Polar
Open source monetization platform for developers
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Birk Jernström

Polar - An open source monetization platform for developers

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An open source alternative to Lemon Squeezy with better pricing. Built for developers to offer crowdfunding, memberships, digital products and SaaS within minutes. Stay focused on shipping your passion - leave upsales, billing and international taxes to us.

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Love Ricci
🐈 Hi @birk! You have a very nice product! I have something similar in my product - https://www.feedfund.space - app for donations with goals ($) Just in case somebody is interested😻
Armin Nehzat
Great launch & great video, would love to see Polar participate in OSS Pledge https://osspledge.com/
Vincent
Well as much as I love the idea of an open source alternative, I'm skeptical about how the funding and memberships will hold up, better pricing sounds nice but I worry it might compromise the features and support we get, I've seen too many platforms promise the moon only to deliver peanuts so will wait and see how this holds up over real-world use
Arnaud
I get what you're going for but looks like just an overhyped version of existing platforms, better have some unique features or it's gonna be a tough sell, also please make sure your pricing really is better and not just marketing fluff
Birk Jernström
Maker
@naptacofounder Thanks for the candid feedback. Would be great if you could elaborate so it's actionable. I think our fees are highly competitive in the segment we're in, but certainly not against pure PSPs. However, that's because we offer more than PSPs by being a merchant of record and taking care of sales tax and EU VAT. In terms of features, I think we offer quite a bit of features that others don't, but we also miss some of theirs. We're not for everyone nor should we be. Competition and alternatives is important. So I'm curious: How could the pricing be better for your use case? What is it and which features would you like to see to empower it that we're missing today?
Eric
@birk Congratulations on the launch! Polar seems like a dream come true for indie developers and open source projects. The ease of setting up memberships and crowdfunding is particularly exciting.
Boris
Great initiative but with all the AI advancements taking jobs isn't this just a band-aid for a bigger problem? also open source isn't always sustainable, how do you ensure developers actually get steady income considering the risks?
Birk Jernström
Maker
@bpcemgr Personally, I believe AI will generate more software developers than it replaces. Since a) more people can become developers & b) developers can achieve more standalone. So I believe the future is more independent software developers & small businesses. So no, not a band-aid, but rather a big shift of independent empowerment that Polar can hopefully help power further. Re: sustainability. I agree. That's why Polar offers monetization tools beyond funding so that open source developers can experiment more easily with charging for value-add services & products.
Nassim TOUALBI
Okay, so this is supposed to be an alternative to other platforms with better pricing, but is it really that better, I mean open source is cool and all, but how easy is it to integrate it into my existing set up, has anyone actually tried using this for a real project yet, would love to hear more feedback from actual users also how does it handle international taxes, I've had bad experiences before so kind of skeptical.
Mallory
I'm looking for an MOR at the moment - other than open source, what are the main advantages of Polar over Paddle?
Sanket Kogekar
Congrats, does this work well for India?
Nancy Macabeo
Congratulations! 🎉 It's fantastic to see such innovative support for open source developers. Excited to see where this goes!
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