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Cut operational costs by 15% with Paddle
Zuora only covers the payments layer. Compliance and tax need to be handled with third party tools, adding to your total cost of ownership. Paddle handles all of it in one place, reducing cost, risk, and the engineering overhead that comes with a fragmented stack.
Four reasons Zuora customers move to Paddle
Risk and compliance fully handled
Zuora bills your customers. It doesn't remit your taxes or ensures your checkout is compliant across multiple legislations. With Paddle, all compliance liability is ours across 180+ countries, including your B2B customers.
Built for how modern developers actually work
Zuora puts a heavy burden on your engineering team. Paddle's AI assistant answers integration questions inside our developer docs. Connect the Paddle MCP to build and debug from VS Code, Cursor, or Raycast.
Reduced operational cost, transparent pricing
Zuora's pricing is hidden. Pricing can change depending on how you scale, making it difficult to forecast. Paddle's pricing is public: 5% + 50¢ per transaction (with special rates for high ARR companies) including billing, reporting, tax, fraud in one integration.
Built for both product-led and sales-led growth
Zuora has no native self-serve checkout. Running PLG means a separate tool, separate data, and a split revenue view. Paddle's checkout goes live in a few lines of code, and the platform allows self-serve customers to transition to invoiced enterprise billing without cancelling subscriptions.
How n8n scaled to a $2.5B valuation without building a payments stack
n8n, the AI workflow automation platform faced the same challenge Zuora customers recognise: too much operational drag from payments and tax compliance pulling the team away from product.
Switching to Paddle as their Merchant of Record took them to 87% MRR growth in nine months.
What you get with Paddle that Zuora doesn’t cover
A strategic partner, not just a vendor
Paddle's payment experts work with you to improve payment acceptance, optimize chargebacks and increase checkout conversion rates within the platform for one transparent fee, without trying to upsell you. Whether you’re sales-led or product-led, Paddle is your advocate for ongoing scale.
Risk and compliance managed for you
Zuora provides tooling for chargeback management, but it's still on you as the seller to resolve them. As a Merchant of Record, Paddle absorbs chargeback liability entirely - with a 80-90% reduction through practical guidance and proactive management.
Unlock more US revenue from external app payments
The landmark Epic vs Apple ruling in the US means mobile app companies can now sell directly through the web, which Zuora doesn't support. With Paddle - unlock lower fees, full pricing flexibility, and better churn prevention. Go live in days, not weeks.
Move to Paddle in 12 days or less
Dedicated migration support, from kickoff to go-live, trusted by large enterprises. Learn more
Phase 1: Set up
Scope and configure Paddle (Day 1-2)
Phase 2: Build and validate
Implement key flows and test safely using the webhook simulator (Day 3-7)
Phase 3: Go live and migrate
Run new customers on Paddle and migrate legacy subscriptions in parallel (Day 8-12)