Aside from solving the problem of dealing with recurring payments, they bring some unexpected benefits to the table. Their reporting (and the overall dashboard design) is so good that we canceled our original plans for building our own reporting completely - we just link directly to Stripe reports and customer pages from our own backoffice admin portal.
We tried to integrate with PayPal's recurring APIs for three weeks, scrapped it when we found Stripe, and had it completely ready to go in 24hrs.
Not to mention their customer support is absolutely fantastic. I get responses within seconds in their Campfire chat room and hours if I send an email, anytime of day.
Aside from solving the problem of dealing with recurring payments, they bring some unexpected benefits to the table. Their reporting (and the overall dashboard design) is so good that we canceled our original plans for building our own reporting completely - we just link directly to Stripe reports and customer pages from our own backoffice admin portal.