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Fee-by-fee, feature-by-feature comparisons for the tools SEA operators actually choose between.

Advertising

TikTok Shop's ad platform stopped taking manual bids in July 2025. Shopee and Lazada still do

How Shopee Ads, TikTok Shop's GMV Max, and Lazada's Sponsored Discovery actually structure a budget and a bid, not what each one costs.

6 min read · 5 Aug 2026

Accounting

Xero vs QuickBooks Online for GST-registered sellers in Singapore, 2026

Xero's Premium plan costs S$95 a month and gates multi-currency there. QuickBooks Plus costs S$79 and includes it two tiers earlier.

4 min read · 2 Aug 2026

Banking

DBS charges S$40 a month unless you hold S$10,000 in the account. Aspire charges S$0

Singapore business account fees compared across DBS, OCBC, UOB, Aspire, Wise Business, and Airwallex, for online sellers deciding where to bank.

4 min read · 30 Jul 2026

Shopee

Shopee SG's Mall electronics commission can reach 15.26%. TikTok Shop SG's highest published rate is 8.175%

Shopee SG and TikTok Shop SG seller commission and transaction fees compared by category, plus the opt-in extras neither platform states as one fixed number.

3 min read · 30 Jul 2026

Payments

HitPay vs Stripe vs Airwallex: payment gateway fees in Singapore, 2026

A verified fee comparison of HitPay, Stripe and Airwallex for Singapore online sellers, covering card rates, PayNow, and where each one actually wins.

5 min read · 29 Jul 2026

Shopee

Shopee, TikTok Shop and Lazada raised fees in early 2026. Only one of them is chasing the same buyer

Shopee added a 5% technical support fee, TikTok Shop raised Vietnam commissions, and Lazada held its rate. The three moves are not the same strategy.

4 min read · 29 Jul 2026

Automation

n8n vs Zapier for a bootstrapped marketplace: what the billing model actually costs

Execution-based pricing versus task-based pricing, compared on a real multi-step ecommerce automation workload.

3 min read · 29 Jul 2026

Backend

Supabase vs Firebase for PDPA-sensitive data: what Singapore's law actually requires

Singapore's PDPA does not mandate data residency. Here is what it does require, and how that changes the Supabase versus Firebase decision.

4 min read · 29 Jul 2026

Payments

Xendit vs Stripe for multi-country SEA payouts, 2026

Stripe charges 3.4% plus S$0.50 on domestic cards in Singapore. Xendit's own current pricing page puts its card rate at 3.30% plus fees.

4 min read · 29 Jul 2026