Should the first donation path use hosted checkout or a custom API flow?
- Provider-hosted checkout
- Custom API-based checkout
Choose: Start with the provider-hosted path when it meets the organization’s approved experience and reporting needs. It keeps sensitive payment entry and more of the changing provider surface with the provider.
Tradeoff: Hosted checkout gives less layout control; a custom flow can fit the site more closely but adds credential, webhook, error-state, accessibility, security, and maintenance responsibility.
