Breeze vs Freemius

Breeze is an end-to-end payments platform for businesses, with a Merchant of Record service that says it handles risk management, chargebacks, sales tax and customer support for the payment process. It supports card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay and crypto through a single integration, alongside rails including ACH, RTP, FedNow and SEPA. Listed crypto options include USDC, USDT and EURC, plus ETH, SOL and BTC across networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, Tron, Polygon and Base. Merchants can offer hosted checkout pages by redirect or iframe, or embed payment components with the React SDK. The API supports subscriptions, trials, discounts and flexible schedules; signed webhooks cover payment, payout and subscription events. Users can receive payouts by bank transfer or crypto withdrawal. Breeze says its service can handle fraud and chargeback liability, US sales tax calculation and remittance, and user KYC and AML compliance. It runs on API, iOS and web. Pricing is on request.

Freemius is a merchant-of-record platform that handles software payments, subscriptions, taxes, licensing, fraud, and disputes. Its hosted or embedded checkout supports subscriptions, trials, licensing, cart recovery, and multiple currencies. Sellers can set trials of 7, 14, or 30 days, choose what features remain after expiry, and apply licensing rules that enable or disable features according to a customer’s plan. Customers can use a self-service portal to manage subscriptions, billing details, downloads, invoices, and licenses. Supported products include SaaS, desktop apps, Chrome extensions, Electron apps, and WordPress products. Named integrations include Zapier, Segment, Customer.io, HubSpot, and Mailchimp. Freemius says it calculates, collects, reports, and remits sales tax and VAT, and follows PCI DSS 4.0; it also says card details do not reach or remain on its servers. The company traces the platform to a micro-SaaS launched by its founder in 2010. Transaction pricing is 3.8% + 50¢ per transaction plus gateway fees; no setup or monthly fees are listed.