# Polar

> Modern billing platform for AI and tech companies featuring event-based metering, worldwide merchant of record services, and usage-based invoicing.

- Website: https://polar.sh/?ref=devshelf.io
- DevShelf page: https://devshelf.io/resource/polar
- Pricing: Freemium, Pay-as-you-go
- Categories: [Payments & Billing](https://devshelf.io/category/payments-billing.md)
- Last checked: 2026-11-03

## About

Polar is a comprehensive billing and monetization platform designed specifically for modern software and AI companies. It provides event-based metering to track tokens, agent runs, and GPU seconds in real time, combining subscriptions, prepaid credits, and metered usage into unified invoices. Operating as a merchant of record in over 100 markets, Polar handles global payments, sales tax compliance, refunds, and chargebacks while offering built-in profit margin analytics and Model Context Protocol integrations for AI agent workflows.

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- [Paddle](https://devshelf.io/resource/paddle.md): Merchant of Record platform handling global payments, subscriptions, tax compliance, and billing for SaaS and digital product businesses. (pricing: Pay-as-you-go)

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