Stripe Restructures Pricing: Shifts 1% Charge Fee to Customers with New 2% Conversion Fee
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Stripe's pricing page, Pulse recorded 8 changes: Adaptive Pricing: Changed from 1% per successful charge to included in standard pricing, with 2% conversion fee presented to customers (shifted fee from merchant to customer); Billing product: Enhanced feature descriptions to include 'Configure flexible pricing models', 'Automate billing logic and order flows' (expanded from simpler bullet points); Giropay payment method removed from international payment methods section; Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Checkout product; Tax product: Country coverage increased from 40+ to 50+ countries for automatic tax collection; Connect platform: International support increased from 30+ to 46+ countries; Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Payment Links product; Tax product: Added monthly subscription pricing option at $90/month with 1-year contract as alternative to pay-as-you-go. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, feature change, feature removed, add-on removed, limit increase, feature added) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Standard at 1.5% surcharge for international cards + $0.3 per successful transaction.
Stripe's previous recorded change was "Stripe Increases Instant Payouts Fee by 50% from 1% to 1.5% of Payout Volume" (Q2 2024). Stripe has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Braintreepayments, Squarespace, Aws and Adyen also changed their Finance & Accounting pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Standard · PackagingChanged1% per successful chargeincluded
- — · FeatureFeature change
Billing product: Enhanced feature descriptions to include 'Configure flexible pricing models', 'Automate billing logic and order flows' (expanded from simpler bullet points)
- — · FeatureRemoved
BeforeGiropay payment method
AfterNo Giropay payment method
- Custom · Add-onAdd-on removed
Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Checkout product
- — · LimitChanged40+50+ countries
- — · LimitChanged30+46+ countries
- Custom · Add-onAdd-on removed
Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Payment Links product
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
Aftermonthly subscription pricing option
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Packaging | 1% per successful charge | included | Changed |
| — | Feature | Billing product: Enhanced feature descriptions to include 'Configure flexible pricing models', 'Automate billing logic and order flows' (expanded from simpler bullet points) | Feature change | |
| — | Feature | Giropay payment method | No Giropay payment method | Removed |
| Custom | Add-on | Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Checkout product | Add-on removed | |
| — | Limit | 40+ | 50+ countries | Changed |
| — | Limit | 30+ | 46+ countries | Changed |
| Custom | Add-on | Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Payment Links product | Add-on removed | |
| — | Feature | Not listed | monthly subscription pricing option | Added |
Values as written on Stripe's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Stripe's pricing page (stripe.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "1% per successful charge" becomes "included".
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Stripe, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025improvedStripe Introduces Dispute Prevention Tools with Visa and Mastercard Integration for Enhanced Chargeback Management
- Q1 2025improvedStripe Expands Tax Collection to 90+ Countries, Enhances Global Compliance and Revenue Opportunities
- Q4 2024improvedStripe Introduces New Instant Bank Payments Pricing Tier at 2.6% + 30¢ per Charge, Separate from Card Payments
- Q3 2024packagingStripe Restructures Pricing: Shifts 1% Charge Fee to Customers with New 2% Conversion Fee · this change
- Q2 2024increaseStripe Increases Instant Payouts Fee by 50% from 1% to 1.5% of Payout Volume
Across Finance & Accounting in the same window
All Finance & Accounting changes- BraintreepaymentsJan 21Braintreepayments Increases Standard Merchant Transaction Rate to 2.89% + $0.29, Introduces Chargeback Protection Tools
- SquarespaceJan 12Squarespace Increases Commerce Advanced Plan Price by 6.1% Amidst Multiple Discount Changes
- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- AdyenJan 10Adyen Increases DOKU VA Payment Method Fee by 5.9% to IDR 9,000.00
Questions about this change
Did Stripe raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, feature change, feature removed, add-on removed, limit increase, feature added.
What changed on Stripe's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Standard packaging: 1% per successful charge → included, changed; Billing product: Enhanced feature descriptions to include 'Configure flexible pricing models', 'Automate billing logic and order flows' (expanded from simpler bullet points); feature: Giropay payment method → No Giropay payment method, removed; Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Checkout product; limit: 40+ → 50+ countries, changed; limit: 30+ → 46+ countries, changed; Custom domain add-on ($10/month) removed from Payment Links product; feature: Not listed → monthly subscription pricing option, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Stripe change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Stripe in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Stripe Increases Instant Payouts Fee by 50% from 1% to 1.5% of Payout Volume" in Q2 2024; Stripe has been tracked since 2023-11-14.