Autessa Payments · Invoicing, payments and subscription billing
Send the invoice. Get paid. See it land.
Autessa Payments is online invoicing and payment processing built into Autessa. Send branded invoices with a secure pay link, accept credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and ACH bank payments, sell subscriptions in the apps you build, add sales tax for the places you are registered, and get paid out to your bank on your own schedule. Processing and verification run on Stripe, without ever leaving Autessa. It works out of the box, and you shape templates, plans, tax and branding to how your business bills. It is included with every Autessa account for unlimited users; standard card and bank processing fees apply.
Sample. Processing and verification by Stripe.
Unlimited users · Included
Included for your whole company
Everyone on your team, no per-seat fees. Autessa Payments is included with every Autessa account for unlimited users. Card and bank processing fees and the Autessa platform fee apply.
In one paragraph
What is Autessa Payments?
Autessa Payments is invoicing software and a payment processor in one, included in every Autessa account. It covers the whole path from bill to bank: online invoices with templates, recurring schedules and automatic reminders; a branded pay page for card, wallet and bank payments; subscription billing with free trials, renewals, failed-payment retries and proration; checkout and paywalls for apps you build on Autessa; sales tax calculation and monthly tax totals; and payouts to one or more bank accounts. An AI guide sets it up with you, and agents and scripts can use it too.
What makes it different
Payments that live where your business already runs
Most payment tools are a separate dashboard. Autessa Payments is part of the same workspace as your apps, agents and data, so it can do things a standalone invoicing tool can’t.
Subscription links
Autessa Payments subscription links let you sign up a customer for a plan without an app: email the link or copy it, and the subscription starts when they pay.
Paywalls and checkout in your apps
Apps built on Autessa can sell your plans with four ready-made components (PaywallGate, UpgradeButton, ManageBillingButton, PlanPicker), turned on per app in one switch.
Entitlements and one-time payments
The Autessa Payments service gives your app plans(), entitlement(), checkout() for plans or one-time amounts, manageBilling() and a change listener, so you never store a paid flag.
Sell apps in the Marketplace
Autessa Payments is how you get paid for apps you sell in the Autessa Marketplace: buyers pay your business, retries and receipts are handled, and earnings join your payouts.
Setup and business verification
Autessa Payments sets you up with a six-step checklist and verifies your business on the Payments page itself, so you never leave Autessa or create a separate processor login.
What-you-sell tax guidance
Autessa Payments asks what you sell, then suggests the tax category, the places to collect in now and the places to watch, as general guidance you confirm.
The Payments guide (AI)
The Autessa Payments guide is an AI assistant that walks you through setup, explains and estimates sales tax, and prepares invoices and settings that change nothing until you click Do it.
Payment tools for agents
Autessa agents can use Payments tools to create and email invoices, look up customers, refund paid invoices and check payout status, and agents never charge a card directly.
CLI and scripting
Autessa Payments has a full CLI and scripting surface: invoices, customers, templates, recurring invoices, plans, subscriptions, tax and branding, with risky actions kept in the web app.
Product tour · For your team
Every screen, from first invoice to payout
One Payments page with stacked sections (setup, invoices, templates, recurring, customers and plans, balance and payouts, sales tax, transactions, business details and branding), plus drill-down pages for each record.
Online invoicing
An invoice in under a minute
Pick a customer, add line items, choose payment terms and send. Your customer gets the PDF and a secure Pay invoice button.
- Due on receipt, Net 7 to Net 60, or a custom date
- Estimated tax as you type, locked when you send
- Drafts before verification; send when verified
Invoice tracking
Know exactly who owes you
Drafts, Outstanding, Paid and Void filters with counts, an Overdue flag and an activity timeline on every invoice.
- Viewed tells you they opened it
- Send reminder, copy pay link, PDF, record payment, void
- Voided invoices keep their number
Templates and recurring invoices
Bill the same thing without retyping it
Save line items as a template, or put a customer on a schedule that emails each invoice for you or drafts it for review.
- Every N weeks, months or years
- Ends never, on a date or after a count
- Pause, resume or end
Automatic reminders
Late payments, chased politely
Three branded reminders with the PDF and a Pay button: 3 days before, on the due date and 7 days after.
- On by default, off per invoice
- Stop the moment it is paid or voided
- Never within two days of another email
- Agents can call and email to chase an invoice
Customers
A customer list that fills itself
Every invoice and app subscription adds or updates a customer, with paid, outstanding and subscription totals.
- Search by name or email
- New invoice or subscription link from their page
- Archive without losing invoices
Plans and subscriptions
Subscription billing that runs itself
Plans with trials, automatic renewals with tax, retries on failed cards and prorated plan switches.
- Retries 1, 3 and 7 days after a decline
- Cancel at period end or immediately; resume
- Cycle history of every invoice
Balance and payouts
See the money land
Available and on-the-way balances, a payout schedule you control and every payout to your bank.
- Daily, weekly, monthly or only when you ask
- Hold in days
- Several bank accounts, one default
Sales tax
The right tax, totaled for filing
Add the places you are registered; Autessa calculates tax from the customer’s address and totals it by place each month.
- Suggestions based on what you sell
- Locked at send
- Monthly totals after refunds
Transactions and branding
Every cent, and your brand on all of it
A ledger of every payment, charge and refund with tax and fees, and your logo, color and terms on everything customers see.
- Amount, tax, platform fee, total, status
- Logo, accent color, terms
- Emails in your business’s name
Product tour · For your customers
What your customers see
Every customer-facing page is hosted by Autessa, carries your branding and never needs an account to pay an invoice.
The pay page →
The full invoice, your contact details and one Pay button for card, wallet or bank. Links expire for security and re-send safely.
Plans in your app →
PlanPicker, UpgradeButton and PaywallGate in any app you build, with hosted checkout behind them.
Checkout, billing page and emails →
Two-step checkout, a self-serve billing page, and receipts, trial notices, failed-charge links and cancellation emails in your name.
Every area, every feature
Everything in Autessa Payments
Each area has its own page, and every feature has a deep dive with how it works, every option and who can do what.
How it works
How do I start taking payments with Autessa?
- 01
Open your account
Confirm your business name and country on the Payments page. Nothing is created until you click Start.
- 02
Verify and link your bank
Answer the verification questions on the page and pick your bank in the secure picker. You never leave Autessa.
- 03
Set up tax and branding
Tell Autessa what you sell, add the places you collect tax, upload your logo and pick a color.
- 04
Invoice and sell
Send invoices, put customers on recurring schedules, or sell plans in your apps. Money pays out on your schedule.
Subscription billing
Recurring revenue without the recurring work
Autessa renews every subscription with tax and a receipt, retries declined cards on a schedule, keeps access during the retry window and prorates every plan change, for customers who subscribe in your app or from a link.
Use cases
Who uses Autessa Payments?
Consultants and agencies
Retainers on recurring invoices, project work from templates, reminders that chase for you.
Home and field services
Invoice after the job; customers pay by card or wallet from their phone.
Software and app builders
Sell plans in the apps you build on Autessa with paywalls and hosted checkout.
Coaches, tutors and courses
Subscriptions with free trials, or one-time payments for a session or seat.
Finance and bookkeeping
Tax totals by place each month, a full ledger, and offline payments recorded.
App sellers
Charge for the apps you publish and get paid with your other payouts.
Integrations
Built on Stripe, connected to Autessa
Stripe processes payments and verifies businesses; Apple Pay and Google Pay come on with your first invoice. Inside Autessa, Payments connects to the apps you build and sell, AI agents, the CLI and AutessaScript.
See every integration →Security
Card numbers never reach you, your app or Autessa
Payment details are entered in Stripe’s encrypted forms. Payments has its own permission, identity and bank details are only typed by you, risky actions stay in the web app, and AI never moves money without your click.
How Payments protects money and data →Compare
Autessa Payments as an alternative
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FAQ
Questions about Autessa Payments
What is Autessa Payments?
Autessa Payments is online invoicing and payment processing built into every Autessa account. You send branded invoices with a secure pay link, take card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and US bank account payments, sell subscriptions in the apps you build, add sales tax for the places you are registered, and get paid out to your bank on your own schedule.
Does it work out of the box?
Yes. Open your payments account, verify your business and send your first invoice the same day, with the pay page, reminders, receipts and payouts already in place. From there you tailor it to how your company bills in Autessa: invoice templates and terms, recurring schedules, plans and trials, tax locations, branding, and agents or scripts that invoice for you.
How much does Autessa Payments cost?
Autessa Payments is included with every Autessa account, for unlimited users, with no per-seat fees. Card and bank processing fees and the Autessa platform fee apply.
Is Autessa Payments built on Stripe?
Yes. Payments are processed and businesses are verified by Stripe. You never create a separate Stripe login: verification, bank linking, balances and payouts are shown right on the Autessa Payments page, in Autessa’s own look.
Which payment methods can my customers use?
Credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and US bank account. Apple Pay and Google Pay appear on the pay page when the customer’s device supports them, and turn on automatically when you send your first invoice. Bank payments show as Processing for a few business days while they clear.
Can I send recurring invoices?
Yes. A recurring invoice bills a customer every so many weeks, months or years. Autessa creates each invoice and emails it automatically, or saves it as a draft for you to review first. It can end never, on a date or after a number of invoices, and you can pause, resume or end it any time.
Does Autessa Payments chase late payments?
Yes. Automatic reminders email your customer 3 days before the due date, on the due date and 7 days after, each with the PDF and a Pay invoice button. They stop as soon as the invoice is paid or voided, and never go out within two days of another email about the same invoice. Agents can also call your customer and send emails to chase that invoice.
Can I sell subscriptions?
Yes. Create plans with a price, billing interval and optional free trial, then sell them in apps you build on Autessa or with a subscription link you email. Autessa handles renewals, receipts, failed-payment retries 1, 3 and 7 days later, plan switches with credit for unused time and a self-serve billing page.
Does Autessa Payments calculate sales tax?
Yes, for the places you tell it you are registered. Autessa works out the rate and whether your sale is taxable from your customer’s address and what you sell, locks tax on the invoice when you send it, and totals tax collected by place each month. It does not register you with tax agencies or file returns.
How do payouts work?
Payments land in your Autessa Payments balance and are paid out to your default bank account daily, weekly, monthly or only when you ask, after a hold you set in days. You can link several bank accounts and see every payout in your payout history.
Can I take payments before my business is verified?
You can set up customers, templates, recurring invoices, plans and draft invoices as soon as your account is open. Sending invoices turns on the moment verification finishes, which usually takes a few minutes and sometimes a day.
Which countries does Autessa Payments support?
Businesses registered in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and the euro-area countries in the country picker (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain).
Who on my team can use Payments?
The company owner always can, and the built-in Admin and Accountant roles include the Payments permission. Payments has its own permission: members whose role does not include it do not see Payments in the sidebar, and the same permission applies in the CLI and scripts.
Can AI agents use Autessa Payments?
Yes, carefully. The Payments guide prepares settings and invoices that change nothing until you click Do it. Agents can be given tools to create and email invoices, list customers, refund a paid invoice and check payout status. No tool charges a card directly; customers always pay from their own secure link.
100% customizable, code and all
Make Autessa Payments fully your own.
Use it out of the box, then change anything. Ask Autobot, Autessa’s AI builder, for a new field, screen, report, workflow or agent and it builds it into your copy of the app. Or open the code and edit it yourself. Nothing is locked: the app, its data and its code are yours.
Start free and make it yours