Payments · ranked 02
Stripe
Cards, subscriptions, and a lot of billing API.
Best for Taking cards and running subscriptions
Stripe is a payments platform for internet businesses: charges, subscriptions, invoices, and a wide API. It is the default when you want to get paid and you will handle sales tax yourself or add Stripe Tax. You pay processing fees. Current rates: check site.
Best use cases
- SaaS subscriptions
- One-time checkout
- A billing API other tools already integrate with
Pros
- + The API and docs are the standard other tools copy
- + Subscriptions, invoices, and customer portal exist
- + No need for a merchant-of-record if you can handle tax
Cons
- − Tax, disputes, and country coverage are your problem unless you add products for them
- − Processing fees: check site
Pricing
Usage-based
Usage-based processing fees. Current rates: check site.
Alternatives
Payments
7.4
Lemon Squeezy
A merchant of record for software sales.
Best for Selling software without becoming the merchant of record
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Payments
8.0
Polar
Billing for developers, with an open-source core.
Best for Developer billing with an open-source option
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