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Polar

Open-source Merchant of Record — payments, subscriptions and usage-based billing with global tax handled for you, built for the AI era.

API keyUsage-based🔵 agent: self serve instant key
Get API key → instant key, usually no card DocsWebsite
CategoryPayments & billing
TypeAPI service
Authapi-key
PricingUsage-based
Agent signup🔵 self serve instant key
SDKsTypeScript, Python, PHP, Go, REST

Pricing: MoR fee 5% + 50¢ per transaction (orgs before May 2026 grandfathered at 4% + 40¢); no monthly fee on the free Starter plan

🔵 Agents: self serve instant key

Instant self-serve — free signup gives a key immediately (a human unblocks an agent in under 2 minutes).

Free self-serve signup; create Organization Access Tokens instantly and a full sandbox environment (sandbox.polar.sh) with its own tokens for automated/agent testing.

Polar — Open-source Merchant of Record — payments, subscriptions and usage-based billing with global tax handled for you, built for the AI era.
Website: https://polar.sh
Docs: https://docs.polar.sh
Get a key: https://polar.sh/signup
Agent signup: self serve instant key — Free self-serve signup; create Organization Access Tokens instantly and a full sandbox environment (sandbox.polar.sh) with its own tokens for automated/agent testing.
Auth: api-key
Pricing: usage-based — MoR fee 5% + 50¢ per transaction (orgs before May 2026 grandfathered at 4% + 40¢); no monthly fee on the free Starter plan
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/polar.json

Machine record: /api/tools/polar.json

Quickstart

import { Polar } from "@polar-sh/sdk";
const polar = new Polar({ accessToken: process.env.POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN! });

const checkout = await polar.checkouts.create({
  products: ["<product_id>"],
  successUrl: "https://example.com/success",
});
console.log(checkout.url);

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Polar in our coverage

Polar: The Open-Source Billing Layer Built for One-Person AI Companies

Polar FAQ

What is Polar?

Polar is Open-source Merchant of Record — payments, subscriptions and usage-based billing with global tax handled for you, built for the AI era. It's in the Payments & billing category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Polar free?

Polar is usage-based (you pay for what you use). MoR fee 5% + 50¢ per transaction (orgs before May 2026 grandfathered at 4% + 40¢); no monthly fee on the free Starter plan.

Can an AI agent sign up for Polar automatically?

Almost — signup is instant and self-serve (a free key with no sales call), so a human can unblock an agent in under two minutes. Free self-serve signup; create Organization Access Tokens instantly and a full sandbox environment (sandbox.polar.sh) with its own tokens for automated/agent testing..

Does Polar have an MCP server?

Polar does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Polar open source?

Polar is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.

What languages does Polar support?

Polar offers TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go, REST.

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