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Merchants of record · November 2026 Edition

Lemon Squeezy vs Cleverbridge

Zero of fourteen models named Lemon Squeezy first on the direct prompt; zero named Cleverbridge. Lemon Squeezy was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Cleverbridge by thirteen and Lemon Squeezy carries 36 labels and Cleverbridge 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lemon Squeezy

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Cleverbridge

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share10%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate31%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3622A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lemon Squeezy reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Paddle was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Paddle vs Lemon Squeezy · Paddle vs Cleverbridge · Creem vs Lemon Squeezy

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the merchants of record page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Lemon SqueezyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCleverbridge
Direct001 against Lemon Squeezy
Paraphrase03
Comparative10
Budget-constrained403 against Lemon Squeezy
Scale-constrained10
Negative007 against Lemon Squeezy
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Lemon Squeezy and Cleverbridge were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 101 answers naming Lemon Squeezy and the 85 naming Cleverbridge. In those answers Cleverbridge took the first choice three times and Lemon Squeezy one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lemon Squeezy and Cleverbridge stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Lemon Squeezy Cleverbridge first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lemon Squeezy on the left and Cleverbridge on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lemon Squeezy and Cleverbridge stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Paddle alternatives: 2Checkout, Cleverbridge, FastSpring, PayPro Global
Gemini 3.5 FlashFastSpring, Paddle alternatives: Adyen, Anrok, Avalara, Cleverbridge, PayPro Global, Stripe
Perplexity SonarPaddle alternatives: Cleverbridge, FastSpring
Grok 4.20Paddle alternatives: 2Checkout, Cleverbridge, FastSpring
Mistral SmallPaddle alternatives: Cleverbridge, FastSpring
DeepSeek V4 FlashPaddle alternatives: Cleverbridge, FastSpring, Nexway, PayPro Global
Llama 4 MaverickPaddle alternatives: Cleverbridge, EBizCharge, FastSpring
Qwen 3.7 FlashPaddle alternatives: Cleverbridge, FastSpring
GPT-6 LunaPaddle alternatives: Cleverbridge, FastSpring
Muse Glimmer 30BPaddle alternatives: Cleverbridge, DualEntry, FastSpring, Nexway

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniPaddle alternatives: FastSpring
Kimi K2Paddle alternatives: FastSpring, Nexway, PayPro Global
GLM 4.7 FlashXno first choice
MiniMax M2.52Checkout, Paddle alternatives: DualEntry

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Lemon Squeezy leads by two points.
Lemon Squeezy4%#5 of 12
Cleverbridge2%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lemon Squeezy leads by four points.
Lemon Squeezy10%#4 of 12
Cleverbridge6%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Cleverbridge leads at enterprise.
Cleverbridge35%#1 of 9
Lemon Squeezy0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lemon Squeezy

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Sharp decline in reputation—Trustpilot score around 1.2/5... High dispute rates can freeze accounts; some merchants report it as unreliable for scaling.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Lemon Squeezy is winding down toward Stripe Managed Payments, so do not start anything new on it.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid starting a new integration if its transition toward Stripe Managed Payments is confirmed” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“for a limited budget, Lemon Squeezy and Creem are among the best choices due to their low fees and ease of use” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose Lemon Squeezy if: You are a solo developer, indie founder, or creator launching a project quickly” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Lemon Squeezy is generally the best Merchant of Record (MoR) for companies with a limited budget” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Cleverbridge

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Cleverbridge is a strong, well‑documented recommendation.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Primary Recommendation: Cleverbridge” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Cleverbridge” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.