
Financial infrastructure for the internet — accept payments, manage subscriptions, and grow revenue globally
Stripe is a comprehensive financial infrastructure platform that powers online payments for millions of businesses worldwide. Beyond simple payment processing, Stripe offers a full suite of products including subscription billing, invoicing, fraud prevention, tax automation, and marketplace payments via Connect. With developer-first APIs, support for 135+ currencies, and AI-powered tools like Smart Retries and Radar fraud detection, Stripe is the go-to payment platform for SaaS companies, startups, and enterprises looking to monetize and scale globally.
Accept credit cards, debit cards, and digital wallets with a unified API. Supports 135+ currencies and localized payment methods worldwide.
Recurring billing and subscription management with support for usage-based, tiered, flat-fee, and hybrid pricing models. Includes pricing tables, trials, discounts, and customer portals.
Build marketplace and platform payment flows. Onboard sellers, split payments, manage payouts, and handle compliance for multi-party transactions.
Automatically calculate and collect sales tax, VAT, and GST based on customer location. Supports tax reporting across 50+ countries.
AI-powered fraud detection trained on data from billions of transactions. Includes customizable rules engine, risk scoring, and 3D Secure authentication.
Create and send professional invoices with built-in payment links. Supports automatic reminders, partial payments, and recurring invoices.
Manage recurring subscriptions with flexible pricing models, usage-based billing, free trials, and automated dunning to reduce churn.
Accept payments online with optimized checkout, support for digital wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay), and Buy Now Pay Later options.
Build multi-sided marketplaces with Stripe Connect — onboard sellers, split payments, and manage payouts across multiple parties.
Accept payments in 135+ currencies with localized payment methods, automatic currency conversion, and region-specific compliance handling.
The payments infrastructure that grows with you from first customer to enterprise scale — its subscription management and automatic revenue recovery are worth more to a solo founder than any amount of saved transaction fees from cheaper alternatives.
Best as the payment backbone for producers who sell directly through their own channels — most cost-effective when used for custom payment setups that marketplaces can't handle.
Automated revenue recognition that complies with ASC 606 and IFRS 15 standards. Real-time reporting and waterfall charts for finance teams.
Comprehensive REST APIs with SDKs for every major language. Extensive documentation, webhooks, and pre-built UI components for faster integration.
AI-powered payment retry logic that automatically retries failed payments at optimal times, reducing involuntary churn for subscription businesses.
In-person payment processing with certified card readers. Unified reporting across online and offline channels.
Use Stripe Atlas to incorporate a business, open a bank account, and start accepting payments — all from one platform for $500.

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