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OverviewUpgrade your integration
Online payments
OverviewFind your use caseUse Managed Payments
Payment methods
Payment interfaces
Payment scenarios
In-person payments
Beyond payments

Use a prebuilt Stripe-hosted Checkout page

Use Checkout Sessions to create a Stripe-hosted Checkout page or embedded form.

Explore the demo

CHECKOUT
Create a payments form to accept payments on your website

Accept one-time and subscription payments from over 40 local payment methods.

Start building your checkout integration

If you don’t have a Stripe account, sign up now.

Payment UIs

You can use two different types of payment UIs with the Checkout Sessions API. See the options in our demo. The following images highlight which aspects of the checkout UI Stripe hosts in each option.

Hosted checkout form

Stripe-hosted page Customers enter their payment details in a Stripe-hosted payment page, then return to your site after payment completion.

Checkout form using Elements with Checkout Sessions API

Embedded form Customers enter their payment details in an embedded form on your site without redirection.

Compare features and availability

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

  STRIPE-HOSTED PAGEEMBEDDED FORM
UICheckoutCheckout
APICheckout SessionsCheckout Sessions
Integration effort
Low code
Low code
HostingStripe-hosted page (optional custom domains)Embed on your site
UI customizationLimited customization1Limited customization1

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

Customize checkout

Customize look and feel

Customize the appearance and behavior of Checkout.

Collect additional information

Collect shipping and other customer info during checkout.

Collect taxes

Learn how to collect taxes for one-time payments in Stripe Checkout.

Dynamically update checkout

Make updates while your customer checks out.

Add trials, discounts, upsells, and optional items

Add promotions like trials and discounts.

Change when and how you collect payment

Subscriptions

Create subscriptions for your customers.

Set up future payments

Save payment details and charge your customers later.

Save payment details during payment

Accept a payment and save your customer’s payment details for future purchases.

Let customers pay in their local currency

Use Adaptive Pricing to allow customers to pay in their local currency.

Manage your business

Manage your product catalog

Handle your inventory and fulfillment with Checkout.

Migrate payment methods to the Dashboard

Migrate the management of your payment methods to the Dashboard.

After the payment

Customize the post-payment checkout process.

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