Tiun vs Lemon Squeezy, more system, lower fees

Compare Tiun and Lemon Squeezy for SaaS billing. See how MoR coverage, authentication, customer database, and developer experience come together in one system, for less

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Lower all-in billing

Lemon Squeezy starts at 5% + 50¢. International cards add 1.5%, PayPal adds 1.5%, subscriptions add 0.5%, currency conversion adds up to 1.5%. Tiun is 4.9% + 30¢, flat

LEMON SQUEEZY ALL-IN

7% + 50¢

TIUN ALL-IN

 4.9% + 30¢
Auth, billing, customer data in one place

Lemon Squeezy handles billing and email marketing. Tiun handles auth, customer data, billing, and AI analytics behind one SDK. Skip the Auth0 bill and the glue code that keeps login state in sync with billing state

Built-in AI analytics

Ask questions in plain English across signups, revenue, and product usage. No SQL, no BI vendor, no setup

Same MoR, wider scope

Both Lemon Squeezy and Tiun act as your Merchant of Record for tax, VAT, refunds, and chargebacks. Tiun also covers authentication, customer database, and analytics in the same system

Tiun vs Lemon Squeezy, side by side

Tiun

Lemon Squeezy

4.9% + 30¢

all-in · international subscription

7% + 50¢

all-in · international subscription

✓ Authentication included

✗ Auth is your responsibility (Auth0 ~$35/mo)

✓ Currency conversion included

✗ International cards +1.5% on top

✓ Customer database included

✗ Tax Compliance +1%

✓ MCP server + GitHub Skill for AI agents

✗ No agent-native integration

✓ AI analytics included

✗ You build the customer database


Tiun

Lemon Squeezy

Merchant of record

Platform fee

Free

Free

Base Transaction

2.9% + $0.30

5% + $0.50

Subscription Billing

+0.5%

+0.5%

International cards

Included

+1.5%

Currency conversion

Included

up to 1.5%

Tax compliance

Included

+1%

Webhook & sync logic

Included

DIY

Payout fees

1.5%

1% on international bank payouts

Per dispute

$15

$15

All-in, international subscription

~4.9% + $0.30

~7% + $0.50

How much you save switching from Lemon Squeezy to Tiun

Annual fees on international subscription revenue with currency conversion. The percentage looks small. The number doesn't

The fee gap compounds

A 2-point fee gap sounds small until you do the math. On $500k of international subscription revenue, Tiun keeps over $10,000 a year in your account that's before counting the engineering hours you'd otherwise spend on auth, webhooks, and entitlement code that Lemon Squeezy doesn't ship

Tiun replaces Lemon Squeezy, Auth0, and your customer DB

Lemon Squeezy replaces Stripe + Stripe Tax. Tiun replaces Stripe + Stripe Tax + Auth0 + your customer database + your analytics tool, in one system with one SDK

Skip the Auth0 bill and the webhook handlers

Lemon Squeezy handles billing. You still need auth (Clerk, Auth0, build-your-own) and the webhook handlers that keep auth state in sync with billing state. Tiun ships authentication, social login, multifactor, and entitlements as part of the platform, queryable through the same SDK

  • Email + password login — included

  • Social SSO (Google, GitHub) — included

  • Multifactor auth (SMS + Email) — included

  • User profile + entitlements — live state

Customer, subscription, and payment state in one query

No more reconciling webhook payloads from Stripe, Auth0, and a tax service to figure out what your customer can access right now

```javascript
// one SDK, one source of truth
const customer = await Tiun
  .customers
  .get("cus_abc123");

customer.subscriptions
customer.entitlements
customer.payments
```
```javascript
// one SDK, one source of truth
const customer = await Tiun
  .customers
  .get("cus_abc123");

customer.subscriptions
customer.entitlements
customer.payments
```
```javascript
// one SDK, one source of truth
const customer = await Tiun
  .customers
  .get("cus_abc123");

customer.subscriptions
customer.entitlements
customer.payments
```
MCP server + GitHub Skill for AI coding agents

Install once. Your agent reads Tiun's API as native context, wires up auth and billing in your codebase, and the integration is live in minutes

```bash
# Cursor, Claude Code,
# Copilot, Windsurf, +40

gh skill install \
  tiun-app/skills

# done.
```
```bash
# Cursor, Claude Code,
# Copilot, Windsurf, +40

gh skill install \
  tiun-app/skills

# done.
```
```bash
# Cursor, Claude Code,
# Copilot, Windsurf, +40

gh skill install \
  tiun-app/skills

# done.
```

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