Which merchant of record platforms does AI recommend for software sellers?
We asked an AI assistant 5 buyer questions about this category and read its 15 answers. These are the products it recommended most often.
Published November 3, 2026. From one AI assistant, with web search on. Answers vary from one ask to the next, so the list shows how often each product was recommended.
The shortlist
- #115 of 15 answersSamePaddlepaddle.com
- #215 of 15 answersSamePolarpolar.sh
- #311 of 15 answersSameLemon Squeezylemonsqueezy.com
- #411 of 15 answersSameFastSpringfastspring.com
- #510 of 15 answersSameCreemcreem.io
- #66 of 15 answersSameDodo Paymentsdodopayments.com
- #76 of 15 answersSameGumroadgumroad.com
- #84 of 15 answersSameStripe Managed Paymentsstripe.com
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#1 Paddle
#2 Polar
#3 Lemon Squeezy
#4 FastSpring
#5 Creem
#6 Dodo Payments
#7 Gumroad
#8 Stripe Managed Payments
The questions we asked
Each question was asked 3 times, the way a buyer would ask it.
“What is the best merchant of record for a solo founder selling a SaaS subscription worldwide?”
“I don't want to register for VAT and sales tax in every country. Which payment platform can be my merchant of record?”
“Which merchant of record has the lowest fees for a small software business?”
“What are the main merchant of record platforms for selling software, and how do they compare?”
“Which merchant of record works best for selling digital downloads and licence keys?”
Websites the answers cited most
- cited in 8 of 15 answersfintechspecs.com
- cited in 7 of 15 answersdodopayments.com
- cited in 6 of 15 answersawaited.dev
- cited in 6 of 15 answerscreem.io
- cited in 6 of 15 answersdevtoollab.com
- cited in 6 of 15 answersresources.rework.com
- cited in 6 of 15 answerstinystartups.com
- cited in 4 of 15 answersaliteq.com
How this list is made
Every week we ask one AI assistant the same buyer questions for each category, each question several times, with web search on.
We list the products its answers recommend and rank them by how many answers recommend them. When two products are recommended equally often, the one named earlier in the answers ranks higher.
A product has to be recommended in at least 2 answers to be listed. AI assistants themselves are left out.
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