AI prose really is the thick crust pizza of writing.
However, people often say that Stripe's integrated solution outweighs the price (see other comments here). I disagree here. Sure, if you're just building an MVP, you want things to be up and running as quickly as possible, and you don't much care about processing fees. However, in the long term, if you run a sustainable SaaS over many years, these small amounts add up quickly. So, as an example, I do not use Stripe billing; I have my own subscription system. Because I looked at the amount I would be spending with them yearly, and realized that I prefer to have my own, building my own also gives me more control and flexibility. And independence, which matters quite a bit.
Some of the pricing tables are public, like Visa US's:
https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/regional/na/us/support-legal/d...
Taikhoom10•2h ago
https://s-1.vercel.app/posts/what-stripe-can-become-broader-...
pestatije•54m ago
until the day they randomly cancel your account
dbbk•30m ago
speedz007•27m ago
jatins•19m ago
hibikir•9m ago
But this article's headline is already lying to you, because when you look at the table, yous ee that Stripe and Braintree include the interchange fee, and Adyen won't.
See how the Stripe percentage there does cover the entire interchange fee already. In many an online store, your median interchange fee, which is set 100% by what card the customer is using, is probably going to be over 2%. So 0.6% + interchange fee might even be cheaper than Adyen.
So the real argument IMO is whether it really makes sense for the US to keep bribing customers with points and cash back to keep people using expensive credit cards, vs the regulation in other places that limit fees, and removes most credit card bonuses, other than paying at end of month. But that's up to congress.