Simplest way to add paid subscription plan to my webapp?

Question

I have a popular webapp that is currently free for all users and doesn't require login. I want to add an optional feature that will require the user to pay $5 per month.How can I do this with the least amount of code? Is there a platform-as-a-service that integrates Google sign-in and Stripe subscription billing?Ideally I want to just include a line of javascript (provided by the platform) to my web pages which adds a 'Log in/Register' button in the top-right corner of my webapp - then I just check the user's subscription status on the server to enable the feature. I don't want to mess around with Google authentication tokens or Stripe webhook callbacks.

SkyLinx · Accepted Answer

I'm using Chargebee for www.dynablogger.com. It's an awesome subscription management service that is super quick to integrate with your app and supports many gateways. It has s ton of features and it's completely free until you reach 50k in revenue. I spent a couple of hours to add Chargebee to my app and literally a few minutes to link Stripe and PayPal to Chargebee. You can change gateways etc with a few clicks without touching your app.

codegeek · Answer

The code using Stripe is very minimal so you can do it yourself but if you are absolutely against it, then you can consider services like paddle or more established subscription/billing services like recurly, chargebee etc.

dyeje · Answer

I don't think you're going to find anything that glues together auth and billing like you want.
I'd look at Auth0, Firebase, and adjacent products for the auth part.
Stripe really does the heavy lifting with subscriptions, shouldn't be much work to implement.

EdwardMSmith · Answer

I&rsquo;ve never used it, but something like https://www.memberstack.io/ does what you&rsquo;re looking for.

Simplest way to add paid subscription plan to my webapp?

The code using Stripe is very minimal so you can do it yourself but if you are absolutely against it, then you can consider services like paddle or more established subscription/billing services like recurly, chargebee etc.

I don't think you're going to find anything that glues together auth and billing like you want.I'd look at Auth0, Firebase, and adjacent products for the auth part.Stripe really does the heavy lifting with subscriptions, shouldn't be much work to implement.

I’ve never used it, but something like https://www.memberstack.io/ does what you’re looking for.

I don't think you're going to find anything that glues together auth and billing like you want.
I'd look at Auth0, Firebase, and adjacent products for the auth part.
Stripe really does the heavy lifting with subscriptions, shouldn't be much work to implement.