Stripe

Financial infrastructure platform for accepting payments, managing subscriptions, and building commerce experiences. Handles the full payment lifecycle from checkout to payouts, with APIs and SDKs that let developers integrate payments into web, mobile, and in-person flows without managing compliance, PCI, or payment routing.

Trusted by businesses from startups to enterprises, including Amazon, Shopify, Figma, Instacart, and Uber. Stripe processes over a trillion dollars in annual volume, supports 135+ currencies and payment methods, and maintains high availability. Differentiates with a developer-first API design, extensive documentation, and unified products for payments, billing, marketplace payouts, card issuing, and fraud prevention under one platform.

Key capabilities:

• REST APIs and server SDKs for Node, Python, Go, Java, PHP, Ruby, and .NET, plus React, iOS, and Android
• Payments online and in-person via Stripe Terminal, with support for cards, wallets, bank transfers, and local methods
• Billing APIs for subscriptions, invoices, metered usage, and customer portals
• Connect for platforms and marketplaces with split payments and payouts
• Radar for fraud prevention, webhooks for event-driven integration, and Sigma for SQL analytics

Developers adopt Stripe to ship payments quickly while keeping control over the checkout and billing flow. Common use cases include e-commerce checkout, SaaS subscription billing, marketplace and platform payments, in-person point-of-sale, invoicing, and mass payouts. Integration options range from no-code payment links and Dashboard flows to full API customisation. Webhooks and Stripe CLI support local development and debugging.