Involuntary churn from declined cards
5–10% of your recurring charges fail every month. Without smart retries or automatic customer notifications, those customers leave — and they never should have.
The problem
Where your recurring revenue is leaking
Four common leaks at subscription software companies whose billing isn't built to scale.
Changing your pricing becomes a whole project
When you want to add a plan, raise prices or test usage-based billing, you have to touch a dozen places. Growth stalls because every change takes weeks.
Upgrades and downgrades without clear rules
Prorated charges, legacy discounts and outstanding balances nobody keeps track of. Support fixes cases by hand, and finance can't tell what is being charged or why.
Bank reconciliation that never adds up
Every month someone spends days matching what Stripe says with what the ERP says. And there are always differences nobody can explain.
Pricing models
Four proven SaaS monetization models
Stripe Billing supports any combination. We work with you to choose the model that best fits your product and your market.
Per-seat (per user)
You charge for active users. The classic B2B model, ideal when value grows with the team.
Usage-based
You charge for actual consumption (requests, gigabytes, AI calls). Easy to test early on, and it grows with the customer.
Tiered
Free / Starter / Pro / Enterprise. Predictable pricing that's easy to communicate.
Hybrid (base + usage)
A fixed fee plus a usage-based component. The best of both worlds for modern SaaS products.
What it looks like in production
Plans, invoices and failed payment recovery
A preview of how your platform will actually look when a customer logs in to their account, receives an invoice or a payment fails.
Starter
Billed monthly
Up to 5 users
- Core features
- 10 GB storage
- Email support
Pro
Billed monthly
Up to 25 users
- Everything in Starter
- 100 GB
- API access
- Priority support
Enterprise
Billed monthly
Unlimited users
- SSO
- 99.95% SLA
- Dedicated support
- Assisted onboarding
Invoice INV-2026-0418
PaidPro plan · monthlyPlan fee
10 additional seatsPer user
API · 12,500 extra callsUsage-based
SubtotalCalculated by Stripe
VAT 21%Per tax rules
Total chargedPayment confirmed
Payment failed
Recovering the Acme S.L. subscription
Card declined on day 1. Automated dunning flow triggered.
- 1Smart Retry scheduled in 24 h
- 2Reminder email + link to the payment portal
- 3Second attempt + optional SMS
- 47-day grace period before pausing
Impact
What really improves your recurring revenue
Typical results when we move from a makeshift subscription setup to a well-designed Stripe Billing payments platform.
How we implement it
From idea to recurring revenue in five steps
A proven process to integrate Stripe Billing without breaking what you already have, leaving operations ready to scale.
01
Catalog
Products, prices and rules in Stripe. Multi-currency and pricing models.
02
Checkout
Stripe Checkout or Elements built into your app. Customer portal ready to go.
03
Webhooks
Critical events handled idempotently, with robust retries.
04
Dunning
Smart retries, staggered emails and payment recovery.
05
Reporting
Monthly and annual revenue, cancellations and customer value in your dashboard, automatically reconciled with your ERP.
Churn reduction
Tactics that quietly win back revenue
Four mechanisms we switch on in your platform to recover payments you would otherwise lose every month.
Retries at the right moment
Stripe works out when the card is most likely to go through and retries the charge at the optimal moment — not simply after 24 hours.
Configurable grace periods
Customers don't lose access instantly. A configurable window to sort out the payment without friction or hasty cancellations.
Payment recovery emails
A staggered sequence with the right tone and a direct link to the payment portal. Designed to win customers back, not drive them away.
Upgrades and proration
Fair proration logic when customers change plans or seats. Charges and credits calculated to the cent and shown on the invoice.
FAQ
Common questions about Stripe Billing
How much does a Stripe Billing integration cost?
It depends on your plans, subscription flows, currencies and integrations. We scope checkout, webhooks and the customer portal in a fixed-price proposal.
What about customers on other payment gateways?
We migrate from Redsys (the Spanish card payment gateway), PayPal, Chargebee or Recurly. We keep the current billing period intact and switch over without interruption.
What about reconciliation with my ERP?
Yes. Every Stripe invoice creates or links to the matching invoice in your ERP (Dolibarr, Odoo, FacturaScripts, Sage, Holded). Accounting reconciliation is automated.
Does it comply with Verifactu and Spanish regulations?
Yes. We generate the legal invoice in your Spanish ERP (Facturae e-invoices, Verifactu — Spain's new invoicing compliance system — and Spanish Tax Agency (AEAT) forms), synced with the Stripe transaction.
Can I set different pricing by country?
Yes. Multi-currency, country-specific taxes (Stripe Tax or your own tax engine) and geographic pricing rules are standard.
Ready to make your MRR predictable?
Book a billing architecture session. We review your product and your pricing, and leave you with a clear plan to integrate Stripe Billing without breaking what already works.