Fee comparison
PayPal vs Polar fees in Mexico
PayPal lists 3.95% + MXN 4.00 plus IVA for domestic commercial transactions in Mexico. Polar charges 5% + USD 0.50 on its Starter plan and 6.5% + USD 0.50 on non-US cards, in dollars. The difference is what each fee includes: Polar acts as merchant of record and takes on the liability for international sales taxes, while PayPal’s page lists a processing rate with IVA on top.
Read this before you rely on a number
Rates as of 2026-11-05; verify them at the source, which every row links. The figures do not include local taxes (IVA, IIBB and similar) unless a row says so, and the tool does not compute taxes. We only list a provider and country when its official page gives a clear rate.
Fee and net by provider
Polar charges in US dollars, so its rows use their own amount in USD. Nothing is converted from the local currency.
MXN
| Provider | Method and money release | Published rate | Fee | You receive | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PayPal | Domestic commercial transactionsPlus IVA, as the source states.Pricing page · Verified 2026-11-05 | 3.95% + MXN 4.00 | MXN 43.50 | MXN 956.50 | 4.35% |
USDPriced in USD
| Provider | Method and money release | Published rate | Fee | You receive | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar | Starter plan · US cardPolar is the merchant of record: its fee is charged on the tax-inclusive total (its own example) and it takes on the liability for international sales taxes. Payouts add Stripe’s fees: USD 2 per month of active payouts, 0.25% + USD 0.25 per payout, and 1% currency conversion outside the EU.Pricing page · Verified 2026-11-05 | 5% + USD 0.50 | USD 5.50Lowest fee | USD 94.50 | 5.5% |
| Polar | Starter plan · non-US card (5% + 1.5%)Polar is the merchant of record: its fee is charged on the tax-inclusive total (its own example) and it takes on the liability for international sales taxes. Payouts add Stripe’s fees: USD 2 per month of active payouts, 0.25% + USD 0.25 per payout, and 1% currency conversion outside the EU.Pricing page · Verified 2026-11-05 | 6.5% + USD 0.50 | USD 7.00 | USD 93.00 | 7% |
When PayPal fits better
- Your buyers want to pay with PayPal rather than a card or a local method. That preference, not the rate, is the reason to choose it here.
When Polar fits better
- You sell software or digital products to buyers abroad and want a merchant of record that takes on the liability for international sales taxes.
Disclosure
useDeploy is our product, and it integrates some of the providers on this page. We wrote the comparison from the providers’ published rates only; the fees above do not depend on useDeploy.
- Polar: useDeploy ships the full billing flow (checkout, customer portal, webhooks, plan sync).
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