Comparison
The short answer
Superwall is a paywall platform whose subscription infrastructure is free, and it bills 1% only on revenue that flows through its own paywalls, once that passes $10K a month. RevenueDot is a full open-source backend with paywalls included, for apps that use the RevenueCat SDK. Choose Superwall for paywall experiments and web checkout. Choose RevenueDot to self-host and to keep the RevenueCat SDK.
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Side by side
| Topic | RevenueDot | Superwall | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A purchase backend with paywalls, charts and lifecycle tools, built to work with the RevenueCat SDK | A paywall platform with free subscription infrastructure: entitlements, purchase APIs, webhooks and SQL access | Superwall pricing page Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) |
| Source code | Open source. The server and dashboard are AGPL-3.0; the SDK forks, CLI and MCP server are MIT | Open-source SDKs (MIT) for all platforms; the backend is a hosted service | Superwall iOS SDK on GitHub (MIT) Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) |
| Where it runs | RevenueDot Cloud (free up to $10K a month), or your own servers with Docker and Postgres | Superwall's cloud; no self-host option is described on its pricing or docs pages | Superwall pricing page Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) |
| Client SDK | Works with the stock RevenueCat SDKs (set the proxy URL), plus hard forks of all ten SDKs on GitHub | Superwall's own SDKs: iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Expo, Unity, Web, Kotlin Multiplatform and Capacitor | Superwall pricing page Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) |
| Price | Cloud free to $10K a month; planned 0.5% above that, capped at $999. Self-host $0 | Infrastructure free. Paywalls free up to $10K of paywall-attributed revenue a month, then 1% of all of it; Startup adds $49 a month and Scale $199 | Superwall pricing page Superwall pricing FAQ Superwall on its October 2025 pricing change |
| What the bill counts | All tracked revenue, once the planned plan starts above $10K | Only revenue attributed to a Superwall paywall; purchases made outside its paywalls are not billed | Superwall pricing page Superwall pricing FAQ |
| Stores and web | App Store, Google Play, Amazon Appstore and Stripe; web checkout and funnels through Stripe | App Store, Google Play and Stripe, including web checkout and App-to-Web; no Amazon or Roku | Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) Superwall App-to-Web Checkout |
| Paywalls | Template gallery (10 templates), visual editor, AI generator, localization, no app release needed. Paywalls are single-screen | Paywall editor, template gallery, localization, AI paywall builder and an editor MCP server for coding agents | Superwall pricing page Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) |
| Targeting and experiments | Audiences, targeting rules with placements and schedules, and offering A/B experiments with chance to win | Paywall A/B testing, audiences, campaigns and placements | Superwall pricing page |
| Analytics and data access | 43 charts with filters, segments, 14 display currencies and CSV export; SQL against your own Postgres when self-hosted | Charts and conversion stats, plus row-level SQL access on its Query API | Superwall pricing page Superwall pricing FAQ |
| In-app currency and ad revenue | In-app currencies with a ledger, and an ads overview with AdMob rewards | Says it does not run virtual-currency systems and does not track ad revenue | Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) |
| Webhooks and integrations | 36 integrations, plus webhooks and scheduled data exports (CSV or Parquet to S3, R2 or GCS) | Webhooks and integrations on every plan, standardized across App Store, Google Play and Stripe | Superwall pricing page Superwall llms.txt (coverage and limits) |
| Compliance and data location | No certification yet. Self-hosting inherits your own controls | Acts as a data processor under GDPR with a DPA; its GDPR page names no hosting region and no SOC 2 report | Superwall GDPR page |
| Migration from RevenueCat | Importer for RevenueCat projects; keep the SDK, change the URL | Says an automated agent swaps the SDK and ports history, entitlements and webhooks; your app uses Superwall's SDK afterward | Superwall pricing page |
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Price
Formulas: Superwall's bill depends on how much revenue flows through its paywalls. The upper bound shown assumes every dollar converts through a Superwall paywall, billed at 1% of that revenue once it passes $10K a month; if none does, the cost is $0. Startup adds $49 and Scale adds $199 a month. RevenueDot Cloud is free up to $10,000 a month (live). Above that, the planned rate is 0.5% of the revenue above $10,000, capped at $999 a month (planned, not charged yet). Self-hosting has no revenue share, only your own server costs.
| Monthly tracked revenue | Superwall (upper bound) | RevenueDot Cloud (planned above $10K) | RevenueDot self-host |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 + servers |
| $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 + servers |
| $50,000 | $0 to $500 | $200 | $0 + servers |
| $250,000 | $0 to $2,500 | $999 | $0 + servers |
| $1,000,000 | $0 to $10,000 | $999 | $0 + servers |
Sources: Superwall pricing page · Superwall pricing FAQ. RevenueDot Cloud paid pricing is planned and not yet available.
Migration
RevenueDot's importer reads RevenueCat projects, not Superwall ones. If you use Superwall paywalls on top of the RevenueCat SDK, RevenueDot's own paywall editor replaces them. If Superwall is your purchase backend, the move is an SDK swap.
Create a free Cloud account, add your store credentials, and recreate products, entitlements and offerings. Point App Store and Google Play notifications at RevenueDot.
Pick a gallery template or generate one with the AI generator, then publish it. It renders in the RevenueCat SDK's paywall view without an app release.
Replace the Superwall SDK with the RevenueCat SDK, or a RevenueDot fork, set the proxy URL to https://api.revenuedot.app, and run both in parallel before you cut over.
Superwall's October 2025 change made subscription infrastructure free and bills only paywall-attributed revenue. If you barely use its paywalls, you may pay nothing. If most of your revenue converts through them, you pay 1% of that revenue from $10K.
RevenueDot bills nothing up to $10K and plans 0.5% above that with a $999 cap, whichever paywall a purchase came through. Self-hosting has no fee at all.
FAQ
Partly. Superwall says its subscription infrastructure, meaning entitlements, purchase APIs, webhooks and SQL access, is free at any scale. Its paywall product is free up to $10K a month of paywall-attributed revenue, then 1% of that revenue. Startup and Scale plans add $49 and $199 a month.
Superwall's pricing page and docs describe no self-host option. Its SDKs are open source on GitHub, but the backend is a hosted service. RevenueDot can be self-hosted with Docker and Postgres.
Often, if only part of your revenue goes through its paywalls. RevenueCat charges 1% of all tracked revenue from $2,500: $500 at $50,000. Superwall bills 1% only on paywall-attributed revenue above $10K, so $50,000 with half through its paywalls costs about $250.
It can. Superwall now runs entitlements and purchase APIs for the App Store, Google Play and Stripe, so you can use it as your only backend, with its own SDK. It does not cover Amazon or Roku, in-app currency or ad revenue, according to its own docs.
RevenueDot has its own paywall gallery, editor and AI generator, and it also lists Superwall as an integration partner for events. If you keep Superwall paywalls on top of the RevenueCat SDK, RevenueDot still serves the purchase backend.
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