Stripe Alternative
Why use Stripe with Foxy, instead of just using Stripe by itself? Great question! There are a few compelling reasons we'll outline below.
Is Foxy vs. Stripe an apples to apples comparison?
No, not really, but that's ok. There's enough overlap to make it a reasonable question, and in some cases, going Stripe without Foxy might make sense. In most situations, however, you'll almost definitely want to use Foxy (or something comparable). This is especially true for e-commerce applications.
We love Stripe, but at its core, it's only a part of any e-commerce deployment. For instance, it doesn't provide any way to add products to a cart, for instance. Coupons and discounting is (mostly) not available.
Shipping logic can be done, but only through 3rd parties. Can you build your own persistent cart and all the rest? Maybe, but do you need to spend your time on that? Probably not :)
Again, Stripe is great, but at some point you'll likely want to accept PayPal. If you've built out your own integration to Stripe, you need to rebuild all of it to work with PayPal. And Amazon Pay. And any other payment systems that Stripe doesn't support.
Contrast that to using Foxy, where enabling any other payment methods is a simple click. And you get a consistent API to interact with all your payment methods and your recurring billing! Pretty slick.
| Foxy | Stripe | |
|---|---|---|
| A great decision | ||
| Industry-leading payment processing | ||
| Drop-in persistent cart on your site | ||
| Discount & coupons | Limited | |
| Consistent interface and API for Stripe, PayPal, Amazon Pay, and others | ||
| Flexible & customizable checkout | Limited | |
| Flexible & customizable customer portal | Limited | |
| Other "normal" e-commerce functionality you expect (like built-in shipping) |