{"slug": "polar", "name": "Polar", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 2, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.156, "rising": -0.65, "first": "2025-11-26", "latest": "2026-08-11", "why": "Good to learn about polar.sh as a MoR alternative to Paddle.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Good to learn about polar.sh as a MoR alternative to Paddle.", "icon": false, "domain": "polar.sh", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://polar.sh", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Polar"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 741196912, "item_id": 46324807, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324807", "by": "miroljub", "date": "2025-12-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Good to learn about polar.sh as a MoR alternative to Paddle.", "excerpt": "Nice one. Good to learn about polar.sh as a MoR alternative to Paddle. I would prefer if it had a more leightweight htmx approach, but I guess it would be useful to some people.", "context": "", "use_case": "merchant of record payments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: I open-sourced my Go and Next B2B SaaS Starter (deploy anywhere, MIT)"}, {"id": 736947616, "item_id": 46059226, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46059226", "by": "saberience", "date": "2025-11-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Why would I use this when polar.sh exists?", "excerpt": "Why would I use this when polar.sh exists? Seems like just another entry into this space. Also, you should probably change the title of this post because this isn't a payment processor, you are not processing payments in any way at all. You're just a middleman with a UI, and a nice UI can be good, but it's not more than that.", "context": "", "use_case": "payments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "mrieck", "context": "previous SaaS founder", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254676", "date": "2026-08-11"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["merchant of record payments", "subscriptions billing", "payments"], "compared": [{"slug": "stripe", "name": "Stripe", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "htmx", "name": "HTMX", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235583", "title": "Ask HN: Recommended Merchant of Record and Affliate Setup", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324665", "title": "Show HN: I open-sourced my Go and Next B2B SaaS Starter (deploy anywhere, MIT)", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264491", "title": "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46048252", "title": "Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 1}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 788074816, "item_id": 49254676, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254676", "by": "mrieck", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Was going to go with Polar for payments and Dub.co for affiliates.", "excerpt": "My previous SaaS used Stripe and I'm in the same position where I want to switch to MoR. Was going to go with Polar for payments and Dub.co for affiliates.", "context": "previous SaaS founder", "use_case": "merchant of record payments", "switched_from": "Stripe", "story": "Ask HN: Recommended Merchant of Record and Affliate Setup"}, {"id": 741196912, "item_id": 46324807, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46324807", "by": "miroljub", "date": "2025-12-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Good to learn about polar.sh as a MoR alternative to Paddle.", "excerpt": "Nice one. Good to learn about polar.sh as a MoR alternative to Paddle. I would prefer if it had a more leightweight htmx approach, but I guess it would be useful to some people.", "context": "", "use_case": "merchant of record payments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: I open-sourced my Go and Next B2B SaaS Starter (deploy anywhere, MIT)"}, {"id": 740368806, "item_id": 46273050, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46273050", "by": "pk3", "date": "2025-12-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm using Polar for subscriptions.", "excerpt": "https://charityrecord.com I'm working on a charitable donation tracker for taxpayers. My wife and I used Intuit's ItsDeductible for years until it shut down in October. With a little encouragement, I built Charity Record. The stack is Django 5.2 (I know, I know, I'm looking at 6 now), Postgres, and HTMX + Alpine.js for interactivity. I'm using Polar for subscriptions. It's running on the $12/mo DigitalOcean droplet. 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