Stripe

Who makes Stripe

Stripe is a payments technology company selling directly to businesses worldwide, with per-market pricing and country availability published on its own site.

Official website: stripe.com ↗

What it actually does

The core product is online card acquiring exposed as an API, extended by hosted Checkout and Payment Links, Billing for subscription and usage-based pricing, Invoicing, Tax, fraud tooling and Connect for marketplace onboarding and payouts. Terminal adds in-person acceptance on the same account.

Product family

• · Payments
• · Checkout and Payment Links
• · Billing
• · Invoicing
• · Tax
• · Connect
• · Terminal
• · Issuing

What people hire it for

• Taking card payments in a web or mobile product
• Running subscription or usage-based billing
• Onboarding and paying third-party sellers on a marketplace
• Unifying online and in-person payments on one ledger

Where it runs

Where Stripe appears

Featured in these buying guides

• Best Payment Platforms for Businesses →

Head-to-head

• Stripe vs PayPal →
• Stripe vs Square →
• Stripe vs Adyen →

Planned reviews

Full review published — read it here.

Read next

• PayPalA payments network with a consumer wallet in front of it — chosen for buyer recognition rather than developer experience.
• SquareCommerce infrastructure that starts at the counter: till software, first-party hardware and one catalogue across channels.
• AdyenSingle-platform payments for scale: direct acquiring, local payment methods and unified online plus in-store commerce.
• WiseReal mid-market exchange rates, transparent fees and local account details in 10+ currencies — the default modern option for cross-border money.

What Stripe is up against

• Braintree review →

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