TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FastSpring

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AFastSpring is an ecommerce solution with features such as subscription billing and customer relationship management.N/A

    Stripe Billing

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AStripe Billing subscription management software is used to bill and manage customers in various ways, from simple recurring billing to usage-based billing and sales-negotiated contracts. It is used to automate revenue management workflows, and accept payments globally.

    $620

    per month 1 year contract

    Pricing
    FastSpringStripe Billing
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Pay As You Go
    0.7%
    of Billing Volume
    Pay Monthly
    $620
    per month 1 year contract
    Custom Pricing
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FastSpringStripe Billing
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Best Alternatives
    FastSpringStripe Billing
    Small Businesses
    WooCommerce Subscriptions
    Score7.8 out of 10
    WooCommerce Subscriptions
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Chargebee
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Chargebee
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Zuora
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Zuora
    Score8.1 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    FastSpringStripe Billing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FastSpringStripe Billing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FastSpring
    FastSpring will be well suited for a company that needs simple checkout solution. As a bonus, you'll get a nice checkout flow. If you're a company that doesn't have the time to concentrate and becomes an expert in data security, currency conversion, global tax management, or fraud detection – this will be a great fit. It's appropriate for anyone who doesn't want to waste time on managing support for their e-commerce business.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stripe
    If you have a small to medium sized business Stripe is most likely the perfect solution for you. It will automate almost all of your billing, freeing up your time to be used elsewhere. If you have a large business I would recommend getting in touch with the Stripe customer support team first to ensure it will be a good fit for you.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    FastSpring
    • FastSpring makes the process of selling ebooks from my website quite painless and virtually invisible for me. I let FastSpring handle all details of the transactions, and I rarely have to get involved directly with the customers who purchase the books.
    • FastSpring is very responsive with respect to technical and customer support. I have had a few occasions when a customer was having difficulty completing a purchase transaction, and FastSpring has always been responsive and helpful in resolving such problems quickly and efficiently.
    • FastSpring offers a flexible set of options for customizing ordering pages that can be included in my website. There are many options, such as promotional coupons, discounts, multiple file downloads, and others.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stripe
    • Stripe attempts to bill clients multiple times, so if the initial attempt to collect payment fails, they keep trying. Often payment is collected on the 2nd or 3rd try. This ability to re-try billing attempts with the same user on a monthly basis increases the overall amount we collect in payments.
    • It is easy to search for customers using Stripe- type in the first few letters of the subscriber's name and they immediately appear. It's a simple feature, but very useful when fielding customer service calls.
    • Stripe does make it easy to create new coupon codes or issue partial or total refunds.
    Read full review
    Cons
    FastSpring
    • They should work on integrations, just like other providers offering a script needs to be installed on the site, then the payment forms can be integrated easily
    • Interface seems old, maybe they can work on it
    • Sometimes, we saw duplicate payments on recurring payments
    • WordPress Integration
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stripe
    • Dashboard gives too much info for dept. use, may vary for others.
    • Be able to export multiple invoices as a PDF at once.
    • Getting to the invoices can be tricky if you have to click on multiple links.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    FastSpring
    No answers on this topic
    Stripe
    I have had no problems with Stripe support, they are prompt and it does not crash like other platforms or software. They are also great about notifying if maintenance is needed. Since the interface is so easy to use, I haven’t had to contact support that much, versus other platforms, it can be hard to be aware of certain features.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    FastSpring
    FastSpring provides an easier solution, and definitely a much better fit for our configuration, which doesn't require a lot of power, just an easy workflow with a single product to purchase, to provide the most straightforward experience to the user. With FastSpring we have been able to accomplish this task in few weeks of integration, and a great help from FastSpring support, which has been the greatest benefit of choosing FastSpring as a partner.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stripe
    Our previous product was Cloudnet360, which provides an integrated shopping cart and CRM. With Cloudnet, our customers had to leave our site and go to an outside checkout page in order to purchase. In addition, Stripe provides a robust API which allows us to automate more of the work of maintaining a subscription service.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    FastSpring
    • FastSpring has been vital to my company's online ordering process. I have seen some other companies go out of business, leaving software developers scrambling to find new payment processors. I have no worries about the stability of FastSpring, they do a great job and deserve my business.
    • FastSpring makes it possible to me to have an online and professional looking web store - without writing all of the software myself.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Stripe
    • By managing our e-commerce, Stripe makes it easy to have a subscription business, so it automates the whole thing.
    • ROI would be much higher with better analytics -- having to create reports and segment customers manually is a pain and definitely eats into the ROI of the product
    • I would also like to see more AI applied to the reporting and data for better insights
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots