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Stripe pricing and limits

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stripe.com · Payments
SEPT 2026 audit

Payment processing, billing and payouts by API, priced as a percentage of each successful charge with no monthly fee.

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Free tierNo
CategoryPayments

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 10 criteria comparedSources last checked

Stripe pricing at a glance

Pricing model
Pay-as-you-go per successful charge, with no setup fee, no monthly fee and rates set per country source ↗
Per-transaction fee
1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards and 2.5% + 20p for EU cards, on the UK pricing page source ↗

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Selling where you already handle your own tax registrations. At 1.5% + 20p on a standard UK card, Stripe is roughly three and a half points cheaper than every merchant of record here, and that gap is the whole reason to take on the VAT work yourself.

Consider something else if…

You sell internationally and do not want to register for sales tax in each jurisdiction. Stripe moves the money and leaves the liability with you — and its rate is set per country, so the number you budget from is not the number a buyer elsewhere generates.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Stripe pricing

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Free tierNo
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Pricing modelPay-as-you-go per successful charge, with no setup fee, no monthly fee and rates set per country. Volume discounts, multi-product discounts and interchange-plus pricing are offered on a custom package.
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  • Pricing & Fees — Stripe UK ↗

    “No setup fees, monthly fees, or hidden fees. Get started 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards 2.5% + 20p for EU Cards Custom Design a custom package - available for businesses with large payments volume or unique business models.”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing · Report a correction

Per-transaction fee1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards and 2.5% + 20p for EU cards, on the UK pricing page. Rates are per-country: the same URL family prints 2% for cards issued in India on stripe.com/in/pricing.
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  • Pricing & Fees — Stripe UK ↗

    “Standard Access a complete payments platform with simple, pay-as-you-go pricing. No setup fees, monthly fees, or hidden fees. Get started 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards 2.5% + 20p for EU Cards”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing · Report a correction

Infrastructure

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Countries served195 countries for cardholders, listed as available out of the box. That is where a buyer can pay, not where a business can incorporate — Stripe accounts are available in far fewer.
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Auth

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Audit logsYou can also view audit logs of important account changes and activity in your security history .
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Support

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Support on entry paid planTechnical support through the official Stripe Developer Discord server, listed among the features available out of the box on the pricing page.
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Compliance

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SOC 2Stripe’s systems, processes, and controls are regularly audited as part of our SOC 1 and SOC 2 compliance programs.
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PCI DSSA PCI-certified auditor evaluated Stripe and certified us to PCI Service Provider Level 1 .
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Encryption at restStripe encrypts sensitive data both in transit and at rest.
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Merchant of recordNot supported
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Stripe pricing questions

How does Stripe charge?

Pay-as-you-go per successful charge, with no setup fee, no monthly fee and rates set per country. Volume discounts, multi-product discounts and interchange-plus pricing are offered on a custom package.

Pricing & Fees — Stripe UK · read

Does Stripe have a free tier?

No.

Pricing & Fees — Stripe UK · read

Comments

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