Stripe

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Full-stack payments platform for accepting payments, managing subscriptions, and running marketplaces.

Overview

Stripe is a payments platform covering card and wallet acceptance, subscription billing, marketplace payouts, invoicing, and tax calculation.

Payments are taken through a hosted checkout, drop-in elements, or a direct API call. Subscriptions handle proration, trials, and dunning. Connect handles onboarding and payouts for platforms with third-party sellers. Reporting is available through the dashboard and through Sigma for SQL queries.

Common use cases

Accept card and wallet payments on a website or mobile app
Bill customers on a recurring subscription with proration
Split payouts to sellers on a marketplace
Reconcile settlements against a general ledger

Key Features

Unified API for payments, subscriptions, and marketplaces
Global payment methods with local acquiring in 46 markets
Stripe Connect for platform and marketplace payouts
Radar fraud prevention with machine learning
Stripe Atlas for company formation and banking
Sigma for custom SQL-based reporting
Webhook-based event system for real-time integration
Pre-built checkout UI components for quick integration

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