The best payment processors in 2026

Last updated: Feb 16, 2026
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ith these solutions, you can accept various payment methods, ensure secure transactions, streamline checkout experiences, manage recurring payments, access reporting and analytics, and integrate with other business systems.

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Stripe’s developer-centric APIs and global methods suit SaaS and marketplaces needing subscriptions, invoicing, and robust fraud tools; onboarding can be intricate. Merchant-of-record options like

bundle tax/VAT, subscriptions, and analytics for turnkey global SaaS, with heavier initial setup. Indie-friendly

streamlines selling digital goods with licensing and MoR tax handling, trading some advanced features for simplicity and rapid go‑to‑market.

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targets SaaS and creators with MoR tax compliance, global methods, licensing, and affiliates for fast digital sales.

suits developer-led teams needing webhook-free subscriptions, real-time entitlements, and MCP-first agent integrations atop Stripe.

blends MoR coverage, strong India rails (UPI), and usage billing via SDKs and mobile, offering analytics, localized checkout, and rapid global monetization.

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Forum discussions

What are best payment gateways for global sales?

If you're a SaaS, digital product, agency or freelancer what payment gateways do you use to handle local methods, taxes and subscriptions?

PayPal charges me 5% per transaction and their support is unwilling to reduce it to 3% for me while I know they do lower the transaction fee for certain accounts.

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11mo ago

What’s the easiest no-code tool for handling subscriptions + payments?Hey Makers I m exploring options for managing subscriptions, payments, and authentication in a super simple way. Ideally, something that s: 1. No-code / low-code friendly 2. Easy to integrate without a ton of setup 3. Handles the boring stuff like billing, invoicing, cancellations, and user access automatically I ve looked at a few tools, but many feel too heavy for a small MVP. Curious to know: What are you using right now? Any lightweight tools that worked really well for your early-stage product? Bonus if it has a generous free tier or is affordable for indie founders. Would love to hear what s working for this community before I commit to something!

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5mo ago

Accepting payments? Yikes!

Hi everyone! I'm Travis, I've been a software developer since 2006 and I've worked on a good number of open source projects and side projects. Recently I integrated Stripe for the first time in one of my projects, in order to....*gasp*....charge users and accept payments. The integration was easier than expected, but it still feels kind of slimy to be asking for money for something that was a side project and I just built for fun. On the other hand, I'm using OpenAI credits, so if I actually gave it away totally for free, it would simply cost me more and more money as time went on, especially if it went viral (the dream). So I justify the payments as a scaling/sustainability measure.

Interested to hear others' perspective on this one. Is accepting payments completely shameless? Does it sully the reputation of your project? Necessary evil?

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5mo ago

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10 platforms where you can monetise your products I created a list of 10 platforms where you can showcase your service or product and start earning... cha-ching! 1. Passionfroot.me 2. Buymeacoffee.com 3. Stripe.com 4. Gumroad.com 5. Patreon.com 6. HeroHero.co 7. Ko-fi.com 8. Amazon.com 9. Etsy.com 10. Fiverr.com We can earn money without a need to go outside so this is the outcome of this era. Happy money-making, guys!

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