Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor
20 hours ago
- #billing
- #payments
- #developer-tools
- Flowglad eliminates the need for webhooks, subscription database tables, and manual mapping of plans to prices.
- It provides a single source of truth for customer billing state, including feature access and usage meter credits.
- Flowglad allows querying customer state by your own user IDs and referencing prices, features, and usage meters via custom slugs.
- It offers a full-stack SDK with backend and frontend support, including a React hook for billing data.
- Flowglad supports adaptable pricing models that can be tested and pushed to production seamlessly.
- Integration is simple, with packages available for Next.js, React + Express, and other React + Node projects.
- Setup involves configuring a Flowglad server client, exposing an API handler, and wrapping your app with a provider.
- Flowglad works with your existing authentication system, using your own user or organization IDs.
- It provides frontend components like FeatureGate and UsageBalanceIndicator for easy integration.
- Flowglad supports various pricing models, including usage-limit + subscription hybrid, unlimited usage, tiered access, and feature-gated subscriptions.
- The platform aims to improve the developer experience in payments, offering a self-serve solution with minimal integration and maintenance effort.
- Flowglad's mission is to simplify billing and payments, unlocking more payment providers through a single integration.