Monetization
Charge your end users for access - a shared plan catalog, Stripe Connect payouts, and credit-metered usage.
Monetization
Beta
Monetization is currently in beta. If you don't see it in your sidebar (Configure > Monetization), the feature isn't enabled for your organization yet.
Monetization lets you charge your end users for access to what you've built. It's the org-level home for two things:
- Your Stripe account connection - payments go to your Stripe account via Stripe Connect. You own the customer relationship and the revenue.
- Your plan catalog - plans are defined once here and offered on any Storefront. A plan bundles a price, a credit allowance, and the products it unlocks.
This is separate from your own FormWise subscription (Settings > Billing) - that's what you pay us; Monetization is what your users pay you.
Connecting Stripe
- Go to Configure > Monetization.
- Follow the Stripe Connect onboarding to link (or create) your Stripe account.
- Once the account shows active, you can create paid plans. Free plans work without Stripe - you can meter anonymous usage and build an audience before ever connecting an account.
Paid subscriptions, checkout, invoices, and refunds all run through Stripe - your Stripe dashboard stays the source of truth for money.
The flow at a glance
- Define plans in the catalog (plans and credits).
- Attach them to a Storefront and mark one as the default.
- End users pick a plan on the pricing screen and pay through Stripe Checkout.
- Usage is metered against the plan's credit allowance; when credits run low they're warned, and when exhausted they're prompted to upgrade or top up.
You can also skip Stripe entirely for specific customers - comp a plan from the Users page, or provision accounts via the API after billing them in your own system.