Billing and subscriptions

SREDSimplify uses Stripe for recurring subscriptions and project-scoped expert review purchases.

Membership tiers

The currently documented membership tiers are:

• FREE
• STARTER
• PROFESSIONAL
• ENTERPRISE

The live pricing and availability of purchasable plans come from the public pricing catalog and current billing configuration rather than from a hard-coded docs table.

Subscription flow

A normal subscription path looks like this:

1. Review the available paid tier in the product pricing or billing surface.
2. Start a Stripe Checkout session for that tier.
3. Complete payment in Stripe.
4. Return to the application and let the billing state synchronize.

Important current rules:

• FREE is not a purchasable tier
• a plan must be active and purchasable in billing configuration before checkout can start

Customer portal

For ongoing subscription management, the application can create a Stripe customer portal session. Use this when you need to:

• update billing details
• inspect the Stripe-managed subscription state
• manage subscription changes handled through the customer portal flow

Expert review orders

Expert review is a one-time paid workflow tied to a specific project.

The current user-facing path is:

1. Choose a project.
2. Start expert review checkout.
3. Complete payment in Stripe.
4. Track the order from the application.

Current order status values:

• PENDING_PAYMENT
• PAID
• IN_REVIEW
• COMPLETED
• CANCELED

Pricing and status sources of truth

Use these sources when you need exact live detail:

• pricing and offering shape: Public entry points
• API contract and Stripe callbacks: Billing and Stripe

This page intentionally avoids duplicating raw endpoint or event detail.