Comparison · Dashboard vs watchdog
Stripe Dashboard vs a Payment Link watchdog.
Stripe’s own docs exist because polling the API is how shops miss charges. The Dashboard is the system of record. It is not a 60-second SLA inbox, and it does not know whether your intake folder got the file.
Side by side
| Stripe Dashboard | Order Desk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $29/mo (14-day money-back) |
| Who holds the money | Stripe, your account | Still Stripe, your account. We are not a payfac. |
| How you hear about a Payment Link | You open the Dashboard or wait on email | Telegram (your bot) within 60s of webhook delivery |
| Webhook signature | You wire it | Required. Unsigned events are rejected. |
| Intake | Not Stripe’s job | You click mark-done. Second ping if you do not. |
| Fulfillment | Yours | Still yours. We do not ship the goods. |
| Card data | Stripe | Never. whsec_ only. |
Stay on the Dashboard if
- You already catch every Checkout in under a minute
- You do not want another vendor with a copy of event ids and customer emails from the webhook
- You only needed Zapier’s Stripe→Telegram template and you already trust that Zap
Pay $29/mo if
- Payment Links fire while you sleep
- You want a clock, not only a ping (Onlizer $19 and StripeToTelegram ~$10 stop at the ping)
- You will not give a contractor
sk_liveor an OpenClaw install
Worst case if we miss a webhook: you miss an order. Replay from Stripe Dashboard. Credits, not legal damages. Log event ids; do not invent a charge.
Get the watchdog, not the Dashboard login
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