Choosing between Payment Links, Invoicing, Checkout, and Payment Element : Stripe: Help & Support

Choosing between Payment Links, Invoicing, Checkout, and Payment Element

Payment links, Invoicing, Checkout, and Payment Element help you attract and engage with customers in different ways. Read below to choose which is right for you.

	Payment links Sell a product, a subscription, or accept a donation without a website by sharing a link to a payment page.	Invoicing Collect one-time or recurring payments from a specific customer while automating reconciliation.	Checkout Accept payments on your website by integrating our prebuilt, hosted payment page.	Payment Element Accept payments on your website and mobile app by integrating our embeddable UI component that allows you to accept local payment methods from around the globe
How to use it	Share or embed the link	Send an invoice	Integrate it into your website	Integrate it into your website
End customers	One or many customers	A specific customer	Website visitors	Website + app visitors
Implementation	No code required	No code required	Integration required	Integration required

For more information on each method of accepting payments from your customers, visit our FAQ pages: