
Creem
Creem is a payments and monetization platform for selling software and digital products globally.
What Creem is
Creem is a payments and monetization platform for selling software and digital products globally. Its services include payment processing, tax handling, payouts, affiliate tools, usage billing, conversion attribution, and analytics. Creem says it is the legal seller on each transaction and handles tax calculation and remittance, invoices, fraud, and chargebacks. Billing options include subscriptions, credit wallets, usage-based pricing, custom meters, free trials, discounts, and seat-based billing. Partner tools cover affiliate commissions, automatic revenue splits, and short links with click and conversion tracking. Developers can use an API, SDKs, CLI, webhooks, or an MCP server for agent-driven store management. Creem lists cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay and says merchants can sell to customers in 190+ countries. Checkout can use a merchant’s domain and branding. Native iPhone and Android apps provide real-time push notifications for sales. Pay as you go costs $3.94, paid once per successful transaction, with no monthly or setup fees and no minimum volume.
Good
- Handles payment processing and tax remittance
- Supports subscriptions and usage-based pricing
- Provides affiliate commissions and revenue splits
- Offers API, SDKs, CLI, webhooks, and MCP
- Lists mobile apps with real-time sales notifications
Watch out
- No free plan is listed
- Pay as you go charges per successful transaction
- Partner plan pricing is custom and not listed
Who it suits
Creem suits indie hackers, micro-SaaS founders, solo creators, and AI-native companies selling software or digital products. Its billing, partner, and developer tools may also fit businesses needing multiple ways to monetize and connect a store.
Verdict
Creem brings payment handling, billing options, partner features, and developer access into one platform. The listed Pay as you go plan has no monthly or setup fee, but charges per successful transaction.
Plans and prices
From Creem's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | $3.94, paid once | No minimum volume · No monthly or setup fees · Per successful transaction; $0 monthly fees and $0 setup fees |
| Partner plan | Priced on request | For higher-volume businesses · Lower transaction fees · Dedicated payments support · Custom pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Creem's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- Billing
- Features include subscriptions, credit wallets, usage-based pricing, custom meters, free trials, discounts, and seat-based billing.checked 3 Oct 2026
What it does
- Checkout
- Checkout can run on a merchant's own domain and be styled with its logo, colors, and theme.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Developer access
- Creem offers an API, SDKs, CLI, webhooks, and an MCP server for agent-driven store management.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Global sales
- Creem says merchants can sell to customers in 190+ countries and that it handles tax and compliance across those countries.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Creem's homepage identifies Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, and any MCP client as compatible with its MCP setup.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Merchant of record
- Creem says it is the legal seller on each transaction and handles payment processing, tax calculation and remittance, invoices, fraud, and chargebacks.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Partner tools
- The platform supports affiliate commissions, automatic revenue splits, and short links with click and conversion tracking.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Payment methods
- The homepage lists cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay as payment methods.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Privacy and data protection
- Creem's privacy notice says it processes personal data under applicable laws including GDPR and uses safeguards such as European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses for transfers outside the EU/EEA.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- Creem provides payments, tax handling, payouts, affiliates, usage billing, conversion attribution, and analytics for selling software and digital products globally.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The standard offering lists human support, while the Partner plan includes a dedicated account manager and weekly payments concierge sessions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Target customers
- Creem describes itself as a billing and monetization platform for AI-native companies and says it builds for indie hackers, micro-SaaS founders, and solo creators shipping with AI.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Tallinn, Estoniachecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile apps
- Creem states it has native iPhone and Android apps with real-time push notifications for sales.checked 3 Oct 2026
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