Lower all-in pricing
Paddle starts at 5% + 50¢. Currency conversion adds up to 1.5%, international payouts add $15 per SWIFT wire, and sub-$10 products push you into custom pricing. Tiun is 4.9% + 30¢, flat
PADDLE ALL-IN
6.5-7% + 50¢
TIUN ALL-IN
4.9% + 30¢
Auth, billing, and entitlements in one place
Paddle handles billing. Tiun handles auth, customer data, billing, and AI analytics behind one SDK. Skip the Auth0 bill and the webhook handlers that keep login state in sync with billing state
Same MoR, wider stack
Both Paddle and Tiun act as your Merchant of Record for tax, VAT, refunds, and chargebacks. Tiun extends the model to authentication, customer database, and analytics in one system
AI-powered analytics, built in
Paddle ships ProfitWell Metrics, a fixed dashboard. Tiun lets you ask plain-language questions across signups, revenue, and product usage. No SQL, no separate BI tool
Tiun vs Paddle, side by side
Tiun | Paddle |
|---|---|
4.9% + 30¢all-in · international subscription | 6.5-7% + 50¢all-in · international subscription |
✓ Authentication included | ✗ Auth is your responsibility (Auth0 ~$35/mo) |
✓ Currency conversion included | ✗ Currency conversion margin up to 1.5% |
✓ Customer database included | ✗ Sub-$10 products require custom pricing |
✓ No pass-through Stripe fees | ✗ $15 wire fee per international payout |
Tiun | Paddle | |
|---|---|---|
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 | Included |
Webhook & sync logic | Included | DIY |
Payout fees | 1.5% | $15 wire |
Per dispute | $15 | $15 |
All-in, international subscription | ~4.9% + $0.30 | ~6.5–7% + $0.50 |
How much you save switching from Paddle to Tiun
Annual fees on international subscription revenue with currency conversion. Small percentage gap. Big yearly number
The fee gap compounds
A 2-point fee gap costs $10,000 a year on $500k of international subscription revenue. The bigger bill is the engineer you have writing auth glue, webhook handlers, and entitlement logic to patch what Paddle doesn't ship
Tiun replaces Paddle, Auth0, and your customer DB
Paddle collapses Stripe and Stripe Tax into one bill. Tiun collapses Stripe, Stripe Tax, Auth0, your customer database into one bill, one API, and one source of truth
Skip the Auth0 bill and the webhook handlers
Paddle 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
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