Lemon Squeezy alternative
A Lemon Squeezy alternative on your own payment gateway
Lemon Squeezy is a merchant of record. It charges 5% + 50¢ per transaction, plus surcharges for subscriptions, PayPal and sales outside the US. Two Minute Billing keeps you the seller on your own payment gateway, for a flat monthly price with 0% of revenue. Lemon Squeezy is the better fit if you want it to take on sales tax and VAT.
We make Two Minute Billing. Last updated October 29, 2026.
At a glance
| Topic | Two Minute Billing | Lemon Squeezy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Flat monthly plan | 5% + 50¢, plus surcharges |
| Seller | You | Lemon Squeezy |
| Self-hosting | Free, every feature | Hosted service |
Lemon Squeezy facts from its public pages, as of October 29, 2026.
Two Minute Billing vs Lemon Squeezy
Price, fees and features, side by side. Lemon Squeezy facts come from its own pricing pages and docs, as of October 29, 2026.
| Topic | Two Minute Billing | Lemon Squeezy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Two Minute Billing Free plan while you bill less than $1,000 a month. Then a flat monthly price by billing volume. | Lemon Squeezy 5% + 50¢ per transaction. No monthly fee for its ecommerce features. |
| Fee on your revenue | Two Minute Billing 0%. No percentage of revenue and no fee per transaction to us. | Lemon Squeezy Yes. 5% + 50¢, plus 0.5% on subscription payments, 1.5% outside the US and 1.5% on PayPal. |
| Other costs | Two Minute Billing Your payment gateway's own processing fees. Self-hosting is free: you pay for your servers. | Lemon Squeezy 5% on payments recovered by abandoned-cart emails. 1% per payout to a bank account outside the US. |
| Who is the seller | Two Minute Billing You. Payments go to your own payment gateway account. | Lemon Squeezy Lemon Squeezy, as merchant of record. |
| Payment gateways | Two Minute Billing 12 gateways on your own accounts: Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Square, Adyen, Checkout.com, Authorize.net, Mollie, GoCardless, Razorpay, Cashfree and PayU. | Lemon Squeezy Payments run through Lemon Squeezy, as the seller. |
| Sales tax and VAT | Two Minute Billing US sales tax by state, VAT with reverse charge and VIES checks, and GST. You enter the rates. We do not look them up or file. | Lemon Squeezy It takes on tax calculation and collection liability in all jurisdictions. |
| India GST | Two Minute Billing GST by place of supply (CGST and SGST, or IGST), GSTIN and HSN or SAC codes on invoices, and TDS recorded on the invoice. | Lemon Squeezy As merchant of record, it takes on tax calculation and collection liability in all jurisdictions. |
| Self-hosting and open source | Two Minute Billing Open source under the AGPL-3.0. Self-host every feature, or use our Cloud. | Lemon Squeezy Hosted service. Its pricing page lists no self-hosted or open-source edition. |
| Subscription analytics | Two Minute Billing MRR, ARR, churn, net and gross revenue retention, quick ratio, lifetime value and cohorts, per currency. | Lemon Squeezy Revenue insights such as MRR, refunds and average order value. |
What each one costs
Every fee we could find on each product's public pages, including fees on revenue, fees per transaction and minimums.
Two Minute Billing
- Free plan while you bill less than $1,000 a month, in live mode, with every feature.
- Then a flat monthly price by billing volume.
- Paid Cloud plans start at $29 a month.
- 0% of your revenue. No fee per transaction to us.
- Your payment gateway charges its own processing fees, as it does today.
- Bill more than your plan covers and billing carries on. We ask you to change to a larger plan.
- The self-hosted edition is free, with every feature. You pay for your own servers.
Lemon Squeezy
- 5% + 50¢ per transaction.
- Plus 0.5% on subscription payments.
- Plus 1.5% on transactions outside the US, and 1.5% on PayPal transactions.
- Plus 5% on payments recovered by abandoned-cart emails.
- Payouts are free to US bank accounts and 1% each to bank accounts outside the US.
From Lemon Squeezy's public pages, as of October 29, 2026.
When Two Minute Billing fits
- You want to be the seller, on your own payment gateway account.
- You want 0% of each sale to go to your billing tool.
- You want to self-host the billing engine or read its code.
When Lemon Squeezy is the better fit
- You want a merchant of record to take on tax calculation and collection.
- You do not want a payment gateway account of your own.
- You plan to follow its path to Stripe Managed Payments.
What to plan for
Our limits against Lemon Squeezy, said up front.
- You register for sales tax and VAT and file the returns. We work out the tax on each invoice.
- You open your own payment gateway account and pay its processing fees.
Moving from Lemon Squeezy
We have no self-serve import from Lemon Squeezy. You open your own payment gateway account first, and your past orders stay in Lemon Squeezy. Talk to us before you plan a move.
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Try it in test mode
Select Two Minute Billing to be the seller on your own gateway, for a flat price. Stay with Lemon Squeezy if you want a merchant of record to handle tax for you. Sign up free, connect a test gateway and bill a test customer.
All comparisons
Last updated October 29, 2026. Lemon Squeezy facts checked on October 29, 2026.
How we compare: We read each product's public pricing pages and docs, and note the date we checked them. We do not test their products or use review scores.
We make Two Minute Billing, so we are not neutral. Lemon Squeezy and Stripe are trademarks of their owners and are named here only to compare. Something changed? Tell us.