Online payments

Learn about your integration options for accepting payments online.

Optimize your payments integration and increase revenue with the Optimized Checkout Suite, which includes payment UIs, dynamic payment methods, and faster checkout with Link.

To get started, find the integration path that meets your business needs.

Payment UIs

Use prebuilt payment UIs to accept payments online.

No code

Payment links

Use Payment Links to embed or share a link to a Stripe payment page to accept payments without a website.

Integration effort:

Recommended

Prebuilt payment form

Use Stripe Checkout to embed or redirect to a prebuilt payment form on your website.

Integration effort:

Web components

Use Stripe Elements to design a custom payment experience to collect payments on your website.

Integration effort:

In-app payments

Use Stripe's Mobile Payment Element to accept payments in your iOS, Android, or React Native app.

Integration effort:

Add payment methods

Accept more payment methods to help your business expand its global reach and improve checkout conversion.

Dynamic payment methods

Simplify your payment methods code by dynamically ordering and displaying payment methods.

A/B test payment methods

Launch an A/B test for a new payment method in the Dashboard.

Payment method rules

Control when payment methods are available to your buyers.

Payment method configurations

Create different sets of payment methods to display to customers based on specific checkout scenarios.

Add Link for faster checkout

Use Link to let your customers select a saved payment method at checkout instead of entering payment information. Your customers can save their credit cards, debit cards, or US bank accounts for faster checkout at any Link-enabled business. Link also lets you accept Instant Bank Payments.

Link with Checkout

Use Link with Stripe’s prebuilt checkout page.

Link with Web Elements

Embed Link into your custom payment page for faster checkout.

Link with Mobile Elements

Add Link to your native iOS, Android, and React Native apps.

Compare features and availability

All integrations support one-time and recurring payments, fraud protection, and global payments.

	PAYMENT LINKS	STRIPE-HOSTED PAGE	EMBEDDED FORM	EMBEDDED COMPONENTS Public preview	ADVANCED INTEGRATION
UI	Payment Links + Checkout	Checkout	Checkout	Elements	Elements
API	Checkout Sessions	Checkout Sessions	Checkout Sessions	Checkout Sessions	PaymentIntents
Integration effort	No code required	Low coding	Low coding	More coding	Most coding
Hosting	Stripe-hosted page (optional custom domains)	Stripe-hosted page (optional custom domains)	Embed on your site	Embed on your site	Embed on your site
UI customization	Limited customization¹	Limited customization¹	Limited customization¹	Extensive customization with Appearance API	Extensive customization with Appearance API
PAYMENT METHODS²
Dynamically display 40+ payment methods
Manage payment methods in the Stripe Dashboard without coding
Faster checkout with Link and more wallet payment methods such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Amazon Pay			³	³	³
External payment methods

¹Limited customization provides 20 preset fonts, 3 preset border radius options, logo and background customization, and custom button color.

²For detailed support for each payment method, see Payment Method integration options.

³Wallet payment methods require registering your domain.

Compare payment scenario support

See how Stripe supports different payment scenarios by each integration path.

	PAYMENT LINKS	STRIPE-HOSTED PAGE	EMBEDDED FORM	EMBEDDED COMPONENTS Public preview	ADVANCED INTEGRATION
Set up future payments
Save payment details during payment
Place a hold on a payment method	¹
Finalize payments on your server
Multi-step payment flow
FLEXIBLE PAYMENT SCENARIOS²
Multicapture
Overcapture
Extended authorization
Incremental authorization

¹ Not supported on Dashboard-created Payment Links.

² Only available on IC+ pricing.

Compare features

	PAYMENT LINKS	STRIPE-HOSTED PAGE	EMBEDDED FORM	EMBEDDED COMPONENTS Public preview	ADVANCED INTEGRATION
Email receipts
Post-purchase behavior	Hosted or redirect	Redirect	Hosted or redirect	Custom	Custom
Apply discounts with Coupons and Promotion Codes					¹²
Abandoned cart recovery
Prefill customer data and payment methods
Subscription up-sells
Cross-sell related products
Collect tax IDs					¹
Collect phone numbers				¹	¹
Collect billing and shipping addresses				¹	¹

¹ Requires additional integration.

² Available for subscriptions and invoices only.

Compare product support

See how the various integration options work with other Stripe products.

	PAYMENT LINKS	STRIPE-HOSTED PAGE	EMBEDDED FORM	EMBEDDED COMPONENTS Public preview	ADVANCED INTEGRATION
Collect tax with Stripe Tax					¹
Recurring payments with Stripe Billing					²
In-person payments with Terminal					³

¹ Requires integration with Stripe Tax API.

² Requires integration with Subscriptions API.

³ Requires integration with Terminal.

Detailed Billing feature support

Detailed Connect feature support

Integrate with a platform or a plugin

Stripe partners with thousands of popular platforms and supports plugins to bring Stripe payments into your website. See all of our integration solutions in our online directory.

Shopify

Sell online, on social media, and in person with a multichannel commerce platform.

Squarespace

Use Stripe payments on a single platform to sell your products.

Adobe Commerce

Use the Stripe Connector for Adobe Commerce for accepting payments on Adobe Commerce.