Stripe

Financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments and manage revenue.

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Launched
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Category
Payment Provider
Sub-Category
Payment Processing
Pricing Model
Paid
Starts From
2.9% + $0.30 per successful domestic card transaction
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Founder
Patrick Collison and John Collison

Target Audience

StartupsSaaS companiesDevelopersEcommerce businessesMarketplacesOnline businessesPlatformsEnterprise businessesFounders building digital products

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What is Stripe

Stripe is a payment and financial infrastructure platform for businesses. It provides online and in-person payments, subscriptions, invoicing, payment links, marketplaces, payouts, fraud prevention, and other financial tools through APIs and pre-built interfaces.

Overview

Stripe provides a unified platform for accepting payments and managing financial operations. Businesses can accept cards, wallets, bank-based payments, and local payment methods through Checkout, Elements, Payment Links, and APIs. Stripe also offers Billing for subscriptions and recurring revenue, Connect for marketplaces and platforms, Terminal for in-person payments, Invoicing, Tax, Radar for fraud prevention, Issuing for payment cards, and other financial infrastructure products. Stripe provides SDKs and libraries for commonly used programming languages and frameworks.

Who should and shouldn't use it

Should use it
  • You are building a SaaS, ecommerce business, marketplace, or online service.
  • You need a developer-friendly payment API and pre-built checkout interfaces.
  • You need subscriptions, recurring billing, or usage-based billing.
  • You want payments, payouts, and marketplace functionality from one provider.
  • You plan to sell internationally and need multiple currencies and payment methods.
Shouldn't use it
  • You only need a basic payment gateway with very limited functionality.
  • Your business is in a country or business category that Stripe does not currently support.
  • You need payment methods that are unavailable in your Stripe account's country or region.

Key Features

  • Online payments
  • In-person payments with Stripe Terminal
  • Checkout
  • Payment Links
  • Payment Element
  • Subscriptions and recurring billing
  • Usage-based billing
  • Invoicing
  • Marketplace and platform payments with Connect
  • Global payouts
  • Fraud prevention with Radar
  • Tax automation
  • Payment card issuing
  • Financial data connections
  • Payment APIs and SDKs
  • Link accelerated checkout
  • Pre-built payment UIs

Integrations Supported

ShopifyWooCommerceBigCommerceAdobe CommerceSalesforce Commerce CloudStripe ConnectStripe TerminalStripe Billing

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