Lemon Squeezy vs RecurrinGO!

Lemon Squeezy is an all-in-one platform for SaaS businesses selling digital downloads, subscriptions, and software licenses. It says it acts as merchant of record for digital sales taxes and compliance. Merchants can embed no-code checkout forms on an existing site or share checkout links; its no-code and API solutions support 20+ payment methods and global bank payouts. Subscription billing can run weekly, monthly, or yearly, with management for upgrades, downgrades, cancellations, and free trials. The platform can issue software license keys and provides signed, throttled download links. Lemon Squeezy says its fraud protections use machine learning and real-time analytics to identify suspicious transactions. Its REST API documentation states a limit of 300 calls per minute, and documented integrations include ConvertKit, Mailchimp, and Zapier. Ecommerce has no monthly charge and costs 5% + $0.50 per transaction when sales are generated, with sales tax collection and remittance included. Email marketing is free for up to 500 subscribers. Lemon Squeezy was founded in 2019.

RecurrinGO! helps Shopify merchants sell products and memberships through recurring subscription plans. Merchants can set weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or two-month billing, offer a subscription alongside a one-time cart purchase, and build custom bundles. Customers manage subscriptions and membership plans through a portal. The app also supports failed-payment reminders, recurring-revenue and plan-performance tracking, cancellation feedback, and reactivation emails. Its Shopify listing names Checkout, Customer accounts, Shopify Admin, Google Analytics, Klaviyo, PageFly, and ReferralCandy as compatible. The app is marked Built for Shopify. The Free plan costs nothing and is restricted to development stores, though it includes all features. The All inclusive plan costs $19.99 a month, with no usage fees and unlimited subscriptions and orders, and includes a 14-day free trial. The listed annual option is $191.99/year and save 20%. The maker identifies itself as Finloop Solutions LLC and offers migration assistance, onboarding demo calls, live chat, and a 20/7 professional live support team.