# Managed Payments

Sell your digital products globally and let Stripe manage global tax, fraud prevention, dispute management, and customer support for transactions.

Use Managed Payments to sell digital products such as SaaS, software, and digital content or downloads worldwide. When you use Managed Payments, Stripe acts as your merchant of record. This means Stripe manages the following for you:

- Global indirect tax compliance (sales, VAT, GST)
- Fraud prevention
- Responding to disputes
- Transaction-level customer support

## Get started

[How it works](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/managed-payments/how-it-works.md): Learn about eligibility and how Managed Payments works.

[Set up Managed Payments for web purchases](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/managed-payments/set-up.md): Use Managed Payments to sell digital products and subscriptions.

[Set up Managed Payments for a mobile app](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/managed-payments/set-up-mobile.md): Accept payments from a mobile app with Stripe as your merchant of record.

[Update a Checkout integration](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/managed-payments/update-checkout.md): Update your existing Checkout integration to use Managed Payments.

## Compare Managed Payments to other products

|                                        | **Managed Payments**                                      | **Other Stripe products**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Merchant of record**                 | Stripe                                                    | Your business                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Global tax management**              | Done for you (Stripe assumes liability)                   | Handle with [Tax](https://docs.stripe.com/tax.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Checkout page compatible with**      | [Checkout](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout.md)  | [Checkout](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout.md)

  [Payment Links](https://docs.stripe.com/payment-links.md)

  [Elements](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/elements.md)

  [Hosted Invoice Page](https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/hosted-invoice-page.md) |
| **Subscriptions**                      | Handle with [Billing](https://docs.stripe.com/billing.md) | Handle with [Billing](https://docs.stripe.com/billing.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Fraud prevention**                   | Done for you                                              | Handle with [Radar](https://docs.stripe.com/radar.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Responding to disputes**             | Done for you                                              | Handle with [Payments](https://docs.stripe.com/payments.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Transaction-level customer support** | Done for you                                              | Not included                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **Support for platforms**              | Not included                                              | Available with [Connect](https://docs.stripe.com/connect.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

## Pricing

For more information about the fees associated with Managed Payments, see [pricing details](https://stripe.com/pricing#managed-payments).

## Alternative integration option

If you sell physical products, services, or have a business type that’s not supported by Managed Payments, you can integrate with [Stripe Payments](https://docs.stripe.com/payments.md) and [Tax](https://docs.stripe.com/tax.md) to automate tax compliance. Stripe also offers numerous [partners](https://marketplace.stripe.com/categories/tax) to support tax processes.