Build Your Business Backbone

Payments is the first infrastructure choice that affects conversion, tax handling, refunds, subscriptions, and finance workflows. Pick the processor or merchant-of-record model that fits your market before checkout complexity leaks into the product.

Use Stripe when you want maximum developer control. Consider merchant-of-record providers when international tax, VAT, and digital goods compliance would slow the team down.

Banking shapes how a SaaS company receives revenue, pays contractors, issues cards, manages treasury, and handles international transfers. Choose for operating fit, not just account opening speed.

Use startup-focused banking for cards, treasury, and finance workflows. Add international transfer tooling when customers, vendors, or contractors cross currencies.

Incorporation and legal setup decide how you issue equity, open accounts, raise money, and handle founder paperwork. The right path depends on whether you need a standard startup setup or lighter legal support.

Use a guided incorporation product when speed and a standard Delaware setup matter. Choose deeper legal-document support when fundraising, equity, and ongoing company actions need more structure.

Operations tools keep accounting, payroll, bookkeeping, and compliance from becoming founder drag. Start lightweight, then graduate when revenue, hiring, or reporting complexity justifies it.

Use simple accounting early, add payroll when hiring begins, and bring in bookkeeping or tax support once reconciliation and reporting start pulling attention from product work.