Komashi vs Stripe Billing: which is right for your business?
Stripe Billing is a billing toolkit built on Stripe payments. Komashi starts from the service you sell and connects supported payment and invoicing providers.
Who each platform is for
Komashi: Businesses that sell a recurring service with packages, add-ons and a setup fee, and want a storefront and customer self-service without building their own product layer.
Stripe Billing: Developers and product teams building a custom subscription product on Stripe's billing building blocks, who want to shape checkout, prices and the customer experience themselves.
What you get out of the box
Komashi
- Service packages with billing periods and add-ons
- Branded storefront and checkout
- Customer portal for plan, subscription status and invoices
- Payment providers: Stripe, Barion, Mollie and PayPal
- Invoicing providers: Billingo and Számlázz.hu
- EU VAT number validation through VIES, and the tax treatment you configure
- API and an MCP server that signs in with OAuth
Stripe Billing
- Subscriptions and billing periods
- Usage-based billing
- Hosted checkout through Stripe Checkout
- Customer portal for subscribers
- Invoicing
- Stripe MCP server for AI agents, with OAuth or an agent API key
Feature comparison
| Feature | Komashi | Stripe Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions and billing periods | Supported | Supported |
| Hosted checkout | Supported | Supported |
| Customer self-service portal | Supported | Supported |
| Invoicing | Supported | Supported |
| Automatic tax calculation across jurisdictions | Not supported | Requires integration |
| AI and MCP access | Supported | Supported |
Statuses reflect the public Stripe pages listed under Sources. Rows we could not verify are left out.
When Stripe Billing may be a better fit
- You are building a custom product on Stripe's billing primitives and want full control over code and the user experience.
- Your billing and tax setup already runs on Stripe and you want to extend it.
- You want Stripe Tax for tax calculation, as a separate product in your Stripe account.
When Komashi may fit better
- You want to sell a service from packages, add-ons and a setup fee through one storefront, rather than model each price in code.
- You want Barion, Mollie, PayPal, Billingo or Számlázz.hu in the flow, not only Stripe.
- You want your customers to manage their own subscriptions and invoices in a portal Komashi provides.
Pricing considerations
Komashi's platform fee: your 10 largest invoices each calendar month are free of Komashi platform fees. Above that, the fee follows the annual invoiced-value band, in USD. Your payment provider charges its own fees on customer payments.
Stripe Billing, payment and Stripe Tax fees are on Stripe's pricing pages. They depend on usage and on the features you enable, so estimate them at your own volume.
Example, illustrative figures and not a live offer: a website maintenance service with Starter at $49 a month, Care Plus at $190 a month (recommended), Premium at $390 a month, extra pages at +$30 a month and a one-time $150 setup. Care Plus with extra pages is $220 a month, recurring. In Komashi, the packages, add-ons and setup fee are configured once in the service and sold through the storefront. With Stripe Billing, the same prices and add-on would be modelled as Stripe prices and products used by your own checkout or integration.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Stripe with Komashi?
Yes. Stripe is one of the payment providers Komashi connects, along with Barion, Mollie and PayPal.
Who is responsible for VAT?
Komashi applies the tax treatment you configure and keeps it with each order and invoice. It does not register, file, remit or determine VAT treatment. Stripe Tax is a separate Stripe product with its own setup.
Is Komashi a merchant of record?
No. Your payment provider processes the payment, and your business remains the seller.
Can AI tools use Komashi?
Yes, through an MCP server. It requires OAuth sign-in, and each user can access only the providers linked to their account.
Sources and review date
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
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