Stripe
The clear winner for SaaS businesses. Stripe's subscription billing is second to none, with excellent API and developer tools.
- Subscription billing
- Metered billing
- Prorations and upgrades
- Dunning management
- Excellent API
Expert recommendations for subscription-based software companies
SaaS companies have unique payment processing requirements:
The clear winner for SaaS businesses. Stripe's subscription billing is second to none, with excellent API and developer tools.
PayPal offers subscription billing, but it's less flexible than Stripe. Good for simple subscription models.
Authorize.Net offers recurring billing features, but requires more setup and has monthly fees.
Not all payment processors handle subscriptions well. Look for features like prorations, plan changes, and dunning management.
Failed payments are common with subscriptions. Use dunning management to automatically retry failed payments and recover revenue.
Webhooks allow your application to respond immediately to payment events like successful charges, failed payments, and cancellations.