Modify subscriptions
Change existing subscriptions to cancel, pause, apply prorated charges and credits, and more.
You can change existing subscriptions without having to cancel and recreate them. Set up the customer portal to let your customers manage their own subscriptions and billing details through a Stripe-hosted page.
For changes that automatically create a new subscription invoice, use pending updates so that the updates are only applied if the new invoice is successfully paid.
Billing impacts
Not all subscription changes affect billing or generate prorations:
- Billing-related updates create prorations and can generate invoices. These include changing prices, quantities, billing periods, or adding or removing subscription items.
- Non-billing updates apply immediately without prorations. These include updating metadata, payment methods, tax settings, or applying discounts.
To see billing impacts before making changes, preview prorations.
Nota
Configuration updates, like metadata and payment methods, don’t generate invoices with proration_ because they don’t change the amount owed for the current billing period. For a complete list, see What doesn’t trigger prorations.