Gumroad vs Lemon Squeezy fees
The two obvious homes for a digital product, and a genuine trade rather than a straight price difference: Lemon Squeezy charges less but acts as merchant of record, taking on sales tax and VAT compliance that Gumroad leaves with you.
On a $50.00 sale, Lemon Squeezy leaves you $2.50 more — 5% of what the buyer paid. Over 100 sales like this one that is $250.00.
| Buyer pays | item + shipping | $50.00 |
Gumroad fee | 10% of $50.00 | −$5.00 |
Per-sale fee | $0.50 flat | −$0.50 |
| Total fees | −$5.50 | |
| Reaches your account | $44.50 | |
| Buyer pays | item + shipping | $50.00 |
Transaction fee | 5% of $50.00 | −$2.50 |
Per-transaction fee | $0.50 flat | −$0.50 |
| Total fees | −$3.00 | |
| Reaches your account | $47.00 | |
Which is actually cheaper?
At default settings, there is no crossover price. Lemon Squeezy keeps you more at every price from $1 to $20,000, so unlike most comparisons this one is not a question of order size. Articles that answer it with a single worked example happen to be right here — but only for the setup they assumed, which is the part they do not say.
Nothing in the schedules reverses it
Every option either platform publishes was tried against a $50.00 sale, one at a time. None of them put Gumroad ahead. That is a stronger statement than a worked example, and it is the reason to trust this one.
- Gumroad: Gumroad DiscoverLemon Squeezy+$12.00
Cheaper is not the same as better
This page prices a transaction. It cannot price the thing that usually matters more: the feature set, the payout timing, the dispute handling and the checkout your customers will actually complete. A platform that takes more and sells more of your stock is the better platform, and no arithmetic here can tell you whether that is the case for you.
So treat the figures as one input. Saufee states what each one charges; where to sell is your call.
What this calculator does not cover
- Payout method and currency can add costs at withdrawal that are not part of the per-sale fee.
What this calculator does not cover
- Lemon Squeezy publishes 5% + 50¢ as the headline rate and notes that some payments carry additional fees in edge cases.
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These calculators are free, and they stay free
There is no account, no email wall and nothing for sale here, which is deliberate — it is what lets the site publish what platforms actually charge and link to where each rate came from. Re-reading ten fee schedules every week is the unglamorous part, and it is what keeps the numbers worth trusting. If that saved you a bad listing decision, you are welcome to put a little toward the domain and the hosting. If it did not, please do not.
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