Monetize faster with Stripe Billing.Manage pricing, reduce churn, and grow revenue—on one platform.
The opportunity
Consumption-based billing, hybrid models, flexible tiers—pricing models are evolving and you need to keep up. But if your billing infrastructure isn’t flexible enough, every pricing change can slow you down, especially as you expand globally.
Stripe Billing lets you localize pricing, customize billing logic, and collect payments faster. Unify subscriptions and usage-based billing into one automated flow that supports any way you monetize.
One platform to price, meter, bill, invoice, and grow.
Connect supported payment processors and unify your entire revenue stack.
An integrated billing platform for your full quote-to-revenue cycle
Stripe Billing enables 350,000+ companies to boost revenue, simplify operations, and scale globally in one place.
Launch new pricing or business models faster
Set up quickly, with or without code.
Launch prebuilt pricing models in a few clicks, or program custom billing logic with minimal overhead. Gartner ranked Stripe as a Leader for ease of implementation.
Support any pricing model, including hybrid.
Go to market with usage-based, tiered, flat-fee plus overage, and hybrid pricing models. Figma doubled their product suite and overhauled their billing model on Stripe.
Define plans, bundles, and rate cards.
Package products into plans, bundles, and add-ons, and adjust pricing as you go. Airwallet took two weeks to implement a new subscription model and increased revenue by 30%.
Retain more revenue with AI-powered tools
Lower churn with built-in tools.
AI-powered Smart Retries, card account updater, and cancellation surveys work together to keep revenue flowing. Businesses using Stripe recover 55% of failed payments on average.
Automate revenue recovery.
Customize dunning flows with email alerts for failed transactions and expiring payment methods. Retool recovered $600K in failed payments with Stripe.
Improve payments performance.
Get higher success rates using AI models trained on billions of data points across Stripe’s payments network. 92% of cards have been seen before by Stripe.
Monetize with fewer resources
Skip the point solutions.
Consolidate billing, payments, tax, invoicing, and revenue recognition. Forrester named Stripe as a Leader in architecture and reliability.
Reduce engineering lift and support time.
Help customers self-serve with Stripe-hosted invoice pages and prebuilt customer portals. ClickFunnels saved $1M annually in engineering costs.
See all your billing metrics in one view.
Filter MRR, churn, and payment failure rates by segment without stitching together dashboards. View up-to-date data with under 1-hour freshness.
Scale into new markets quickly
Accept 100+ payment methods and connect to any payment processor.
Let customers pay the way they want, wherever they are, in 135+ currencies and 35+ languages.
Expand into new markets.
Stripe’s APIs are built for flexibility and modularity—add currencies, payment methods, or regions with minimal work. With Stripe, Eviden launched a new SaaS platform in 40+ markets.
Improve localization.
Adjust product or service offerings, including built-in Adaptive Pricing, for local markets. Spotify supports podcast subscriptions across 30+ countries.
Stripe Billing scales with you.
Grow your revenue on a proven platform.
Key features included in Stripe Billing
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Online checkout
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Payment Element
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Payment Links
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Point-of-sale purchase*
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Adaptive Acceptance
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Custom quotes
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CRM & CPQ integrations
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Pricing table
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Free trials
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Paid trials Preview
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Invoicing & e-Invoicing
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Self-serve customer portal
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Prorations, installments, & credit and debit notes
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Subscription pricing models
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Usage-based pricing models
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Rate cards
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Metering and data aggregation, up to 200K events per second
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Billing customizations Preview
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Automatic tax calculation and collection*
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Cards
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Wallets
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Bank redirects, debits, & transfers
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3P Payments / multiprocessor*
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Buy now, pay later
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Smart Retries
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Expired card updates
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Recovery and retention automations
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Cancellation surveys
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Billing analytics and benchmarks
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Revenue recovery analytics
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Accounts receivable aging*
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Custom reporting & data warehouse sync*
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Tax registration and filing*
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ASC 606 and IFRS 15 compliant revenue recognition*
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Automated reconciliation*
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Accounting integrations & NetSuite connector
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PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR
Optimize every step of your revenue cycle with Stripe
Give customers a faster, simpler checkout.
Boost conversions with an average 2%–3% uplift using Stripe’s Optimized Checkout Suite.
Identify and prevent fraud in real time.
Reduce fraud losses, decrease false positives, and simplify fraud operations with Stripe Radar.
Simplify sales tax, VAT, and GST in 90+ countries.
Built-in global tax tools are available without code or via API with Stripe Tax.
Automate revenue accounting.
Stripe Revenue Recognition turns complex accrual accounting calculations into automated reports.
Gain deeper insights, faster.
Build custom queries and reports on your Stripe data to drive better business decisions.
Unify your financial and business data.
Automatically send Stripe data and reports to your data warehouse.
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about Stripe Billing.
What is Stripe Billing and how does it compare to other billing software?
Stripe Billing is modern monetization infrastructure. It’s the only billing software with a built-in payment system, and is used by fast-scaling businesses like OpenAI, Atlassian, and Figma. You can easily integrate Stripe Billing, and it combines AI-powered payments optimizations and subscription management tools, strengthening revenue retention at all stages of the customer journey. You can support everything from simple subscriptions to usage-based billing and invoicing with automated payment collection.You get global payment support, automated revenue recovery, and reporting tools that work across teams. Product teams can test and launch new models quickly. Engineering can spend less time building and maintaining monetization infrastructure. And revenue leaders get a fast, flexible platform with 99.999% uptime that’s built to scale.
How can I set up recurring payments with Stripe Billing?
Stripe Billing lets you set up your recurring payments using no-code tools. Use Stripe Docs to easily create products, define pricing, designate subscription periods, and manage details around invoicing and payments—all directly from the Stripe Dashboard.
How does pricing work for Stripe Billing?
Stripe Billing can be purchased as an annual subscription paid monthly, or on a pay-as-you-go plan. Check out our pricing page for a detailed breakdown.
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