2 free alternatives in Payments. Sorted by pricing stability.
Current Stripe Situation
Risk Level:source unconfirmed
Why: Tier "Pay-as-you-go" is usage-billed from the first request. We do not rate an offer we do not list. We are not publishing a stability judgement for it until that is fixed.
On 2026-04-22 Stripe made Managed Payments, its optional merchant-of-record service for digital products, generally available to businesses in 39 countries. It adds 3.5% per successful transaction to Stripe's standard processing fees, which did not change. Source ↗
Merchant of record for digital products — $0/month, all features included (payments, subscriptions, tax compliance, fraud protection). Revenue: 5% + 50c/transaction.
not_a_free_offer Tier "Pay-as-you-go" is usage-billed from the first request.
All Free Alternatives (2)
0 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 0 are demoted with the reason named, and 2 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.
Merchant of record for digital products — $0/month, all features included (payments, subscriptions, tax compliance, fraud protection). Revenue: 5% + 50c/transaction.
not_a_free_offer Tier "Pay-as-you-go" is usage-billed from the first request.
Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 2 free alternatives to Stripe, each listed below with its tier, category and the read and catalogue dates we hold. Of those, 2 are listed last behind a stated gate. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
Is Stripe's free tier still available?
Tier "Pay-as-you-go" is usage-billed from the first request. Payment processing — no monthly fees, 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. Full API, dashboard, and test mode free. Pay only when processing live payments
How many free alternatives to Stripe exist?
There are 2 free alternatives to Stripe tracked on AgentDeals across the Payments category.
Has Stripe changed their pricing?
Stripe has 1 recorded pricing change. The most recent was on 2026-04-22: On 2026-04-22 Stripe made Managed Payments, its optional merchant-of-record service for digital products, generally available to businesses in 39 countries. It adds 3.5% per successful transaction to Stripe's standard processing fees, which did not change. Source: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/managed-payments/changelog