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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