Payments
A workspace can connect any combination of payment rails. When an invoice is sent, the customer sees a pay button for each connected rail. When a payment completes, the invoice is marked Paid automatically, with the method recorded.
Stripe (card payments)
Status: Live.
- The workspace connects its own Stripe account from Settings → Connectors through Stripe's embedded onboarding. No API keys are pasted.
- Each invoice gets a Stripe payment link. Funds go directly to the workspace's connected Stripe account.
- Stripe notifies Alzar by webhook when payment succeeds; the invoice then records the payment method and time.
Alzar's own subscription billing (what a workspace pays Alzar for the platform) is separate from this: there the workspace is a normal Stripe customer of Alzar.
PayPal
Status: In development.
- The workspace clicks Connect PayPal, signs in to PayPal and approves. Alzar links the account by merchant ID.
- Funds land directly in the workspace's PayPal account; Alzar never holds them.
- Venmo is not a separate connector. It appears at PayPal checkout only where PayPal offers it to the buyer.
- An advanced mode lets a workspace use its own PayPal REST app instead.
Moov (ACH bank transfer)
Status: In development.
Moov adds low-cost bank transfers and is used for two separate things:
| Customer invoices | Workspace's own Alzar subscription | |
|---|---|---|
| Who pays whom | Customer pays the workspace | Workspace pays Alzar |
| Payer needs a Moov account | No, pays on a hosted page by ACH debit | Links a bank once through Moov's secure widget |
| Result | Invoice marked Paid (moov_ach) |
Subscription marked active |
Bank account and routing numbers are entered in Moov's browser component and never reach Alzar's servers or database; Alzar stores only the resulting payment-method identifier.