A flat 30-cent fee matters a lot when your price is small. This table applies Stripe's published fee for domestic US cards, 2.9% + 30¢ per successful transaction, to a range of monthly plan prices.
Source: stripe.com/pricing (read October 2026). Other card types, currencies, currency conversion, taxes and chargebacks are not included, so check the current page before you rely on these numbers.
| Price charged | Stripe fee | You keep | Fee as % of price |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1.00 | $0.33 | $0.67 | 33.0% |
| $2.00 | $0.36 | $1.64 | 18.0% |
| $5.00 | $0.45 | $4.55 | 9.0% |
| $10.00 | $0.59 | $9.41 | 5.9% |
| $20.00 | $0.88 | $19.12 | 4.4% |
| $50.00 | $1.75 | $48.25 | 3.5% |
| $100.00 | $3.20 | $96.80 | 3.2% |
To set a price that keeps a target amount after the fee, use the Stripe fee gross-up calculator. Put your real cost per call into the free API price calculator. For a full worksheet on setting tiers, see the API pricing guide and the pricing checklist. The paid Public API Pricing Worksheet (0.003 ETH, file sent by email) covers the full process.
Calculated from the published fee. Not financial advice and not affiliated with Stripe.