required
- 5% + $0.50 per transaction, all-inclusive (processing, tax/VAT, fraud, cart recovery)
- +1.5% for international transactions
- Affiliate-referred orders add 3% on top of normal fee
Email Marketing
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- Free for up to 500 subscribers
- Paid tiers billed by subscriber count
- Exact dollar tier breakpoints not published/verifiable via fetch

Free plan limits: Ecommerce: no monthly fee, pay only per-transaction; Email Marketing: free up to 500 subscribers
Fees: 5% + $0.50 per transaction (all-inclusive merchant-of-record fee); +1.5% for international transactions; +3% additional for affiliate-referred orders
Discounts: Annual billing discount mentioned for Email Marketing product; exact % not published

Acquired by Stripe (July 2024). Per official 2026 blog update, Stripe has launched Stripe Managed Payments (SMP) and Lemon Squeezy is in a winding-down/converging state, with the stated goal of migrating users to SMP; pricing stated to remain unchanged 'for now'. Current new-signup availability is ambiguous/not explicitly confirmed on official pages.

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