Polar · Pricing Plans

Polar Sh Plans Pricing

Polar is a Merchant of Record. The Polar API itself is free to use; revenue is earned through per-transaction Merchant of Record fees taken from each sale. Polar offers tiered monthly plans that trade a fixed monthly fee for a lower variable per-transaction rate. Surcharges apply for international cards and disputes, and Stripe-based payout fees apply on withdrawal. Organizations created before 2026-05-27 are grandfathered onto an "Early Member" rate.

Polar Sh Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Polar on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.

It defines 6 plans, covering usage and subscription tiers, with named plans including Starter, Pro, Growth, Scale, Early Member (Grandfathered), and 1 more.

Tagged areas include Billing, Payments, Merchant of Record, Monetization, and Subscriptions.

6 Plans API Commons Plans
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Plans

Starter usage

Free monthly plan with the standard Merchant of Record fee taken per transaction. No monthly minimum; full API access.

Monthly Platform Fee (subscription · month) $0 / month USD
Merchant of Record Transaction Fee (transactions · month) 5% + $0.50 per transaction USD
Pro subscription

$20/month plan with a reduced per-transaction Merchant of Record rate. Cost-effective above roughly $1,379/month in sales.

Monthly Platform Fee (subscription · month) $20 / month USD
Merchant of Record Transaction Fee (transactions · month) 3.8% + $0.40 per transaction USD
Growth subscription

$100/month plan with a further reduced per-transaction rate. Cost-effective above roughly $5,634/month in sales.

Monthly Platform Fee (subscription · month) $100 / month USD
Merchant of Record Transaction Fee (transactions · month) 3.6% + $0.35 per transaction USD
Scale subscription

$400/month plan with the lowest published per-transaction rate. Cost-effective above roughly $19,048/month in sales.

Monthly Platform Fee (subscription · month) $400 / month USD
Merchant of Record Transaction Fee (transactions · month) 3.4% + $0.30 per transaction USD
Early Member (Grandfathered) usage

Legacy rate honored indefinitely for organizations created before 2026-05-27. Free monthly fee with a 4% + $0.40 transaction rate, plus an additional 0.5% on subscription payments.

Monthly Platform Fee (subscription · month) $0 / month USD
Merchant of Record Transaction Fee (transactions · month) 4% + $0.40 per transaction (plus 0.5% on subscriptions) USD
Surcharges & Payout Fees usage

Additional fees that apply across all plans on top of the base Merchant of Record transaction fee.

International Card Surcharge (transactions · month) +1.5% of transaction value USD
Dispute / Chargeback Fee (disputes · month) $15 per dispute (regardless of outcome) USD
Payout Fee (Stripe) (payouts · month) 0.25% + $0.25 per payout, plus $2 per active payout month and cross-border conversion fees USD

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