Paddle

API

Merchant of record for payments, tax and subscriptions

Price: Fee per transaction
Access: API key

Docs
OpenAPI
llms.txt

About

Merchant of record for software companies: Paddle is the legal seller, runs checkout and subscription billing, and handles sales tax and VAT. It charges a fee per checkout transaction with no monthly fee.

What you can do with it

Sell one-time products and subscriptions with Paddle checkout
Offload sales tax and VAT registration, filing and remittance
Manage subscription upgrades, add-ons, proration and dunning

Get started

Sign up for a sandbox account
Create an API key in the sandbox dashboard

Example

curl https://sandbox-api.paddle.com/event-types \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PADDLE_API_KEY"

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP
MCP server: Remote