Accept payments online without writing code
Create a payment link and share it on social media, in emails, or on your website. Offer your customers more than 40 payment methods, including credit and debit cards. Apple Pay and Google Pay are automatically enabled.
Each payment link you share automatically matches the preferred language of your customers and allows them to check out in their local currency with Adaptive Pricing. Learn more about the features.
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Additional no-code capabilities
Features and availability
When you use Payment Links to integrate Stripe into your business, you get the following features:
Quick setup Without writing any code, create payment links that automatically match your customer’s browser language.
Multiple payment methods Support over 20 payment methods—including credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and local payment methods.
Shareable links Distribute payment links through email, social media, messaging apps, or embed them directly on your website.
Customize checkout Customize the payment page your customers see with your logo, colors, and branding.
Automatic receipts Send branded receipts and invoices to customers after successful payments.
Refund capability Process refunds directly from your Stripe Dashboard.
Integration details
| UI | Stripe-hosted page |
|---|---|
| Integration effort | |
| UI customization | Limited customization1 |
1Limited customization provides 20 preset fonts, 3 preset border radius options, logo and background customization, and custom button color.
Compare Invoicing and Payment Links
Invoicing and Payment Links are two of the easiest ways to start using Stripe to accept payments without writing any code. Use the following table to compare the two products and to understand which works best for your use case.
| Invoicing | Payment Links | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Use invoices to collect one-time or recurring payments from a specific customer. | Use Payment Links to sell a product, a subscription, or accept a donation. |
| Customer | Specific individuals or businesses. | Anyone with the link. |
| Reusability | You can’t reuse invoices, but you can duplicate them and edit the details for another customer. | Reuse multiple times with multiple customers, or limit the number of purchases. |
| Integration effort | No coding | No coding |
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| UI customization | Editable template1 | Limited customization2 |
| Payment methods | Choose from over 40 payment methods, and manage them in the Dashboard without coding. | Dynamically display over 40 payment methods3, and manage them in the Dashboard without coding. |
| Preferred language support | Over 30 languages. Set the Dashboard language preference for each customer. | Over 30 languages. Match the browser language setting for each customer. |
| Recurring payments | Use Stripe Billing to send a subscription or recurring invoice. No-code subscriptions are available | Create a payment link for a subscription. |
| Collection tools | Automatic collection features, including Smart Retries and reminder emails are available. | Revenue recovery features, including Smart Retries and reminder emails are available for subscription payment links. |
| Reconciliation | Auto-reconciliation of bank payments | Simple reconciliation by using URL parameters |
| Stripe-hosted payment page | ||
| Stripe Tax support | ||
| Customers can choose what to pay | ||
| Collect partial payments or set up payment plans | ||
| Customers can edit quantities | ||
| Coupons or discounts | ||
| Send a quote or estimate and convert it to an invoice once finalized | ||
| Upsells and optional items | ||
| PCI compliance handling | 4 |
1 Use the editable template to incorporate your own icons, brand colors, payment terms, page sizes, as well as memo and footer fields.
2 With limited customization, you can access 20 preset fonts, three predefined border radiuses, and options for adjusting your logo, background, product images, and the color of your own button.
3 Dynamic payment methods filter for eligibility, displaying the most relevant payment methods to maximize conversion. Payment method availability varies by product.
4 Learn how to customize invoices for global compliance.