{"id":"paddle-api","name":"Paddle API","homepage":"https://developer.paddle.com","repo_url":null,"category":"payments","subcategories":["payments","subscriptions","saas","merchant-of-record"],"tags":["paddle","payments","subscriptions","saas","merchant-of-record","rest-api","sdk","tax-compliance"],"what_it_does":"Paddle's billing and payments API acting as the merchant of record, handling global tax compliance, subscriptions, and checkout for software and SaaS businesses.","use_cases":["Automating subscription lifecycle management via agents","Processing global payments with automatic tax handling","Managing customer billing and invoice generation","Handling plan upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations","Building SaaS billing dashboards with agent-retrieved data"],"not_for":["Physical goods merchants (Paddle is SaaS/digital-focused)","Businesses needing full payment method customization","Teams wanting direct payment processor relationships","Low-margin businesses where Paddle's fees reduce profitability"],"best_when":"A SaaS or digital product business needs global payment processing with automatic tax compliance handled by Paddle as the merchant of record.","avoid_when":"You sell physical goods, need direct processor control, or have very tight margins.","alternatives":["lemonsqueezy-api","braintree-api","square-api"],"af_score":75.5,"security_score":72.0,"reliability_score":null,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":"current","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:06.046136+00:00","performance":{"latency_p50_ms":300,"latency_p99_ms":1200,"uptime_sla_percent":99.9,"rate_limits":"Not publicly documented","data_source":"llm_estimated","measured_on":null}}