payment proccesor for saas

Houcinovic

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Hello everyone,

I’m currently building a subscription-based SaaS analytics platform (pre-launch, no live site yet), similar to gummysearch, and I’d like some feedback from people with experience in payment processing

What the SaaS does:
  1. Reads public Reddit data only (public subreddits, posts, comments)
  2. Read-only: no posting, messaging, automation, or interaction
  3. Performs analytics: trends, keyword frequency, engagement metrics, summaries
  4. Target users: content creators, marketers, advertisers, market researchers
  5. No images or videos hosted (just embedding)
  6. No financial, investment, or trading advice
NSFW edge case:
Some public subreddits are labeled NSFW.
Default plan is analytics-only (metrics, summaries).
We’re considering (not decided) optionally allowing blurred text-only content with a manual “reveal” button for 18+ users and no media no hosting just public text.

Question:
From your experience:
  1. Would this still qualify for standard SaaS processors (Paddle, LemonSqueezy, etc.)?
  2. Or does even revealed NSFW text usually push platforms into high-risk processing?
  3. Any processors you’ve seen approving similar analytics tools without adult classification?
TIA!
 
In 2026, payment processors, and especially Merchants of Record (MoRs) like Paddle and LemonSqueezy, tightened their AI-powered automated review processes for NSFW content.
 
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