How much does Stripe cost?

Stripe does not publish a fixed monthly entry price — pricing is quoted rather than listed.

Does Stripe have a free plan?

No. Stripe does not publish an ongoing free plan.

What are the best alternatives to Stripe?

The closest alternatives in the same category are QuickBooks, Xero, Paddle, Ramp. Ramp publishes a free plan.

Stripe

Payments infrastructure for the internet

PaidAccounting & FinanceSince 2010

Custom pricingVisit stripe.com

What Stripe is

Card processing, subscriptions, invoicing, tax and payouts with best-in-class developer documentation. Percentage-per-transaction pricing.

People use it to

Stripe alternatives

Other tools in accounting & finance that cover similar ground. Full comparison.

QuickBooks

quickbooks.intuit.com

Small business accounting standard

from $19/moFree trial

Xero

xero.com

Cloud accounting with a huge app ecosystem

from $25/moFree trial

Paddle

paddle.com

Merchant of record for software sellers

Custom pricingPaid

What the rest of Accounting & Finance charges

Stripe publishes no fixed monthly price, so it is not plotted. Here is what the rest of the category charges.

What Accounting & Finance costsEntry price a month, cheapest first

Brex
Free
Ramp
$15
QuickBooks
$19
Wave
$19
FreshBooks
$23
Xero
$25
Chargebee
$249*

6 of these 7 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 6 verified prices in Accounting & Finance. 3 more tools in this category do not publish an entry price and are not plotted.

Stripe pricing questions

How much does Stripe cost?: Stripe does not publish a fixed monthly entry price — pricing is quoted rather than listed.
Does Stripe have a free plan?: No. Stripe does not publish an ongoing free plan.
What is Stripe used for?: Card processing, subscriptions, invoicing, tax and payouts with best-in-class developer documentation. Percentage-per-transaction pricing. People mainly use it to accept payments, bill subscriptions, send invoices.
What are the best alternatives to Stripe?: The closest alternatives in the same category are QuickBooks, Xero, Paddle, Ramp. Ramp publishes a free plan.