Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue

Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue

4466 articles

Recurring pricing models


Recurring pricing models

Learn about the pricing models you can use with subscriptions.

Pricing models are patterns that represent your business on Stripe and consists of the products or services you sell, how much they cost, what currency you accept for payments, and the service period for subscriptions. To build the pricing model, you use products (what you sell) and prices (how much and how often to charge for your products).

Pricing modelDescription
Flat rateCustomers choose a service tier (for example, Basic, Starter, or Enterprise) and pay a flat rate for it.
Per-seatEach pricing unit represents one user. For example, a business purchases software for its employees and each employee requires a license to access the software.
TieredThe unit cost changes with quantity (volume-based pricing) or usage (graduated pricing).
Usage-basedCharge customers based on their usage of your product or service. The models for this kind of pricing include fixed fee and overage, pay as you go, and credit burndown.

See also

Last verified 2026-09-24

Is this helpful?