Companies that use Stripe (for payments/checkout)

We dug into our own data to find which companies are using Stripe in production. Here are real-world examples of how they use it.

Vercel

Software - San Francisco, California

Vercel is a cloud platform for deploying and hosting web applications, used by developers and teams worldwide to ship frontend projects.

Vercel uses Stripe's embedded payment form to handle billing for their Pro plan. The checkout is built with React Stripe.js and loads directly inside the Vercel dashboard, so customers enter payment details without leaving the site. Stripe Link is also enabled, which lets returning customers check out with a single click using payment details they've saved with Stripe before.

What's interesting is how simple the setup is given how complex Vercel's pricing actually is. Their Pro plan has credit-based billing, usage overages, multiple add-ons, and team seat pricing - a lot of moving parts. But the Stripe integration itself is minimal: it just saves your card details, and Vercel's own systems handle the rest - calculating what you owe, applying credits, and charging your card in the background each month. Stripe is essentially just the card vault here, not the billing engine.

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Pryor Learning

Education - Overland Park, Kansas

Pryor Learning is a professional training company offering online courses, seminars, and corporate training across business, HR, technology, and other topics.

Pryor uses Stripe's card element with Stripe Link, Google Pay, and hCaptcha running silently in the background. Apple Pay is not active - it shows as unverified on their domain.

What sets them apart from a straightforward Stripe setup is that their account is configured as a Connect platform. This is Stripe's product for businesses that need to route or split payments between multiple parties - rather than all payments going into one account, Stripe Connect lets them pass money through to external trainers, partners, or resellers. For a company that sells third-party-led seminars and corporate training programs, that's a natural fit.

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Hugging Face

Software - New York, New York

Hugging Face is an AI platform where developers and researchers share models, datasets, and applications. They offer Pro ($9/month), Team ($20/user/month), and Enterprise ($50/user/month) plans.

Hugging Face uses Stripe's embedded payment form for their paid plans - card only, with Apple Pay and Google Pay also available. Like Vercel, they save the card and charge it in the background each month rather than processing payment immediately at checkout.

Unlike Vercel, their pricing is straightforward flat rates with no usage complexity, so the simple Stripe setup is a natural fit. Stripe Link is in the mix technically but not switched on for the checkout - customers don't get the one-click option here.

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Railway

Software - San Francisco, California

Railway is a cloud hosting platform that lets developers deploy applications without managing servers, used by individuals and small teams for quick, low-friction deployments.

Railway uses Stripe's card element for payment collection - the classic single card input field, rather than the newer Payment Element that Vercel and Hugging Face use. Stripe Link is enabled here too, and Google Pay is available as a one-click option. Apple Pay is not enabled on their domain.

Their checkout also runs hCaptcha - a bot challenge that runs silently in the background before the payment form loads. This is Railway's own addition on top of Stripe, not something Stripe provides.

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Docker

Software - Palo Alto, California

Docker makes tools for packaging and running software in containers, used by developers and engineering teams worldwide.

Docker uses Stripe's card element for payments, with hCaptcha running silently in the background - the same combination as Railway. Stripe Link is also active and working here. When a returning Link user hits the checkout, Stripe recognizes them and shows their saved payment methods so they can pay without re-entering their card details.

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Reformation

Retail - Los Angeles, California

Reformation is a sustainable fashion brand selling clothing and accessories online and in stores across the US, UK, and Canada.

Reformation uses Stripe's card element with Stripe Link, Apple Pay, and Google Pay all active. They also have Apple Pay Later enabled, which lets customers split a purchase into installments through Apple rather than paying in full upfront. PayPal appears as the express checkout option at the top of the page, so they're running both PayPal and Stripe side by side rather than going exclusively through either.

One thing that stands out: Stripe has purchase protection switched on for Reformation's orders. When a customer pays through Stripe Link, Stripe will cover them if the order never arrives, shows up damaged, or turns out to be significantly different from what was advertised - and the merchant doesn't fix it. It's similar to the buyer protection you get with PayPal or certain credit cards. None of the other companies in this list have it enabled.

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Hanna Andersson

Retail - Portland, Oregon

Hanna Andersson is a children's clothing brand known for colorful, durable basics sold online and through their own stores.

Hanna Andersson uses Stripe's Payment Element with card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Afterpay all available at checkout. Afterpay is integrated directly through Stripe rather than as a separate plugin - it appears in the same payment form alongside the other options. PayPal is also available as an additional express checkout option.

One detail worth noting: their checkout authorizes the card at the time of purchase but doesn't actually charge it until the order ships. This is standard practice in retail - it means customers aren't billed for something until it's on its way, and it avoids complications if an item turns out to be out of stock.

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Cursor

Software - San Francisco, California

Cursor is an AI code editor made by Anysphere, Inc., with Pro and Pro+ plans at $20 and $60 per month.

Cursor uses Stripe for subscription billing. Every user - including free ones - gets a Stripe customer record created for them in the background, so upgrading is instant with no friction. Stripe also manages their 7-day free trial, handling the timer and the automatic charge when the trial ends.

What makes Cursor interesting in this context is that Stripe's involvement goes deeper than payments. Anysphere was incorporated in Delaware in January 2022 using Stripe Atlas - a Stripe service that handles the whole company formation process, including the Delaware incorporation, a bank account, and a Stripe account, all in one flow. So Stripe didn't just process their first payment - it helped create the company that would go on to build one of the most talked-about AI products of the last few years.

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Friendli.ai

Software - Seoul, South Korea

Friendli.ai is an AI inference platform that helps companies run large language models faster and more cost-efficiently.

Friendli.ai uses Stripe for card payments only - Apple Pay and Google Pay are both switched off, and there's no Link or wallets of any kind. Their customers are engineering teams and businesses, not individual consumers, so the streamlined card-only checkout fits. Apple Pay is listed as unverified on their domain, suggesting it was never set up rather than deliberately disabled.

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Cricut

Consumer Electronics - South Jordan, Utah

Cricut makes cutting machines and design tools for crafters, sold directly through their own store along with accessories and materials.

Cricut has the most payment options of any company in this file - card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, PayPal, and Affirm all available at checkout. PayPal and Affirm are connected through Stripe rather than as separate integrations, meaning Stripe handles the checkout flow for all of them in one place. Klarna is fully configured with a dedicated merchant account.

Their Stripe integration is built on top of Salesforce Commerce Cloud - the URL of their Stripe JavaScript file reveals the underlying platform. It's a common setup for larger retailers: a heavyweight ecommerce platform handling the store, with Stripe powering the payments layer inside it.

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Rork

Software - San Francisco, California

Rork is an AI app builder that generates iOS, Android, and web apps from prompts, with Pro ($20/month) and Max ($200/month) plans.

Rork uses Stripe's hosted checkout page - when a user clicks upgrade, they're sent to a checkout.stripe.com URL rather than an embedded form on the site. It's the simplest way to integrate Stripe, and Stripe Link activates automatically for returning users. The checkout also checks for existing subscriptions before loading, so repeat visitors don't accidentally double-subscribe.

Like Cursor, Rork used Stripe Atlas to incorporate. Their parent company RORK, INC. was filed in Delaware on February 6, 2025 - less than two months before this was written - using the same LegalInc registered agent that Anysphere (Cursor's parent) used. Two AI developer tools, both fresh Delaware corporations, both started with Stripe.

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Urban Outfitters

Retail / Apparel - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Urban Outfitters is a global lifestyle retailer operating UO, Anthropologie, Free People, and several other brands, selling clothing, accessories, and home goods through both physical stores and e-commerce. Their checkout handles high transaction volumes across a wide mix of payment methods including cards, digital wallets, and buy-now-pay-later.

Stripe is Urban Outfitters' primary payment gateway, handling credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Klarna, Affirm, and Stripe Link, all routed through Stripe rather than separate direct integrations. Stripe Link is enabled, giving returning Stripe users a one-click checkout experience. Klarna and Affirm both run natively through Stripe's BNPL partnerships, meaning UO doesn't need to maintain separate contracts with each provider. Afterpay is the notable exception, running through its own gateway, likely a pre-existing direct integration that predates UO's Stripe consolidation. PayPal runs separately through PXP Financial. The pattern is classic Stripe consolidation: one integration covering most payment methods, with a couple of legacy carve-outs running in parallel.

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