Lemon Squeezy vs Productive

Pick Lemon Squeezy if you are an indie developer, small SaaS team or digital creator and you want checkout, subscriptions, licence keys and downloads without handling tax in each country yourself. The vendor says it supports customers in more than 135 countries.

The fee is a share of each sale, which includes tax work. It is for digital goods, so physical products need another tool. It also has no project or time features. The vendor's blog lists Stripe acquiring it, so ask support what changes for existing sellers before you commit.

Pick Productive if you run a professional services business and your numbers sit in separate tools. It covers resource planning, project management with Gantt charts, time tracking, budgets, invoicing, expenses and revenue forecasting. Dashboards show profit by project or client.

It connects to accounting tools and to HubSpot and Slack rather than replacing them. It is priced per user, and some finance features sit on higher plans, so check the figure for your headcount. If your team is very small and a spreadsheet still works, or you only need a task tracker, it is more than you need.