Stripe

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Online payment processing for internet businesses

About Stripe

Stripe is an online payment processing tool for internet businesses. Whether managing a subscription service, an on-demand marketplace, an e-commerce store, or a crowdfunding platform, Stripe’s meticulously designed APIs and functionality help users create the best possible product for their users.

Stripe allows users to bill customers on a recurring basis, set up a marketplace, or simply accept payments using its fully integrated, global payments platform. Developers are able to rapidly build production-ready integrations with modern tools, from React components to real-time webhooks. Using Stripe’s developer platform means less maintenance for legacy systems and more focus on core customer and product experiences.

Organizations can accept all major debit and credit card payments in 135+ currencies. If needed, enable 3D Secure for any payment. Stripe supports more than just cards using global payment methods, which can be activated from the dashboard including ACH credit transfers, Alipay, Bancontact, Giropay, and more.

Stripe’s elegant abstractions simplify adding or changing billing models, including a powerful interface to test and roll out new pricing easily. Users can bill customers with one-off invoices or automatically on a recurring basis. Go global with support for different payment methods. The Stripe billing API is easy to integrate into existing websites, mobile apps, or even CRM systems. Developers can use out-of-the-box functionality to get started quickly or use our composable API building blocks to design fully customized subscription logic and pricing models.

Users can create and manage subscriptions and invoices—and view detailed financial reports—directly from the dashboard. Stripe doesn’t limit the number of team members that can be added and supports granular roles and permissions to help manage access.

Connect, Stripe's routing and payout engine, will automatically track balances, batch earnings into payouts, time transfers with local cutoffs, and retry failed transfers. Users can also incorporate advanced flows like account debits, one-to-many payments, and others. Connect’s payout engine lets users specify payout timing for users, and includes instant payouts, which allows users to receive funds within minutes. Connect helps get recipients paid faster and removes errors and reconciliation work.


Key benefits of Stripe

  • Create a customized checkout experience that works across browsers and devices of all sizes. Choose from a range of options that allow control across flexibility, customization, and ease.

  • Accept all major debit and credit cards from customers in every country including Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diners Club, China, and UnionPay.

  • Simplify and accelerate how you reconcile transactions through Stripe's API and dashboard for real-time information about charges, fees, refunds, and transfers.

  • See all charges—across different payment types, countries, and currencies—in the Stripe Dashboard or extract the data directly from the API.

  • Hundreds of integrations help extend the Stripe platform and automate almost every manual process that used to take hours of human time.

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    4.6 /5
    (3,112)
    Value for Money
    4.4/5
    Features
    4.5/5
    Ease of Use
    4.5/5
    Customer Support Software
    4.3/5

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    Nayeli
    Nayeli
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    • Industry: Design
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Daily business necessity that makes my business run smoother

    Reviewed on 08/03/2021

    Not only is their system intuitive, but the customer service agents ACTUALLY like to help you! No...

    Not only is their system intuitive, but the customer service agents ACTUALLY like to help you! No fake smiles over the phone or loud exhaling and strained voices. You know which ones I mean ---- the kind you get from employees that don't like their job and it feels like it is a burden to help you. Yeah ---- NEVER have I experienced this with Stripe. They have a beautiful online system, they have happy employees ---- that can only mean Stripe really knows how to stay in business. And THAT is very important for my business because I use them on a daily basis. I love the way I can integrate Stripe onto many online applications for my business --- and continue to have 1 account to manage it all. I love that I can be added as a contributor to other Stripe accounts and access them via 1 single dashboard without needing to login again. Not only does this help me run my business but I am also able to offer custom coding services to others who have Stripe accounts that are trying to implement custom payments on their Wix sites via coding. I love the product and subscriptions payments --- I am able to easily integrate with programs that use my custom Stripe product page for payments so my branding stays consistent. I love that I can have instant pay out or 1 day pay out. I just love Stripe all around and I recommend it to anyone.

    Pros

    I love how easy the onboarding process was. The dashboard is so intuitive, modern and sleek. When you forget to do something, the notifications remind you of any missing steps you need to complete. I have been using Stripe for over 5 years and when I needed to update my legal documents due to a marriage, the customer service agents were amazing to work with. It went a lot faster than working with the bank! It was very convenient to receive document upload links via text and email. I was blown away that the customer service agent that I was speaking to over the phone was instantly seeing all the documentation I was uploading ---- so he was able to expedite the auditing & approval right away!

    Cons

    It would be amazing if they would update their mobile app so I can do more on the go. Now with longer wait times at doctors offices --- or traffic jams or on the road ---- it would be great if I could do more from my phone instead of having to log into a laptop. I want to be able to create a client via the Stripe mobile app. I would like to check on my Capital loan. I would like to cancel an invoice via the app or basically manage the basics from my cell phone. Currently the main purpose of the phone is to view transactions, and that's it.

    Alternatives Considered

    Square Payments

    Reasons for Choosing Stripe

    Because Wells Fargo had high fee rates and they did not integrate easily with other online apps. Not to mention, their customer support is horrendous.

    Reasons for Switching to Stripe

    I didn't like the Square dashboard. I don't have physical products so I had not use for their POS system. They do not integrate easily with other online applications. They don't have an easy API to integrate. It does not integrate with Wix for subscription products. And their customer service was less than helpful when trying to engage with them before onboarding.
    Verified Reviewer
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    • Industry: E-Learning
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    I really like Stripe

    Reviewed on 23/02/2024

    Stripe has been very useful in my business to receive payment from customers all over the world. I...

    Stripe has been very useful in my business to receive payment from customers all over the world. I also like that they have implemented faster payouts

    Pros

    I like that you can use Stripe to take debit and credit card payments and the charges are not as high as some other payment platforms. It is also easy to set up.

    Cons

    Some of the functionality seems clunky, especially for recurring payments. You have to manually set the end date.

    DUncan
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    • Industry: Hospitality
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    Stripe os a payment collection system

    Reviewed on 23/07/2024

    Pros

    Ease of use, simple dashboard and great value for money

    Cons

    I can't fault Stripe - for what we need it for it is perfecr

    Peter
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    • Industry: Retail
    • Company size: 11–50 Employees
    • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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    • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

    NEVER USE STRIPE !!

    Reviewed on 01/08/2024

    if you try to contact support and think you can solve something, FORGET IT! they just connect you...

    if you try to contact support and think you can solve something, FORGET IT! they just connect you every 30 minutes to another agent who has no competence for basic things, I don't understand how a payment gateway that manages money can have such an approach! they are maximally impossible and not helpful at all! this is my worst experience! I believe that this payment gateway will end soon! they only rob sellers of money! if you own an e-shop, don't even think about this payment gateway, and if you have one, end the cooperation as soon as possible, it will be your best decision. You'll thank me later.

    Pros

    NEVER USE STRIPE !!! check out their reviews! terrible !!!
    THEY CANNOT SOLVE THE REQUEST.
    IT'S JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND YOUR MONEY
    AND CHAT SUPPORT SHUTS OFF COMMUNICATION AS THEY SEEM WITHOUT RESPONSE. MAXIMUM UNPROFESSIONAL. IT'S A BUNCH OF AMATEURS WHO BLOCK YOUR MONEY!

    They are simply stealing your money

    Cons

    They stealing your money. we used stripe, the support is impossible at most not helpful, they refund the money to the customer without the customer returning the goods, I DO NOT RECOMMEND TO USE. use verified methods such as PAYPAL, GOPAY and other payment gateways because Stripe and Klarna are maximally incompetent.

    Ricardo
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    • Industry: Consumer Goods
    • Company size: 2–10 Employees
    • Used Daily for 2+ years
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    • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

    The unrivaled best payment processor

    Reviewed on 06/05/2024

    Pros

    It was easy to set up, and it works with any business i set up.

    Cons

    When making a new account, if you get unlucky with a fraudulent order. It can affect your payments

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    Stripe FAQs

    Below are some frequently asked questions for Stripe.

    Stripe offers the following pricing plans:

    • Starting from: $0.30
    • Free Trial: Not Available

    Access a complete payments platform with simple, pay-as-you-go pricing that begins at 2.9% + 30¢ per successful card charge. Get everything you need to manage payments plus hundreds of feature updates per year with no monthly, setup, or hidden fees.

    Stripe has the following typical customers:

    Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

    Stripe supports the following languages:

    Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

    Stripe supports the following devices:

    Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

    Stripe integrates with the following applications:

    123FormBuilder, ABC Glofox, Accelevents, Accelo, AccountsPortal, Attribution, Automate.io, Avalara, Avaza, Baremetrics, BigCommerce, Bizness Apps, Blinksale, Bookinglayer, Bookwhen, ChargeKeep, Chargebee, Chargify, ChartMogul, Chatfuel, Cheqbook Accounting, Cloudbeds, Commence, CoreCommerce, CrowdPower, Cyclr, Databox, Docusign, Ecwid, Elorus, Emburse Abacus, Eventcube, Expensify, FormCrafts, FreeAgent, FreshBooks, GoDaddy Website Builder, GovOS, Gravity Forms, Harvest, Highwire, Hiveage, HookFeed, IFTTT, Intercom, InvoiceSherpa, Invoiced, Involve.me, Jotform, Jumpseller, KashFlow, Keap, Keen IO, Leadpages, LeadsBridge, LearnWorlds, Lendio, LessAccounting, MYFUNDBOX, MakePlans, MemberSpace, Midigator, Nomod, Octobat, Operations Hub, PayDirt Payroll, Payfunnels, Payrexx, Paythen, Pelcro, Preact, PushPress, Quaderno, Recurly, RentMy, Rezgo, SecuraCart, Sellfy, Sellsy, Selz, Shift4Shop, ShipRush, ShipStation, Shopify, SimpleSpa, Skedda, SkyPrep, Slack, Slemma, Squarespace, Statsbot, Storefront Social, SumAll, SurveySparrow, TalentLMS, Tapfiliate, Ticket Tailor, Trustap, Typeform, UltraCart, Volusion, Wave, WeTravel, Weebly, WildApricot, Wishpond, Woopra, Wufoo, Xero, Xola, ZapERP, Zapier, Zoho Backstage, Zoho Billing, Zoho Books, Zoho Invoice

    Stripe offers the following support options:

    Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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