🆚 FastSpring vs. PayKickstart

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

E-commerce platform
E-commerce platform

About

FastSpring is a merchant-of-record e-commerce platform that provides an all-in-one payment and subscription infrastructure for SaaS, software, and digital-goods businesses.

It handles checkout, global payment processing, subscription billing, VAT/GST and sales-tax calculation and remittance, protects against fraud and chargebacks, and offers APIs and webhooks for integration.

PayKickstart is a multi-featured subscription billing and affiliate management solution that allows you to sell courses, software and other digital products.

Headquarters

Santa Barbara, California, United States
Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States

Website

Pricing

Payment processing5.9% + $0.95/transaction
Payout fees
Non-USD payouts conversion fee2.5%
Free version ❌Free 14-day trial
Starter$99/month
Growth$199/month

Categories

E-Commerce › Rank #81
E-Commerce › Rank #224
Payments › Rank #50
Payments › Rank #121
Subscriptions › Rank #14
Subscriptions › Rank #33

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The FastSpring e-commerce platform is 8 times more popular than PayKickstart.
Total websites

Market share

E-Commerce
Payments
Subscriptions

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

FastSpring is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while PayKickstart is more popular in India.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
India
France
Romania
Austria
Poland
Bangladesh
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

FastSpring is more popular than PayKickstart in all market segments.
Software/Hardware
Internet Services
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Games
Technical/Business Forums
Shareware/Freeware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#13,672
#17,235
#19,456
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Name
Rank
#177,551
#254,116
#301,730
#672,415
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See also

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