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Looking for a Stripe alternative? Start with a Merchant of Record

Rollo · 8/19/2026

If you’ve searched for a Stripe alternative, you’re usually not rejecting great APIs — you’re rejecting the tax, entity, and recovery work that comes with being the merchant of record yourself.

Rollo is built as a Merchant of Record: one all-in rate (5.9% + $0.50), hosted checkout, payment links, subscriptions, and realtime webhooks — without assembling a PSP stack.

When Stripe is perfect

You want full payment infrastructure control, have tax partners, and can hold local entities where required.

When Rollo is the better Stripe alternative

  • You sell globally and don’t want VAT/GST complexity
  • You need checkout, links, and subscriptions live this week
  • You want sandbox that mirrors live APIs with rk_test_ / rk_live_ keys

Compare pricing on our pricing page, then create a sandbox account and ship a checkout session in minutes.