What people previously said about Stripe

Older than the 25 on Stripe’s page
“Stripe buying founder relationships at incorporation… smart move I guess?”
jnyst1985 · hn ·
“I've stopped dealing with any platform that only offers stripe because of the headaches.”
the_north_place · reddit ·
“When people ask why a giant like Stripe or Visa won't just swallow the stablecoin market, @rooqster thinks they're missing the scale of it. They're picturing a new feature on a checkout page.”
mariogabriele · x ·
“Stripe, the Bending Spoons of commerce-related sites.”
baggachipz · hn ·
“i guess the tradeoff is more in the ongoing part is that with a MoR you pay more to basically stop thinking about the VAT/compliance side, while with normal Stripe you'll have that responsibility.”
Own_Actuary345 · reddit ·
“Fraud detection is really, really, really, really hard so I would probably stick with someone like Stripe for this, as they have so much data that they can do a really good job.”
disgruntledphd2 · hn ·
“Clerky is great. I used it a few years ago and not only was the web product as advertised, they were quick to answer questions and give advice where they could for years after. I hope they keep doing well within Stripe.”
sickcodebruh · hn ·
“This feels deeply problematic.Lol, no.Firstbase, Doola, Capbase. Not to mention all the old school cos that will help you incorporate in their state.”
schnebbau · hn ·
“DBS and Stripe are teaming up on cross-border payments in Asia.”
twifintech · x ·
“What are some good alternatives to Stripe for people to pay for your stuff?Unsure how much I trust my searches for this kind of stuff on the web lately”
techsystems · hn ·
“because with an mor, you won't need to care about handling taxes and compliance for international payments, which stripe does not provide, though it has one of the best infras in the market.”
theycallmesneha08 · reddit ·
“I tried establishing my startup with Stripe Atlas in 2020 and it was a total trainwreck. Nothing worked right, nobody had a fucking clue what was going on, dead ends everywhere.I gave up and went with Clerky, paid them $800 lifetime fee, and had things done the same day.”
clerky2026 · hn ·
“My analysis is that Stripe wants to own the costs of running a startup. They would get a complete picture of both sides of the business: what money comes in and where it goes.There are also a couple of advantages.”
whazor · hn ·
“I think Stripe is looking at companies using their services and identifying companies to acquire. This reminds me of Facebook looking at data from pixel data to identify apps with heavy usage they could acquire.”
chupchap · hn ·
“Cut their headaches, and they'll be happy giving you a wider cut.Thus, a million little acquisitions to make the possible Stripe bundle for small companies stronger, as they become the moat. The opposite of, say, the Adyen play, when you want to lower your own costs, and make money on tiny margins to do processing for really large companies.”
hibikir · hn ·
“What’s with all these acquisitions? Stripe realizing it’s going to slowly become PayPal 2.0 because infinite growth doesn’t exist?”
codemog · hn ·
“Clerky is great, Stripe is really buying all of the great product companies. I feel like with Clerky and Stripe Atlas they, Stripe now controls all of the early incorporation infrastructure now.”
HPMOR · hn ·
“til stripe used to be called /dev/payments”
jjacky · x ·
“Welcome @clerkyinc to @stripe! We've been huge fans for a long time.”
jeff_weinstein · x ·
“I think it is about the same effort integrating MoR or just normal stripe (without MoR), so you might as well always go for the MoR setup.”
Specialist-Sugar3797 · reddit ·
“"I've heard that they kick kittens, don't use Stripe!" This shit is tiresome.”
dodgrile · reddit ·
“Lago – Open-source alternative to Stripe Billing for usage-based billing”
No-Hospital5028 · reddit ·
“Idk I'm too burned by the lemonsqueezy acquisition to ever trust stripe's stewardship again”
barrell · hn ·
“I think Stripe was missing out on that segment.”
NoMedicine3572 · reddit ·
“I know Stripe has UPI support now, but tbh there's a difference between "UPI is supported" and actually being able to use UPI + Indian cards on ur checkout as an India-based business.”
monkeycrypto · reddit ·
“Used Wise with Stripe for a long time without issues.”
Wrkmail · reddit ·
“for me it was the multi-tenant portal scoping - the stripe docs kind of leave you on your own once you have more than one customer entity.”
dharmendra_jagodana · reddit ·
“The easy way to enable international transactions? Don’t use Stripe. Their LPM (local payment method) engineers are terrible from what Ive heard.”
ManufacturerOk926 · reddit ·
“re: failed payments... here is my last 12 months on @stripe (i love not having to think about this cause it could ruin my business if all these payments went through)”
jackfriks · x ·
“@jessethanley in this case we just needed to rate limit the api that generates the stripe checkout in the first place”
thdxr · x ·
“What Stripe hides is the split between card failure and actual churn, that's the place a flat tool earns its $15, not raw recovery.”
No-Weight1118 · reddit ·
“stripe's smart retries plus the card-network account updater already catch the common case (expired or replaced cards) for free. the tool makes sense at the top of your MRR range, not the bottom.”
Notchgoblin · reddit ·
“we've updated Toolrouter to now accept agent payments by @stripe”
BlakeFolgado · x ·
“When Piotr and I started @ElevenLabs, one of the first things we did was set up a @Stripe account and every subscription we’ve collected has run through their infrastructure. We're excited that Stripe is now using ElevenAgents to interact”
mati · x ·
“Stripe closed our account for "unauthorized payments"”
luisml77 · hn ·
“Stripe's native retry logic is okay but it stops caring after a few days, then you're just watching revenue bleed out in the dashboard”
SpecificBiography8 · reddit ·
“Is native Stripe handling "good enough" for failed payments, or would a flat $15/mo tool be worth it?”
Otherwise-Lake7510 · reddit ·
“losing access to funds with zero human contact is one of the worst experience a small business can have. Try Stripe's support for the resolving your issue.”
quiet-compass · reddit ·
“I've been using Wise for my Stripe payouts for over a year with zero issues, the transfers are fast and fees are lower than most traditional banks.”
Spirited_News3261 · reddit ·
“But, Stripe now offers bank accounts at "Fifth Third Bank US"”
Ordinary_Result825 · reddit ·
“wise works fine with stripe mate, been using it for my llc payout almost two years now and never had a problem”
Quiet_Print5580 · reddit ·
“They could have used the Stripe billing portal link on their account page, but didn't realize the "Manage subscription" link would also let them cancel and assumed their”
mhmazur · x ·
“classic stripe verification purgatory. they get weirdly picky about what counts as acceptable ID even when everything is correct”
Active_Passion_6307 · reddit ·
“Stripe with a US LLC is the standard route for Pakistani founders but the account stability really depends on how clean your business looks on paper. A proper LLC, EIN, US bank account through something like Mercury or Wise, and a clear refund policy go a long way.”
momentousbicycle18 · reddit ·
“So can you please tell me what your experience has been with any of the international vendors so far and whats recommended for a long term stable account ? What options are there to connect with Stripe ?”
Randomlahoridude · reddit ·
“biggest risk is they put a hold on your account randomly if something looks off so have backup payment processor ready just in case”
Chance-Caramel-5559 · reddit ·
“How easy or hard is it to access stripe”
Mu_zam_mil · reddit ·
“Why is canceling a subscription through the Stripe UX like 6 or 7 different steps? Just put the subscription back in the bag and leave, bro.”
guitaripod · x ·
“As others have said, Stripe has API versioning to prevent this. However, just to add to this, it's not just that you can use the API version of your choice, but also if you do not pass an API version when making the call, it will be made using your account's default API version which is set when you make your first API call or by upgrading your API version in the Dashboard.”
culitox1 · reddit ·
“From where they sit Anthropic and OpenAI are likely their two biggest customers. LLM payments already run through them.”
srcasm · x ·