# Paddle

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/paddle/  
**Website:** https://www.paddle.com  
**APIs profiled:** 14

Paddle is a merchant-of-record billing platform for SaaS and digital products. The Paddle Billing API manages the full revenue lifecycle - products, prices, customers, subscriptions, transactions, invoices, adjustments, and discounts - while Paddle handles global sales tax, payment processing, fraud, and compliance on the seller's behalf.

## Kin Score — 34.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 50.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 28.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 21.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (14)

- **Paddle Addresses API** — The Addresses API from Paddle — 2 operation(s) for addresses.
- **Paddle Adjustments API** — The Adjustments API from Paddle — 2 operation(s) for adjustments.
- **Paddle Businesses API** — The Businesses API from Paddle — 2 operation(s) for businesses.
- **Paddle Customers API** — The Customers API from Paddle — 2 operation(s) for customers.
- **Paddle Discounts API** — The Discounts API from Paddle — 1 operation(s) for discounts.
- **Paddle Event Types API** — The Event Types API from Paddle — 1 operation(s) for event types.
- **Paddle Events API** — The Events API from Paddle — 1 operation(s) for events.
- **Paddle Notification Settings API** — The Notification Settings API from Paddle — 2 operation(s) for notification settings.
- **Paddle Notifications API** — The Notifications API from Paddle — 3 operation(s) for notifications.
- **Paddle Prices API** — The Prices API from Paddle — 3 operation(s) for prices.
- **Paddle Products API** — The Products API from Paddle — 2 operation(s) for products.
- **Paddle Reports API** — The Reports API from Paddle — 3 operation(s) for reports.
- **Paddle Subscriptions API** — The Subscriptions API from Paddle — 8 operation(s) for subscriptions.
- **Paddle Transactions API** — The Transactions API from Paddle — 3 operation(s) for transactions.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Paddle Agentic Access** — 53 operations · 25 acting

## Security (3)

- **Paddle Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Paddle Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Paddle Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Paddle Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Billing, Payments, Subscription, Merchant of Record, Software-as-a-Service

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/paddle/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.