Stripe’s payments APIs: the first ten years
I&#x27;m very happy with Stripe&#x27;s API; it&#x27;s one of their best selling points.<p>I&#x27;m very unhappy with their support, which is automated by bots and I&#x27;ve gone around in circles with such a bot.<p>Unfortunately their support plans are between a rock and a hard place. It&#x27;s either[1]:<p>(1) Free, but garbage. (2) Starting at £1,400 per month.<p>The reason I chose Azure for my cloud provider was because Microsoft are obsessed with support, and I can get[2]:<p>Free, £21.62 per month, £74.54 per month, £745.31 per month  for different levels of availability, response times, and assistance type.<p>I wish I could pay Stripe some amount per month to talk to a human who speaks English when I need it.<p>Or else, the first competitor to Stripe that offers this and I will jump ship. I already took a look at Paddle, but their approach with customers is equally appalling.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stripe.com&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;support-and-services#compare-plans" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stripe.com&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;support-and-services#compare-plans</a>
[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;support&#x2F;plans&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;support&#x2F;plans&#x2F;</a>