Integrating Stripe with Laravel: A Step-by-Step Guide
When to reach for Cashier, and when to go straight to the Stripe PHP SDK instead.
Zeeshan
Founder · Published
When to reach for Cashier, and when to go straight to the Stripe PHP SDK instead.
Zeeshan
Founder · Published
Laravel Cashier is often the right starting point for Stripe billing, but knowing when to step outside it matters just as much as knowing how to set it up.
Cashier wraps subscription creation, invoice access, and webhook handling behind Eloquent-friendly methods on your User model, cutting significant boilerplate for standard subscription models.
Usage-based pricing, multi-party Connect payouts, or highly custom proration rules typically don't fit Cashier's conventions cleanly. At that point, working directly against the Stripe PHP SDK gives you more control with less fighting the abstraction.
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