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Stripe vs ParityDeals: What’s the Difference?

Stripe Adaptive Pricing automatically localizes prices on its own hosted checkout, payment links, and invoices. But that’s where it ends; these prices are not visible on your site or landing pages. ParityDeals builds on top of Stripe by letting you:
  • Show localized product prices directly on your custom website
  • Detect visitor location, convert currency, and apply region based pricing
  • Prevent abuse using VPN, proxy, and Tor detection
  • Integrate with your UI using components like <PDPricingTable> and <PDPrice>
  • Make changes from the dashboard (no redeploy required)

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Capability Comparison

CapabilityStripe Adaptive PricingParityDeals LocalizationNotes
Auto currency conversion✅✅Based on IP, both detect visitor location
Works on hosted checkout✅✅Stripe only supports its hosted pages
Works on your own website❌✅ParityDeals shows localized prices before checkout
Works with subscriptions❌✅Stripe supports only one time payments
Pricing UI components❌✅<PDPricingTable>, <PDPrice>, and SDK API
Dashboard to manage localization❌✅Configure geo rules without code
Detects VPN, proxy, Tor❌✅Protects from discounted abuse
JS SDK for dynamic pricing❌✅Lightweight and async
No deploy needed for updates✅✅Both support config-based updates

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Example Use Case

Let’s say you sell a SaaS product at $9 USD. You want to show ₹500 INR to Indian users before they hit checkout.

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Stripe (Adaptive Pricing)

Stripe shows local currency only on checkout or payment link: 
✅ On hosted checkout, Indian user sees ₹500  
❌ On your website: user still sees $9
No frontend API or SDK is available to show the adjusted amount before checkout.

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ParityDeals (Localized on Your Site)

You can use the ParityDeals SDK and components to display region specific pricing 
import { PDPricingTable, PDPrice } from '@paritydeals/react-ui';

<ParityDealsProvider
    accessToken={process.env.PARITYDEALS_ACCESS_TOKEN}
>
    // Automatically uses the price from the current region
    <PDPricingTable />
</ParityDealsProvider>

// Or use inline price rendering
// Automatically uses the price from the current region
<PDPrice />

✅ Users in India will see ₹500 (if your pricing rule sets it)
✅ Users from the US will still see $9

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VPN / Proxy / Tor Detection

Stripe’s adaptive pricing does not block users using VPNs or anonymizing networks. That means users can spoof locations to access lower pricing. ParityDeals includes:
  • VPN detection via IP analysis and blacklist services
  • Proxy server detection
  • Tor network flagging
If abuse is detected:
  • Prices can fall back to the base region
  • Localization rules are skipped
  • Logs available in the dashboard for review

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Summary

QuestionStripeParityDeals
Can I localize product prices on my website?❌✅
Can I prevent abuse from VPN users?❌✅
Can I use React components to render localized prices?❌✅
Do I need to issue coupons?❌❌
Can I manage localization without code changes?✅ (hosted pages only)✅ (full site support)

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When to Use What?

  • Use Stripe Adaptive Pricing if you only need currency conversion on hosted Stripe pages.
  • Use ParityDeals if you want:
    • Localization across your entire product site
    • VPN/proxy protection
    • Inline price rendering with React or JS
    • Dynamic updates without code changes
Together, Stripe plus ParityDeals gives you complete control from hosted checkout to full site pricing.