Paddle vs Polar: which countries can sellers use?

Paddle lists 228 of 250 countries and territories as Yes; Polar lists 119. Both list 119. Only Paddle: 109. Only Polar: 0. Neither: 22.

Paddle is a Merchant of Record (it is the legal seller and handles sales tax/VAT). Polar is a Merchant of Record (it is the legal seller and handles sales tax/VAT).

Check your country: look it up in the table below or open the full country checker for all 7 seller platforms, notes and sources.

At a glance

	Paddle	Polar
What it is	Merchant of Record for software/SaaS/digital products. Paddle handles sales tax/VAT. Sellers are reviewed; services like coaching are not accepted.	Developer-focused Merchant of Record. Payouts via Stripe Connect Express to the listed countries (Stripe Payments need not be available locally).
Merchant of Record?	Yes	Yes
Countries listed as Yes (of 250)	228	119
Countries listed as No	22	131
Countries Unclear	0	0
Yes in the 199 countries where Stripe is No	177	70
Official source	https://www.paddle.com/help/start/intro-to-paddle/which-countries-are-supported-by-paddle	https://polar.sh/docs/merchant-of-record/supported-countries
Last checked	2026-10-19	2026-10-19
Full country list	Paddle	Polar
Website	Paddle	Polar

Counts are computed from our dataset of 250 countries and territories (ISO 3166-1 + Kosovo), so they include small and uninhabited territories. "Yes" means the official page lists the country; it does not guarantee approval. Providers also review your business, products and documents.

Country overlap

Yes for both Paddle and Polar (119)

Yes for Paddle only (Polar is No or Unclear) (109)

Yes for Polar only (Paddle is No or Unclear): none.

Yes for neither (22)

How each provider's statuses break down

Paddle

Yes 227 countries: Not on Paddle's unsupported list (Paddle works with software businesses anywhere except listed countries). Software only, subject to review.
No 22 countries: On Paddle's unsupported seller countries list.
Yes 1 country: Supported except: Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions are unsupported. Software businesses only, subject to review.

Polar

No 131 countries: Not on Polar's payout country list.
Yes 119 countries: Listed for payouts (Stripe Connect Express).

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Filter countries

Country	Paddle	Polar
Afghanistan	No	No
Albania	Yes	Yes
Algeria	Yes	Yes
American Samoa	Yes	No
Andorra	Yes	No
Angola	Yes	Yes
Anguilla	Yes	No
Antarctica	No	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	Yes
Argentina	Yes	Yes
Armenia	Yes	Yes
Aruba	Yes	No
Australia	Yes	Yes
Austria	Yes	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes	Yes
Bahamas	Yes	Yes
Bahrain	Yes	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes	Yes
Barbados	Yes	No
Belarus	No	No
Belgium	Yes	Yes
Belize	Yes	No
Benin	Yes	Yes
Bermuda	Yes	No
Bhutan	Yes	Yes
Bolivia	Yes	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	Yes
Botswana	Yes	Yes
Bouvet Island	Yes	No
Brazil	Yes	No
British Indian Ocean Territory	Yes	No
British Virgin Islands	Yes	No
Brunei	Yes	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes	No
Burundi	Yes	No
Cabo Verde	Yes	No
Cambodia	Yes	Yes
Cameroon	Yes	No
Canada	Yes	Yes
Caribbean Netherlands	Yes	No
Cayman Islands	Yes	No
Central African Republic	No	No
Chad	Yes	No
Chile	Yes	Yes
China	Yes	No
Christmas Island	Yes	No
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Yes	No
Colombia	Yes	Yes
Comoros	Yes	No
Cook Islands	Yes	No
Costa Rica	Yes	Yes
Croatia	Yes	Yes
Cuba	No	No
Curaçao	Yes	No
Cyprus	Yes	Yes
Czech Republic	Yes	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	No	No
Denmark	Yes	Yes
Djibouti	Yes	No
Dominica	Yes	No
Dominican Republic	Yes	Yes
Ecuador	Yes	Yes
Egypt	Yes	Yes
El Salvador	Yes	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	No
Eritrea	Yes	No
Estonia	Yes	Yes
Eswatini	Yes	No
Ethiopia	Yes	Yes
Falkland Islands	Yes	No
Faroe Islands	Yes	No
Fiji	Yes	No
Finland	Yes	Yes
France	Yes	Yes
French Guiana	Yes	No
French Polynesia	Yes	No
French Southern Territories	Yes	No
Gabon	Yes	Yes
Gambia	Yes	Yes
Georgia	Yes	No
Germany	Yes	Yes
Ghana	Yes	Yes
Gibraltar	Yes	No
Greece	Yes	Yes
Greenland	Yes	No
Grenada	Yes	No
Guadeloupe	Yes	No
Guam	Yes	No
Guatemala	Yes	Yes
Guernsey	Yes	No
Guinea	Yes	No
Guinea-Bissau	Yes	No
Guyana	Yes	Yes
Haiti	No	No
Heard & McDonald Islands	Yes	No
Honduras	Yes	No
Hong Kong	Yes	Yes
Hungary	Yes	Yes
Iceland	Yes	Yes
India	Yes	Yes
Indonesia	Yes	Yes
Iran	No	No
Iraq	No	No
Ireland	Yes	Yes
Isle of Man	Yes	No
Israel	Yes	Yes
Italy	Yes	Yes
Jamaica	Yes	Yes
Japan	Yes	Yes
Jersey	Yes	No
Jordan	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes	Yes
Kenya	Yes	Yes
Kiribati	Yes	No
Kosovo	Yes	No
Kuwait	Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	No
Laos	Yes	Yes
Latvia	Yes	Yes
Lebanon	Yes	No
Lesotho	Yes	No
Liberia	Yes	No
Libya	No	No
Liechtenstein	Yes	Yes
Lithuania	Yes	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes	Yes
Macao	Yes	Yes
Madagascar	Yes	Yes
Malawi	Yes	No
Malaysia	Yes	Yes
Maldives	Yes	No
Mali	No	No
Malta	Yes	Yes
Marshall Islands	Yes	No
Martinique	Yes	No
Mauritania	Yes	No
Mauritius	Yes	Yes
Mayotte	Yes	No
Mexico	Yes	Yes
Micronesia	Yes	No
Moldova	Yes	Yes
Monaco	Yes	Yes
Mongolia	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Yes	No
Montserrat	Yes	No
Morocco	Yes	Yes
Mozambique	Yes	Yes
Myanmar	No	No
Namibia	Yes	Yes
Nauru	Yes	No
Nepal	Yes	No
Netherlands	Yes	Yes
New Caledonia	Yes	No
New Zealand	Yes	Yes
Nicaragua	No	No
Niger	Yes	Yes
Nigeria	Yes	Yes
Niue	Yes	No
Norfolk Island	Yes	No
North Korea	No	No
North Macedonia	Yes	Yes
Northern Mariana Islands	Yes	No
Norway	Yes	Yes
Oman	Yes	Yes
Pakistan	Yes	Yes
Palau	Yes	No
Palestine	Yes	No
Panama	Yes	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes	No
Paraguay	Yes	Yes
Peru	Yes	Yes
Philippines	Yes	Yes
Pitcairn Islands	Yes	No
Poland	Yes	Yes
Portugal	Yes	Yes
Puerto Rico	Yes	No
Qatar	Yes	Yes
Republic of the Congo	Yes	No
Romania	Yes	Yes
Russia	No	No
Rwanda	Yes	Yes
Réunion	Yes	No
Saint Barthélemy	Yes	No
Saint Helena	Yes	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes	No
Saint Lucia	Yes	Yes
Saint Martin (French part)	Yes	No
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Yes	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	No
Samoa	Yes	No
San Marino	Yes	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes	No
Saudi Arabia	Yes	Yes
Senegal	Yes	Yes
Serbia	Yes	Yes
Seychelles	Yes	No
Sierra Leone	Yes	No
Singapore	Yes	Yes
Sint Maarten	Yes	No
Slovakia	Yes	Yes
Slovenia	Yes	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes	No
Somalia	No	No
South Africa	Yes	Yes
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	Yes	No
South Korea	Yes	Yes
South Sudan	No	No
Spain	Yes	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes	Yes
Sudan	No	No
Suriname	Yes	No
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Yes	No
Sweden	Yes	Yes
Switzerland	Yes	Yes
Syria	No	No
Taiwan	Yes	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes	No
Tanzania	Yes	Yes
Thailand	Yes	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes	No
Togo	Yes	No
Tokelau	Yes	No
Tonga	Yes	No
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes	Yes
Tunisia	Yes	Yes
Turkmenistan	Yes	No
Turks and Caicos Islands	Yes	No
Tuvalu	Yes	No
Türkiye (Turkey)	Yes	Yes
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands	Yes	No
U.S. Virgin Islands	Yes	No
Uganda	Yes	No
Ukraine	Yes	No
United Arab Emirates	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes	Yes
United States	Yes	Yes
Uruguay	Yes	Yes
Uzbekistan	Yes	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes	No
Vatican City	Yes	No
Venezuela	No	No
Vietnam	Yes	Yes
Wallis and Futuna	Yes	No
Western Sahara	Yes	No
Yemen	No	No
Zambia	Yes	No
Zimbabwe	No	No
Åland Islands	Yes	No

Sources

Paddle: https://www.paddle.com/help/start/intro-to-paddle/which-countries-are-supported-by-paddle (checked 2026-10-19)
Polar: https://polar.sh/docs/merchant-of-record/supported-countries (checked 2026-10-19)

How we set yes / no / unclear: methodology.

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Not legal, tax or financial advice. Provider rules change often and depend on your business type, what you sell, and the documents you hold. Always verify with the provider before you build or sign up. 'Unclear' means we could not confirm it from an official source.