What do you like best about Stripe Payments?
The integration model is cohesive, covering Checkout Sessions for managed flows, the Payment Element for an embeddable UI supporting many payment methods, and Payment Intents for detailed control of authorization, authentication, and state transitions. This keeps the approach consistent while supporting different implementation depths.
The Payment Element combines over 40 payment methods in one component with built-in validation, error handling, theming options, wallet toggles, and layout presets. It lowers front-end complexity without removing flexibility.
Checkout provides a hosted payment page that manages items, shipping, discounts, subscriptions, and tax calculation with Stripe Tax, enabling quick deployment while staying compatible with embedded setups.
The Optimized Checkout Suite adds dynamic payment method presentation, faster wallet flows, and prebuilt UIs for improved conversion, all managed from a single configuration layer.
Documentation clearly explains the differences between Checkout Sessions, Payment Element, and Payment Intents, with structured examples for evolving integrations.
Support spans cards, bank debits, wallets, bank transfers, BNPL, and region-specific schemes, with a taxonomy that reuses patterns across method families.
API compatibility matrices show which flows are supported for different methods, simplifying architectural decisions.
Stripe Elements and Stripe.js handle tokenization in Stripe-hosted iframes to align with lighter PCI requirements.
Payments and Stripe Terminal share backend systems and dashboard views for unified handling of online and in-person transactions.
Customization options for the Payment Element cover theming, payment method order, business display, and mandate handling without additional custom code.
Forms in Checkout and Elements are localized and updated to meet validation and consent rules for each payment method.
Internationalization is driven by configuration, with documented availability by currency and region for predictable rollout.
Security posture includes PCI DSS Level 1 certification, guidance on PCI scope reduction, and dashboard workflows for ongoing compliance.
The product can scale from a quick launch with Checkout to multi-method embedded UIs with Payment Element and advanced flows with Payment Intents, without replatforming core logic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.