Easy Stripe Payments & Donations vs Milo Subscriptions – Subscriptions for WooCommerce and Recurring Payments

Easy Stripe Payments & Donations lets you integrate Stripe Checkout into your WordPress site with minimal setup. Perfect for payments, donations, simple eCommerce needs, services, or subscriptions. Live Demos Flexible Stripe Payment & Checkout Options Choose the payment experience that fits your needs — from simple payment forms and subscriptions to fundraising campaigns and fully customizable multi-step checkouts. Multi-Step Checkout Builder Create flexible multi-step checkout experiences with products, custom fields, content, images, discounts, fees, taxes, and Stripe payments. Standard Checkout Accept one-time payments with a customizable product name, amount, and currency. Subscription Checkout Accept recurring subscription payments with a simple and modern checkout experience. Advanced Checkout Combine one-time & subscription payments in a single flexible checkout with support for different pricing options. Campaign Checkout Create fundraising campaigns with a frontend progress display showing how much has already been collected. Subscription Button Add a simple button for recurring monthly or yearly payments via a Stripe-hosted checkout page. Sell Products & Accept Donations in One Checkout The Checkout Builder combines eCommerce and fundraising in one flexible Stripe checkout experience. Sell products and give customers the option to add a donation — all within the same multi-step checkout. Create your checkout with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface and combine products, donation amounts, custom fields, images, text, discounts, fees, taxes, and Stripe payments exactly the way you need. Whether you’re a nonprofit selling merchandise, a charity offering supporter products, a creator selling digital products, a coach offering programs or services, or a business that wants to collect optional contributions alongside purchases, the Checkout Builder gives you the flexibility to handle both product sales and donations in a single checkout flow. Think of it as a lightweight mini shop that lets you start selling quickly without setting up or maintaining a complete eCommerce system. Create your checkout, add your products or services, and start accepting payments with Stripe. No WooCommerce required. Supported Payment Methods & Currencies Easy Stripe Payments & Donations supports all payment methods offered by Stripe, as well as all currencies available through Stripe. You can easily enable or disable payment methods directly from your Stripe Dashboard, and they will automatically appear in the checkout on your website — no additional configuration required. Popular Stripe Payment Methods Supported Credit & debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, etc.), Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, PayPal via Stripe (if enabled in your Stripe account), SEPA Direct Debit, Bancontact, iDEAL, Sofort, EPS, Giropay, Przelewy24 (P24), BLIK, Afterpay / Clearpay, Alipay, WeChat Pay, Revolut Pay, OXXO, Pix, Amazon Pay, Affirm, Zip, Link by Stripe, MobilePay, Vipps Payments, Satispay, Bizum Crypto (Web3 & Stablecoin support) – Includes USDC payouts and Stripe-powered crypto onramp integrations for supported platforms and regions. Common Currencies Supported Easy Stripe Payments & Donations accepts all currencies supported by Stripe, including major global currencies such as: USD – United States Dollar EUR – Euro GBP – British Pound AUD – Australian Dollar CAD – Canadian Dollar CHF – Swiss Franc JPY – Japanese Yen SEK – Swedish Krona NOK – Norwegian Krone DKK – Danish Krone NZD – New Zealand Dollar SGD – Singapore Dollar AED – United Arab Emirates Dirham BRL – Brazilian Real MXN – Mexican Peso RON – Romanian Leu RUB – Russian Ruble TRY – Turkish Lira Stripe automatically handles currency conversion and processing according to your account settings. Other features include: Shortcode-based checkout button embedding Compatible with most themes and page builders Lightweight and privacy-conscious (no tracking or bloat) Premium features (available via a separate service): Domain-based license activation Priority support Stripe metadata (e.g. campaign name, custom user data) Multiple Stripe checkouts and multiple Stripe subscription payments Note: This plugin requires a free Stripe account. No additional fees are charged by the plugin author. Standalone Stripe Payment Solution — No WooCommerce Required Easy Stripe Payments & Donations works completely standalone and does not require WooCommerce or any other eCommerce framework. The plugin is designed for simple, fast, and reliable Stripe payments in WordPress without the overhead of a full shop system. Benefits of a standalone payment plugin include: Lightweight and fast performance without unnecessary dependencies Simple setup with no products, carts, or checkout pages required Lower maintenance and fewer compatibility issues Better performance for landing pages, donations, and service payments Full focus on Stripe payments without eCommerce complexity This makes Easy Stripe Payments & Donations ideal for websites that need Stripe payments without running a full online store. External services This plugin relies on external services to check premium membership status and to securely process payments via Stripe. All external connections are necessary for the plugin to provide its full functionality, and users sensitive data is handled securely according to the respective service’s privacy policies. EcoSys365 API This plugin connects to the external EcoSys365 API service (https://api.ecosys365.com). The connection is required in order to check whether the current domain has a valid premium membership status. Data sent: the domain name of the WordPress installation (no user or visitor personal data). Purpose: to confirm whether the domain is marked as “premium”, so premium features can be enabled or disabled. Service provider: EcoSys 365 Solutions LLC Terms of Service: https://ecosys365.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://ecosys365.com/privacy Domain Registration Service This plugin also connects to the external domain registration service www.payments-and-donations.com. The connection is used when a site administrator registers their domain for premium membership activation. Data sent: the domain name of the WordPress installation (no personal data from users or visitors). Purpose: to register the current domain for premium membership. Service provider: Payments and Donations (https://www.payments-and-donations.com) Terms of Service: https://www.payments-and-donations.com/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.payments-and-donations.com/privacy-policy Stripe JS Library The plugin loads the official Stripe JavaScript library from https://js.stripe.com/v3. This is required to securely handle payment forms and communication with Stripe’s payment gateway. Data sent: the library may collect payment-related information entered by users during checkout (e.g., card details), which is sent directly to Stripe’s servers and not processed or stored by this plugin. Purpose: to enable secure payment processing via Stripe. Service provider: Stripe Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy Stripe API (via PHP SDK) This plugin uses the official Stripe PHP SDK to communicate with the Stripe API (https://api.stripe.com). These requests are required to manage payments, subscriptions, and products in the WordPress Dashboard, as well as to enable Stripe Checkout for end users on the frontend. Data sent: payment-related details such as product information, subscription data, and customer details that are required for processing payments. Sensitive payment information (e.g., credit card numbers) is sent directly to Stripe and never stored by this plugin or on the WordPress site. Purpose: to process payments, create subscriptions, and manage related resources in Stripe. Service provider: Stripe Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy Open Source & Development The development of this plugin takes place on GitHub. You can find the full source code here: https://github.com/EcoSys-365/easy-stripe-payments

Milo Subscriptions is a free subscriptions plugin for WooCommerce, built on modern WordPress. The free core handles recurring billing, free trials, sign-up fees, and plan switching with proration. Customers manage their own plans in My Account. Mixed carts and the WooCommerce Blocks checkout work out of the box. Not running WooCommerce? A built-in standalone mode sells recurring plans on any WordPress site, with no store, products, or cart required. Already selling subscriptions elsewhere? The built-in migrator imports from six plugins, including WooCommerce Subscriptions and Easy Digital Downloads Recurring Payments, with a dry-run preview before anything is written and a verification report after. The core plugin, completely free: Subscription product type with daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom billing intervals Free trials and one-time sign-up fees Mixed carts – subscription products and one-off products in the same checkout Plan switching with prorated charges and credits Variable subscription products Customer self-service portal in My Account: cancel, pause, resume, update payment method WooCommerce Blocks checkout fully supported Subscription Health Check that automatically scans for broken subscriptions (expired payment methods, stale gateway tokens, drifted renewal dates, auto-renewing subscriptions with no card on file) Bulk re-authorization: one campaign asks every affected customer to confirm their payment method through a secure link, ideal after a migration or a batch of expired cards Built-in migrator that imports from WooCommerce Subscriptions, Easy Digital Downloads (Recurring Payments), YITH, WP Swings, Flexible Subscriptions, and Sublium An email audit trail on every subscription: each subscription email is recorded in its notes, whether it was handed to the mail server, refused, or never attempted Modern admin with subscriptions that are sortable, filterable, and searchable REST API for core subscription management (list, create, update, status, notes, renewals, bulk actions, and more) HPOS (High-Performance Order Storage) compatible Standalone mode: sell subscriptions and recurring plans without WooCommerce (plans, subscribe blocks and shortcodes, a customer portal, and gateway webhooks) Available in 17 languages, fully translation-ready (Arabic, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese) Payments Milo Subscriptions takes subscription payments through the free Milo Payments plugin. It connects PayPal, Stripe, Mollie, and Square in one admin. Already using another gateway, like Authorize.Net, Braintree, or GoCardless? The Any Gateway add-on lets subscriptions check out with any recurring-capable gateway you already have. Sell subscriptions without WooCommerce (standalone mode) No WooCommerce store? Milo Subscriptions runs on its own. Turn on standalone mode and take recurring payments on any WordPress site, with no products or cart. It is a complete way to sell recurring plans on WordPress without WooCommerce. Create subscription plans with their own price, billing interval, and free trial Add a subscribe button to any page with a block or shortcode Recurring billing through Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, and Square (via the free Milo Payments plugin), driven by secure gateway webhooks A customer portal where subscribers manage, pause, or cancel their plan Subscription emails, analytics (MRR and active subscribers), and GDPR export and erase built in Leave standalone mode off and Milo behaves like a classic WooCommerce subscriptions plugin. Same plugin, your choice. 42 premium add-ons, one ecosystem Milo Subscriptions handles the fundamentals. When your store needs more, 42 premium add-ons cover the whole subscription journey, available individually or all together in the All Add-ons Bundle. Browse them from the in-plugin marketplace (Subscriptions > Add-ons) or on milosubscriptions.com. Billing flexibility Subscription Coupons – recurring discounts and prepayment incentives All Products for Subscriptions – add a Subscribe & Save option to existing products Payment Plans – split a purchase into a fixed number of installments Trials Pro – free or paid trials with one-trial-per-customer protection Scheduled Start Dates – customers pick when billing begins Store Credit – balances that pay renewals automatically Gift Cards – sell codes that redeem into store credit Invoices – sequential invoice numbers, printable invoices, VAT field Any Gateway – subscription checkout with any recurring-capable gateway Stripe Bridge – recurring billing through the official WooCommerce Stripe gateway, made for WCS migrations Retention and lifecycle Failed Payment Retry – smart retry schedules that recover real revenue Cancellation Flows – pause or discount offers before a cancellation goes through Winback – automated come-back campaigns with one-click resubscribe Onboarding – welcome email sequences that kill early churn NPS – one-click satisfaction surveys, detractor alerts Loyalty – points on every payment, redeemable on renewals Compliance – consent proof, pre-renewal notices, one-click cancel links, audit trail Growth and marketing Referrals – subscriber referral links with two-sided rewards Affiliates – partner program with recurring commissions on renewals Social Proof – live subscriber counters and “someone just subscribed” toasts Pricing Tables – current-plan-aware pricing tables as a block or shortcode Waitlist – capacity-limited products with automatic FIFO invitations Gifting – let customers buy subscriptions for someone else Physical subscriptions and fulfillment Box Builder – mix-and-match boxes customers fill and edit each cycle Fulfillment – shipments screen, aggregated pick lists, packing slips, tracking Stock Management – reserve inventory for active subscribers Split Shipping – one subscription order, multiple addresses Calendar – private renewal/delivery calendar feeds and a merchant schedule Age Check – date-of-birth verification for age-restricted subscriptions Access, teams, and community Memberships – restrict content, products, and downloads by active subscription Teams – one subscription, multiple seats, manager-invited members Transfer – move a subscription to a new owner, history intact Discord – automatic subscriber roles on your Discord server Download Limits – cap downloadable file access by subscription status Pass – QR member passes scanned at the door, verified live License Server – sell software licenses with keys, activations, updates, and GitHub release sync Insights and operations Advanced Analytics – MRR, churn, LTV, retention cohorts, forecasts Webhooks – signed event deliveries with retries for any integration Slack – subscription events in your team channel as they happen Milo TV – a live full-screen dashboard for the office TV Gravity Forms – sell subscriptions through Gravity Forms Digest – a periodic email summary of your subscription business Learn more at milosubscriptions.com. External Services Milo Subscriptions connects to milosubscriptions.com, in two situations: 1. Anonymous usage tracking (opt-in, off by default). If you enable “Usage tracking” in the plugin settings, Milo Subscriptions sends an anonymized weekly report to our website. This is disabled by default and never runs unless you turn it on. The report contains no personal data: plugin, WordPress, PHP, and WooCommerce versions; locale, currency, and store base country; a one-way hash of your site URL; aggregate subscription counts and MRR; the payment gateways and billing periods in use; and which Milo add-ons are active. It is sent once per week while enabled, and stops when you disable the setting. 2. Downloading the free Milo Payments plugin (on demand). When you choose to install Milo Payments from the plugin’s admin, the plugin file is fetched from our website. This request only happens when you click to install and sends no data beyond a standard download request. By using these features you agree to the milosubscriptions.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.