Payment Integration

Accept Payments with No Code

Add payment processing to any app without coding. Built-in Stripe integration handles one-time payments, subscriptions, checkout flows, and billing management.

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Key Takeaways

  • Built-in Stripe integration handles one-time payments, subscriptions, and billing portals
  • Generate complete checkout flows that match your application's design and branding
  • Subscription management includes plan creation, trials, upgrades, downgrades, and cancellation flows
  • PCI compliance is automatic since Stripe handles all sensitive card data
  • Revenue tracking dashboards show MRR, churn, and payment analytics in your admin panel
  • Webhook handling for payment events is generated and configured automatically

Everything You Need to Build

Stripe Integration

Built-in Stripe support. Connect your account and start accepting payments.

Subscriptions

Recurring billing with multiple plans, trials, and upgrades.

Checkout Flows

Complete checkout experiences matching your app's design.

Invoicing

Automatic invoices and receipts for every transaction.

PCI Compliant

Stripe handles all the security. No PCI compliance worries.

Revenue Tracking

Track payments, MRR, and churn in your dashboard.

How It Works

1

Connect Stripe

Link your Stripe account with one click.

2

Define Products

Create products and pricing plans in Stripe.

3

Add to App

Say "add checkout for premium plan" and it appears.

4

Start Earning

Accept payments immediately. Track revenue in your dashboard.

In-Depth Guide

Integrating Payments Into Web Applications: The Modern Approach

Payment processing is the backbone of every revenue-generating web application, yet implementing it correctly involves navigating a maze of compliance requirements, security protocols, and edge cases. From handling failed payments to managing subscription lifecycle events, the complexity of a robust payment system extends far beyond a simple checkout button. Fabricate abstracts this complexity by generating complete Stripe integration from high-level descriptions.

Stripe has established itself as the industry standard for online payments, supporting 135 currencies and dozens of payment methods. When you tell Fabricate to add payments, the AI generates a complete integration layer including product and price configuration, checkout session creation, webhook event handling, and customer portal setup. The generated code follows Stripe's recommended patterns for security and reliability.

Subscription billing introduces additional complexity that many developers underestimate. Plan changes, prorated charges, trial periods, grace periods, failed payment retries, and dunning emails all need proper handling. Fabricate generates the complete subscription lifecycle management system, including the UI for plan selection, upgrade and downgrade flows, and a billing portal where customers manage their payment methods and invoices.

The checkout experience is generated to integrate seamlessly with your application's design. Rather than redirecting users to a generic Stripe-hosted page, Fabricate creates embedded checkout components that maintain your branding throughout the purchase flow. Custom success and cancellation pages are generated to handle post-checkout scenarios appropriately.

Revenue analytics are built into the admin dashboard, providing real-time visibility into monthly recurring revenue, customer lifetime value, churn rates, and payment failure rates. These metrics help SaaS founders make informed decisions about pricing, retention strategies, and growth planning without needing separate analytics tools.

Stripe Payment Architecture in Fabricate Applications

Fabricate generates Stripe integration using the latest Stripe API with server-side payment intent creation and client-side confirmation. This pattern ensures PCI compliance by keeping card data entirely within Stripe's infrastructure. Your application server never processes, stores, or transmits sensitive payment information.

Checkout flows use Stripe Checkout Sessions for maximum security and conversion optimization. The AI generates server-side endpoints that create checkout sessions with proper line items, tax configuration, and success/cancel URLs. Client-side code redirects users to Stripe's hosted checkout or renders embedded checkout components depending on your preference.

Webhook handling is a critical component of reliable payment processing. Fabricate generates webhook endpoints that verify Stripe signatures, process payment events idempotently, and update your application state accordingly. Key events handled include checkout.session.completed, invoice.paid, invoice.payment_failed, customer.subscription.updated, and customer.subscription.deleted.

Subscription management integrates with your user authentication system. Each user record links to a Stripe customer ID, enabling seamless plan management. The billing portal gives customers self-service access to update payment methods, view invoices, and manage their subscriptions without requiring admin intervention.

Fabricate vs Traditional Development

See the difference in workflow, speed, and results.

Integration Time

Traditional

One to three weeks for complete Stripe integration with subscriptions and webhooks

With Fabricate

Complete payment system generated in minutes from a description

Checkout UX

Traditional

Custom checkout forms requiring PCI compliance scope and security audits

With Fabricate

Stripe-hosted or embedded checkout with your branding, fully PCI compliant by default

Subscription Logic

Traditional

Complex state management for plan changes, proration, trials, and failed payments

With Fabricate

Complete subscription lifecycle generated including upgrades, downgrades, and dunning

Webhook Handling

Traditional

Manual webhook endpoint creation with signature verification and idempotency logic

With Fabricate

Webhook handlers generated with proper signature verification and event processing

Revenue Analytics

Traditional

Third-party tools like ChartMogul or Baremetrics for subscription metrics

With Fabricate

Built-in revenue dashboard with MRR, churn, and payment analytics

What You Can Build

SaaS Subscriptions - Monthly/annual billing plans
E-commerce - Product purchases and carts
Digital Products - Courses, ebooks, downloads
Memberships - Paid access to content
Services - Booking payments and deposits
Donations - Accept contributions

Build a SaaS with Tiered Pricing

Fabricate generates a complete pricing page with plan comparison, Stripe checkout integration for each tier, webhook handlers for subscription events, and a billing portal for customers to manage their subscriptions.

Fabricate Prompt

Build a SaaS application with three pricing tiers: Free, Pro at $19/month, and Team at $49/month. Include a pricing page, checkout flow, and billing management portal.

Setting up Stripe subscriptions with proper webhook handling used to take me over a week. Fabricate generated the entire payment system, including the billing portal and revenue dashboard, in one conversation. Everything just worked.

Elena Kowalski

SaaS Founder

Frequently Asked Questions

What payment processor is used?

Stripe. It's the industry standard for online payments with support for 135+ currencies.

Can I accept subscriptions?

Yes. Full subscription support including trials, upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations.

Are there additional fees?

Just standard Stripe fees. Fabricate doesn't add any payment processing fees.

Is it PCI compliant?

Yes. Stripe handles all card data, keeping you PCI compliant automatically.

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