Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for accepting payments, offering financial services, and running custom revenue models online and in person.

Payments - Accepts cards and 135 plus currencies and payment methods with in-person Terminal support.
Billing models - Runs subscriptions, usage-based billing, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
Platform tools - Embeds payments in marketplaces and SaaS products with Connect, payouts, and issuing.
Fraud and tax - Screens payments with Radar and calculates sales tax automatically.
Agentic commerce - Lets AI platforms complete purchases through the Agentic Commerce Protocol.
Startup tools - Incorporates companies with Atlas and supports startups with docs, SDKs, and an MCP server.

It is used by startups, enterprises, platforms, and marketplaces that process payments and run billing on one system.

Pricing is per transaction with no hidden fees, detailed on the pricing page.