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Everything you need to know about "payments" in the Makerkit blog
May 18, 2026
Polar vs Stripe in 2026: A Side-by-Side from the Team Shipping Both
Polar.sh and Stripe compared from a production codebase that ships adapters for both — plus the third option most posts miss: Stripe Managed Payments. Architectural differences, webhook surface, real cost math at scale, the merchant-of-record decision, and an honest 'when to pick which' from MakerKit.