Online payments

Learn about Stripe's integration choices for accepting online payments.

Recommended integrations

No code

Stripe Payment Links

Embed or share a link to a Stripe payment page to accept payments without a website.

Integration effort:

Recommended

Stripe Checkout

Send your customers to a checkout page to pay. Embed it directly in your site or redirect to a Stripe-hosted payment page.

Integration effort:

Stripe Elements

Integrate customizable UI components into your website or mobile app to collect payment information from customers.

Integration effort:

Optimize your integration

To optimize your integration and increase revenue, select the recommended integration that meets your business needs, add payment methods, and add Link.

Compare features and availability

All integrations support one-time and recurring payments, fraud protection, and global payments. For more detailed feature support, see a comparison of integration types.

	PAYMENT LINKS	HOSTED CHECKOUT	EMBEDDED CHECKOUT	CUSTOM FLOW
Product	Payment Links + Checkout	Checkout	Checkout	PaymentIntents + Elements
Integration effort	No code required	Low coding	Low coding	Most coding
Hosting	Stripe-hosted page (optional custom domains)	Stripe-hosted page (optional custom domains)	Embed on your site	Embed on your site
UI customization	Limited customization¹	Limited customization¹	Limited customization¹	Extensive customization with Appearance API
Mobile support	Responsive web	Responsive web	Responsive web	Responsive web and mobile native
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
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.

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Invoices

Ideal for:Sending an invoice to a specific customerHow it works:Stripe emails your customer an invoice for one-time or recurring payments and a link they can use to pay the invoice online.

Create invoice

Manual payments

Ideal for:Small payment volumeHow it works:Manually enter payment details in the Dashboard to charge a customer for one-time or recurring payments.

Create payment

Integrate directly with the API or SDKs

API only

You can build a custom integration using our API reference documentation and SDKs.

Our collection of server-side and community SDKs provides support for most backend development languages.

Web and mobile SDKs

You can also accept payments in your own UI using the Stripe SDKs:

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.