Alternatives to Paddle
Other Payment processing vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Paddle does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 26 that differ from Paddle on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Paddle has 7 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and Paddle does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Paddle does not | Paddle publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurlyrecurly.com | 55/100 | 4 Data location stated, Status page with history, Certifications named, +1 | 2 Data processing agreement, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Maxiomaxio.com | 70/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Certifications named | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Adyenadyen.com | 65/100 | 3 Data location stated, Certifications named, Notice before subprocessors change | nothing | Compare |
| Molliemollie.com | 61/100 | 3 Status page with history, Certifications named, Notice before subprocessors change | nothing | Compare |
| GoCardlessgocardless.com | 55/100 | 2 Status page with history, Certifications named | nothing | Compare |
| SumUpsumup.com | 50/100 | 2 Data location stated, Status page with history | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Stancerstancer.com | 45/100 | 2 Status page with history, No third-party tracking before consent | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Squaresquareup.com | 40/100 | 2 Data location stated, Certifications named | 2 Data processing agreement, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Lemon Squeezylemonsqueezy.com | 50/100 | 1 Data location stated | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Braintreebraintreepayments.com | 35/100 | 1 Data location stated | 2 Data processing agreement, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Airwallexairwallex.com | 30/100 | 1 Status page with history | 2 Data processing agreement, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Payrexxpayrexx.com | 30/100 | 1 Status page with history | 2 Data processing agreement, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.