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by jonknee 2993 days ago
Or you can continue to improve your actual product while Stripe takes care of the rote billing issues. That's essentially Stripe's whole pitch, you could do everything they do on your own, but it's expensive and not central to your business.
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Easier said than done when your product requires that you integrate with dozens of gateways.
You could say the same thing about invoicing!
Why not use Spreedly then? Way cheaper, and removes a lot of the headaches from the make-it-yourself approach.
Shameless plug here! We also created something we called our Smart Router engine at https://processout.com, which helps you connect to dozens of payment providers and optimize your transactions.
Why don’t you let people decide what they want to spend their time on?