Sample - Stripe API
POST/v1/plans

Create a plan

Creates a plan that defines recurring pricing for a product. Supply currency and interval at minimum, and use billing_scheme, tiers, or product details to define how recurring charges are calculated.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.
  • IdempotentThe SDK sends Idempotency-Key, so a retried request is only applied once.

18 body fields

Plan pricing and billing configuration for a recurring subscription.

activebooleanoptional
Whether the plan is currently available for new subscriptions. Defaults to `true`.
amountintegeroptional
A positive integer in cents (or local equivalent) (or 0 for a free plan) representing how much to charge on a recurring basis.
amount_decimalstringoptional
Same as `amount`, but accepts a decimal value with at most 12 decimal places. Only one of `amount` and `amount_decimal` can be set.
billing_schemestringoptional
Describes how to compute the price per period. Either `per_unit` or `tiered`. `per_unit` indicates that the fixed amount (specified in `amount`) will be charged per unit in `quantity` (for plans with `usage_type=licensed`), or per unit of total usage (for plans with `usage_type=metered`). `tiered` indicates that the unit pricing will be computed using a tiering strategy as defined using the `tiers` and `tiers_mode` attributes.
Allowed:per_unittiered
currencystringrequired
Three-letter [ISO currency code](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html), in lowercase. Must be a [supported currency](https://stripe.com/docs/currencies).
expandarray<string>optional
Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded.
idstringoptional
An identifier randomly generated by Stripe. Used to identify this plan when subscribing a customer. You can optionally override this ID, but the ID must be unique across all plans in your Stripe account. You can, however, use the same plan ID in both live and test modes.
intervalstringrequired
Specifies billing frequency. Either `day`, `week`, `month` or `year`.
Allowed:daymonthweekyear
interval_countintegeroptional
The number of intervals between subscription billings. For example, `interval=month` and `interval_count=3` bills every 3 months. Maximum of three years interval allowed (3 years, 36 months, or 156 weeks).
metadataobjectoptional
Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to `metadata`.
meterstringoptional
The meter tracking the usage of a metered price
nicknamestringoptional
A brief description of the plan, hidden from customers.
productobjectoptional
The product the plan prices, supplied as an existing product ID or an object containing at least `name`.
tiersarray<Tier>optional
Each element represents a pricing tier. This parameter requires `billing_scheme` to be set to `tiered`. See also the documentation for `billing_scheme`.
tiers_modestringoptional
Defines if the tiering price should be `graduated` or `volume` based. In `volume`-based tiering, the maximum quantity within a period determines the per unit price, in `graduated` tiering pricing can successively change as the quantity grows.
Allowed:graduatedvolume
transform_usageobjectoptional
Apply a transformation to the reported usage or set quantity before computing the billed price. Cannot be combined with `tiers`.
trial_period_daysintegeroptional
Default number of trial days when subscribing a customer to this plan using [`trial_from_plan=true`](https://docs.stripe.com/api#create_subscription-trial_from_plan).
usage_typestringoptional
Configures how the quantity per period should be determined. Can be either `metered` or `licensed`. `licensed` automatically bills the `quantity` set when adding it to a subscription. `metered` aggregates the total usage based on usage records. Defaults to `licensed`.
Allowed:licensedmetered

2 status codes
200Returns the created plan object with its identifier, currency, billing interval, pricing scheme, and active state.
activebooleanrequired
Whether the plan can be used for new purchases.
amountintegeroptional
The unit amount in cents (or local equivalent) to be charged, represented as a whole integer if possible. Only set if `billing_scheme=per_unit`.
amount_decimalstringoptional
The unit amount in cents (or local equivalent) to be charged, represented as a decimal string with at most 12 decimal places. Only set if `billing_scheme=per_unit`.
billing_schemestringrequired
Describes how to compute the price per period. Either `per_unit` or `tiered`. `per_unit` indicates that the fixed amount (specified in `amount`) will be charged per unit in `quantity` (for plans with `usage_type=licensed`), or per unit of total usage (for plans with `usage_type=metered`). `tiered` indicates that the unit pricing will be computed using a tiering strategy as defined using the `tiers` and `tiers_mode` attributes.
Allowed:per_unittiered
createdintegerrequired
Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.
currencystringrequired
Three-letter [ISO currency code](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html), in lowercase. Must be a [supported currency](https://stripe.com/docs/currencies).
idstringrequired
Unique identifier for the object.
intervalstringrequired
The frequency at which a subscription is billed. One of `day`, `week`, `month` or `year`.
Allowed:daymonthweekyear
interval_countintegerrequired
The number of intervals (specified in the `interval` attribute) between subscription billings. For example, `interval=month` and `interval_count=3` bills every 3 months.
livemodebooleanrequired
If the object exists in live mode, the value is `true`. If the object exists in test mode, the value is `false`.
metadataobjectoptional
Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.
meterstringoptional
The meter tracking the usage of a metered price
nicknamestringoptional
A brief description of the plan, hidden from customers.
objectstringrequired
String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value.
Allowed:plan
productstringoptional
The product whose pricing this plan determines.
tiersarray<PlanTier>optional
Each element represents a pricing tier. This parameter requires `billing_scheme` to be set to `tiered`. See also the documentation for `billing_scheme`.
tiers_modestringoptional
Defines if the tiering price should be `graduated` or `volume` based. In `volume`-based tiering, the maximum quantity within a period determines the per unit price. In `graduated` tiering, pricing can change as the quantity grows.
Allowed:graduatedvolume
transform_usageobjectoptional
Apply a transformation to the reported usage or set quantity before computing the amount billed. Cannot be combined with `tiers`.
trial_period_daysintegeroptional
Default number of trial days when subscribing a customer to this plan using [`trial_from_plan=true`](https://docs.stripe.com/api#create_subscription-trial_from_plan).
usage_typestringrequired
Configures how the quantity per period should be determined. Can be either `metered` or `licensed`. `licensed` automatically bills the `quantity` set when adding it to a subscription. `metered` aggregates the total usage based on usage records. Defaults to `licensed`.
Allowed:licensedmetered
defaultReturned when the request cannot be processed; the response contains an error object with a `type` field.
errorobjectrequired

Error handling

currency and interval are required. interval must be one of day, week, month, or year; billing_scheme must be per_unit or tiered, and amount and amount_decimal cannot both be set.