How much does Stripe cost?

There is no subscription — you pay per transaction, with rates varying by country, payment method, and product. Additional Stripe products such as Billing, Tax, and Radar carry their own per-use fees.

Do I need a developer to use Stripe?

Not necessarily. Payment Links, invoicing, and hosted Checkout work without writing code, while the API and SDKs are there when you need a custom flow.

Can Stripe handle subscriptions and marketplaces?

Yes — Billing covers recurring and usage-based pricing, and Connect handles marketplaces and platforms that need to split payments and pay out to sellers.

Stripe News

Unifies the billing cycle anchor format across Subscriptions and Invoices

September 30, 2026

Unifies the billing cycle anchor format across Subscriptions and Invoices Adds invoicing rules to Invoice Items Adds reference and company details parameters for Billie Adds the ability to clear invoicing rules on Invoice Items Adds proration details for Invoice Items using classic billing mode Makes trial offers generally available Adds detailed status to explain why an Invoice is uncollectable Adds support for scheduling Subscription cancellation as part of pending update Adds the ability to pause and resume Subscriptions on demand Adds the Feedback Options API Adds address validation errors for CMRAs and registered agents to Accounts v1 and Accounts v2 Adds rejected status for Accounts v2 capabilities Replaces the generic fraud rejection reason with more granular fraud reasons Removes the configurations parameter from the Account Links v2 API Standardizes SEPA Direct Debit payment settings in the Accounts API Shows errors for eventually due requirements Distinguishes platform-initiated account rejections from Stripe rejections Adds additional shared fields to customer sharing Renames the countries filter to country on Financial Connections Sessions Updates Financial Connections

Adds archiving and trial end behavior settings to Trial Offers

September 30, 2026

Adds archiving and trial end behavior settings to Trial Offers Adds session recovery for expired customer portal sessions Adds Billie company details and reference properties to Quote Preview Invoices Upgrades fields and refines error contracts for Payout Methods Adds rejected status for Accounts v2 capabilities Adds page limit validation for dispute evidence Removes the capture method parameter for PayPay payments Adds the ability to update payment intent data on Checkout Sessions Adds support for submitting evidence to appeal a dispute decision Adds support for specifying card-on-file usage when saving and charging saved cards Updates the shapes of v2 Financial Address and v2 Received Credit objects Removes level property from inbound transfer history and changes date filtering syntax for list endpoints Moves Financial Address test helper endpoints to the money management namespace Opens the adjusted flow type enum and changes the list filters for v2 Adjustments and v2 Transactions Updates Financial Address request and response structure Expands Reserve Plan listing access and adds filters Adds a Treasury Transaction property to the Money Management Transaction update events Adds

Adds a customer update deep link for billing portal sessions

August 26, 2026

Adds a customer update deep link for billing portal sessions Adds the ability to query entitlements and launch the customer portal in Customer Sessions Adds frozen fields property to Invoice Items Adds support for the Billie payment method for invoices and subscriptions Increases the subscription item limit Adds support for updating Connect parameters of an existing Payment Link Adds a funding source identifier to Link payments Adds new error codes for payment method failures Adds the ability to restrict card funding types in Checkout Sessions Adds support for metadata in confirmation tokens Adds a funding source identifier to Link wallet card payments Adds support for specifying place of supply scheme on IGIC tax in the EU

Redirects new Connect platforms away from unsupported integration patterns

August 26, 2026

Redirects new Connect platforms away from unsupported integration patterns Adds control over Stripe user authentication to Payment Method Settings Adds Account Signals, Account Evaluations, and Account Activity APIs in public preview Removes support for specifying payment method types in Payment Intents and Setup Intents Updates bank account and payout method resources for Global Payouts Adds support for disabling payout methods Includes deleted prices in trial offer price data Adds ability to require approval for Stripe-initiated actions Adds support to specify different default payout methods for each currency

Stripe to Acquire OpenRouter for Over $7 Billion

August 16, 2026

Bloomberg reports Stripe has agreed to buy OpenRouter, the AI model-routing startup, for more than $7 billion — one of its largest acquisitions and a push past payments into AI infrastructure. OpenRouter routes 200 trillion tokens a month for 10M+ users across 500+ models and 80+ providers, and already runs its own billing on Stripe. The price is roughly 5.4x the $1.3 billion valuation it raised at three months earlier. Stripe has declined to comment on the report.