Payments

Stripe Billing

Subscriptions, trials and upgrades without custom billing code.

Starting price

No monthly fee

Transaction fee

2.9% + 30¢ plus 0.5% recurring

Price checked

August 2026

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Best for

SaaS and membership products with recurring revenue.

What it does well

Handles proration and trials
Customer portal included
Scales with the product

Where it falls short

Extra recurring fee
Unnecessary for one-time sales

Stacks that use Stripe Billing

SaaS Accounting Agency

Payments alternatives

Stripe

No monthly fee

Take deposits, invoices and payment links with no monthly fee.

Stripe (nonprofit rate)

No monthly fee

Reduced-rate Stripe processing for eligible nonprofits.

Square

No monthly fee

Payments that work the same in person and online.

Shopify Payments

Included with Shopify

Native Shopify checkout with no extra integration to maintain.

Head-to-head comparisons

Stripe vs Stripe Billing Stripe Billing vs Stripe (nonprofit rate)Stripe Billing vs Square Stripe Billing vs Shopify Payments

Business types we recommend it for

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