Stripe Managed Payments is a merchant-of-record service for businesses selling digital products worldwide, including SaaS, software, digital content, and downloads. It handles sales tax, VAT, GST, and post-sale compliance in more than 80 countries and 35 product categories. The service provides real-time fraud prevention and can respond to disputes for a business. Stripe Checkout can present localized buying experiences in more than 30 languages, with local-currency payments available in more than 150 countries. Link provides customer support around the clock in 19 languages. Businesses can use Checkout, Payment Links, and Stripe Billing for subscriptions, and can accept payments from mobile apps. Stripe says setup can use Payment Links or a one-line Checkout code change. The service works through Android, iOS, API, and web. It costs 3.50 USD per once for each successful Managed Payments transaction, in addition to Payments fees, and has no free plan.
Who it is for
It suits businesses selling digital products that want merchant-of-record tax, fraud, dispute, checkout, and support handling. It is aimed at SaaS, software, digital-content, and download sellers.
What is good
- Tax compliance across more than 80 countries
- Fraud prevention and dispute response
- Checkout localization in more than 30 languages
- Subscription support through Stripe Billing
- Mobile app payment support
What to know first
- No free plan
- Does not support Connect
- No embedded web components
- No third-party tax integrations
Verdict
Stripe Managed Payments combines tax compliance, fraud handling, localized checkout, support, and subscription options for digital-product sellers. Check its integration limitations and transaction-based pricing before choosing it.
Get started with Stripe Managed Payments
- Open Stripe Managed Payments on the Stripe website
- Use Stripe Payment Links for a launch route
- Alternatively add a one-line code change to Stripe Checkout
- Connect Stripe Billing when subscription support is needed
- Use the Android, iOS, API, or web implementation for payments
Limits to know first
The service has no free plan. Each successful Managed Payments transaction costs 3.50 USD per once in addition to Payments fees.
Questions about Stripe Managed Payments
What does Stripe Managed Payments handle?
It handles sales tax, VAT, GST, post-sale compliance, fraud prevention, disputes, and customer support for digital-product sales.
Which checkout options are supported?
It supports Stripe Checkout and Payment Links, with subscription support available through Stripe Billing.
Can mobile apps use it?
Yes. Stripe documents using Managed Payments to accept payments from a mobile app.
Where is it available?
Tax handling covers more than 80 countries, while local-currency payments are available in more than 150 countries.
How much does it cost?
The Managed Payments plan is 3.50 USD per once for each successful Managed Payments transaction, in addition to Payments fees.
Stripe Managed Payments plans and pricing
All plansCompared on merchant of record software
- Free plan
- No
- Tax handling
- full
- Subscription billing
- Yes
- Checkout options
- multi-channel
- Supported countries
- 80
