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Back to the exampleBilling for small SaaS teams on Stripe
Planwire sits on top of your Stripe account. Define plans, usage tiers and discounts once, then check access in your app with one line of code.
Free until $5k MRR. Flat pricing, no % of revenue.
Stripe takes the money. Everything between that payment and your app is on you, and that's where it breaks.
“My first customer paid 4 hours after launch and got nothing. One config flag.”
“I don't want to rebuild our payment stack once real MRR shows up.”
“Base subscription plus tiered API overage, and I'm doing the math by hand.”
“Every new plan means touching webhooks, feature flags and the pricing page.”
“Upgrades and proration break, and I find out from angry emails.”
Stripe still processes every payment. Planwire keeps what customers paid for and what they can use in sync.
Link the Stripe account you already use. Your customers, cards and payouts stay where they are.
Set base prices, usage tiers, limits, coupons and which features each plan unlocks, all in one config.
Install the Node or Python SDK and call hasFeature(user, 'api_calls'). Report usage the same way.
Planwire connects your pricing to your product, so a payment, an upgrade or a usage spike shows up in your app without glue code.
A successful Stripe payment grants the right plan, limits and features automatically. No webhook handlers to write, no lag, no 'paid but got nothing'.
Report usage from your app with one SDK call. Planwire applies your tiers and puts the overage on the right Stripe invoice at the end of the cycle.
Plan changes, proration and failed renewals update both the invoice and in-app access together, so customers never end up between plans.
Add a plan or a launch discount in one place. Stripe prices, usage limits and feature checks in your app all update from the same definition.
You want the first customer's payment to unlock the app, every time, without a week of webhook code.
You charge a monthly subscription and tiered rates for extra calls, and you're tired of doing the metering math.
No finance person, no billing engineer. You need plans, discounts and access that just stay in sync.
Probably not for: Teams with a finance department needing revenue recognition and ERP workflows; Products not using Stripe for payments.
Stripe alone takes payments. Enterprise tools handle invoicing. Planwire connects payments to what customers can use in your app.
| Criteria | Planwire | Stripe + custom webhooks | Chargebee / Recurly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payment unlocks in-app access automatically | Yes | DIY webhook code | No |
| Feature gating inside your app | yes, one SDK call | DIY flags | No |
| Base subscription plus tiered usage | Yes | Hand-written metering | Yes |
| Upgrades and proration sync to access | Yes | Your code | Partly |
| Self-serve setup, no sales call | Yes | Yes | Partly |
| Free while you're small | Free under $5k MRR | Partly | No |
Start free while you find your first customers. Move to a flat monthly plan once you pass $5k MRR.
For getting your first paying customers, free until $5k MRR.
Free
For SaaS teams past $5k MRR who want billing they won't rebuild.
$49/ month
For teams running several products or heavier usage-based pricing.
$199/ month
Stripe's own payment processing fees still apply. Planwire never takes a percentage of revenue.
No. Planwire sits on top of your existing Stripe account, and Stripe still processes every payment. Planwire handles what sits between Stripe and your app: plans, usage tiers, discounts and feature access.
It's free until you pass $5k MRR. After that it's a flat $49/month or $199/month depending on the plan. No percentage of revenue, ever. Stripe's processing fees are separate and unchanged.
Install the Node or Python SDK. Checking access is one line, like hasFeature(user, 'api_calls'), and reporting usage is a similar single call. You don't write or host webhook handlers.
You can, and many teams start that way. The hard part is keeping access, limits, upgrades and proration in sync without silent failures. Planwire does that sync so you don't maintain the glue code.
Those are built for invoicing and metering at larger companies, often with a finance team and sales-led pricing. Neither gates features inside your product. Planwire is self-serve and ties payments directly to in-app access.
Customers, cards and payments stay in your Stripe account. Planwire stores your plan configuration, access state and usage counts needed to keep your app in sync.
Node and Python SDKs at launch. If you're on something else, tell us when you request early access. It shapes what we build next.
Set up plans, usage tiers and access once. Planwire keeps Stripe and your app in sync from your first customer onward.