The self-hosted Lemon Squeezy alternative
Deliora: Self-hosted license-key delivery for people selling digital downloads: keys with per-domain activation limits, and download links that expire, served from files kept outside the web root. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Lemon Squeezy every month.
Stop renting Lemon Squeezy.
Lemon Squeezy 5% + 50c per transaction (plus additional fees per their docs) Deliora is $99 once, runs on your own server, and never invoices you again.
Lemon Squeezy charges a percentage-plus-fixed transaction fee on every sale rather than a monthly subscription, so costs scale directly with sales volume.
“There are no monthly charges for ecommerce features, and we only take a small cut of each sale so that you keep the majority of what you earn.”, their own page, read 2026-08-11
Lemon Squeezy operates as merchant of record, taking on tax collection and calculation liability across jurisdictions for the seller.
“Lemon Squeezy is your merchant of record. We take on tax collection and calculation liability across all jurisdictions so that you can sell with confidence.”, their own page
If you need built-in affiliate tracking and coupon codes, stay with Lemon Squeezy — Deliora has no marketplace/multi-vendor features, no affiliate tracking, and no coupons in v1.
What Deliora deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.
Why owning beats renting Lemon Squeezy.
No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.
It never lives in Lemon Squeezy's cloud.
Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.
Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.
The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Deliora vs renting comparison.
Questions about moving off Lemon Squeezy.
Where does the money actually flow?
Are my product files safe?
Will this run on shared hosting?
Can my own apps verify licenses?
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- Lemon Squeezy: price checked 2026-07-05, source“'5% + 50c' ... '*subject to additional fees' (intl/PayPal/subscription surcharges via docs link)”
Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.