ZeroSettle vs. Superwall
Superwall is a best-in-class paywall builder — design, A/B test, and target native paywalls without shipping an app update. ZeroSettle is the billing and pricing layer underneath it: direct web checkout with an optional Merchant of Record, purchasing-power prices published to the App Store & Play, and an autonomous pricing agent — with analytics and entitlements free. Different jobs; many teams run both.
Different layers of the same funnel.
We can be the seller of record — tax, VAT, chargebacks, and billing support handled. On Superwall's web checkout you're always the merchant, on your own Stripe.
No MRR cap, never billed as a percentage of your revenue. Superwall's paywalls bill on the revenue they drive above the free tier.
Publishes purchasing-power price ladders to the App Store & Play, with drift reconciliation — beyond optimizing the paywall screen.
Where the two line up — and diverge
Both give you analytics, entitlements, and web checkout. Superwall leads on paywall design and testing; ZeroSettle leads on the billing rail, pricing, and Merchant of Record.
| Superwall | ZeroSettle | |
|---|---|---|
| No-code paywall builder templates, remote updates, no app release |
✓ Core strength 200+ templates | ✗ You keep your native paywall UI |
| Paywall A/B testing | ✓ Core strength | ◐ Price & checkout copy native paywall UI on the roadmap |
| Per-user conversion targeting | ✓ Demand Score | ✗ Autopilot optimizes price, not per-user paywalls |
| Analytics & cross-platform entitlements | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes · free, no MRR cap |
| Direct web checkout | ✓ Your Stripe | ✓ Your Stripe (BYOS) or Managed |
| Merchant of Record tax, VAT, chargebacks, billing support |
✗ You're the merchant, on your Stripe | ✓ Optional stay MoR (BYOS) or we're MoR (Managed) |
| Regional pricing published to App Store & Play 175 markets, drift reconciliation |
✗ Optimizes the paywall, not the store catalog | ✓ On Growth |
| Autopilot — autonomous pricing agent designs & iterates experiments toward a goal |
✗ | ✓ On Pro |
| Pricing model App Store & Play sales never charged a ZeroSettle fee |
% of paywall-driven revenue free under $10K attributed revenue/mo | Free platform · web checkout 0.5% BYOS / 5% + 50¢ Managed |
Comparison reflects publicly listed pricing and capabilities as of May 2026. We update when competitors update.
When to choose which
Both are strong tools that solve different problems — and plenty of teams run them together, Superwall for the paywall and ZeroSettle for the billing.
Pick Superwall if…
Your priority is the paywall itself — beautiful native paywalls you can redesign, A/B test, and target per user without shipping an app update. It's a best-in-class paywall and experimentation layer.
Pick ZeroSettle if…
Your priority is the billing and pricing underneath — cut the store's 30% with direct web checkout and an optional Merchant of Record, publish purchasing-power prices to the App Store & Play, and let Autopilot run pricing experiments. Analytics, entitlements, and experiments are free.
Other comparisons
See how ZeroSettle stacks up against the other ways to bill.
vs. RevenueCat
Analytics and entitlements plus direct billing in one SDK — with A/B testing free and no MRR cap.
vs. raw Stripe
Stripe is the rail underneath direct billing. See what you'd build yourself versus one SDK call.
vs. StoreKit / Play Billing
The 30% status quo versus keeping ~85%+ on web-checkout revenue, with automatic store fallback.
A calmer way to grow app revenue.
Connect your catalog, unify customer access, and launch your first pricing experiment — then turn on Autopilot when you’re ready to scale.