Payments.

Take payment, get money in your account. Every article filed under this job, most read first, plus the pick and the one alternative worth comparing it to.

Business · Payments

Stripe is 3 products. You're using one.

Everyone sets up checkout and stops reading. Then they subscribe to a $29 storefront tool and an invoicing app that do things the Stripe account they already have does for a fraction of a percent.

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On the Stack

Payments: Stripe or Wave

Take payment, get money in your account.

The Pick

Stripe↗ Subscriptions, digital, physical, best API on the market.

Subscriptions, trials, upgrades and proration handled for you
Anything that has to connect, every tool on this page speaks Stripe
Selling worldwide: cards, wallets, local methods, payouts in most countries

The Alt

Wave↗ Free invoicing + basic accounting for solo service pros.

Solo consultants billing by project or retainer
Free unlimited invoicing with real bookkeeping in the same login
Getting paid without adding another monthly software bill

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