Lemon Squeezy vs Seal Subscriptions

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.

Seal Subscriptions is a Shopify app for merchants offering recurring purchases through automatic charges or recurring invoices. It supports subscription discounts, including tiered and loyalty discounts, and gives subscribers a portal to view, edit or cancel subscriptions using a magic link or Shopify account login. Merchants can review payment activity in analytics and a calendar covering upcoming, skipped, failed, completed, pending and scheduled payments. Inventory tools support forecasting and let merchants skip renewals when products are out of stock. The Merchant API can retrieve subscription details, update subscriptions and create webhooks. Listed integrations include Bundler, Klaviyo, PageFly, Gempages and Google Analytics. Sensitive customer data is encrypted in the database using AES algorithms, with access restricted; collected data is stored on secure servers in Toronto, Canada. Personal data is deleted seven days after a merchant stops using the service and uninstalls the app unless retained longer for business purposes. The free plan covers 50 total subscriptions. Paid plans start at $5.95/mo, and a 30-day trial is listed.