What I Wish I Knew Before Integrating Razorpay Subscriptions in My SaaS

I was supposed to launch on June 1st.

Applied for Stripe live key on May 22nd.

Guess when I got a reply? Never. Just a link:

🔗 https://support.stripe.com/questions/stripe-accounts-are-invite-only-in-india

Meanwhile Razorpay?

Applied May 29th. Verified May 30th. That fast.

BUT—getting subscriptions to work wasn’t “plug and play.”

Docs were scattered, webhooks needed trial by fire, and I may or may not have shouted at my terminal.

So I did what every annoyed dev does:

Wrote a brutal, step-by-step guide to help other SaaS builders survive the chaos.

✅ Checkout + one-time payments

✅ Plan creation + customer creation

✅ Subscriptions (with total_count and all that mess)

✅ Webhook events with what to actually do when they fire

✅ Real-world diagrams + all Razorpay links

✅ Downsides of Razorpay too (I keep it real)

And yes, I’ll write a follow-up soon on how to combine Stripe + Razorpay in one app.

🧵 Read the full guide here:

👉 https://blog.souravlayek.com/razorpay-subscription-integration-guide-for-saas-with-real-indie-dev-pain-code/

Would love feedback or pain stories from other founders hacking payments in India. Let’s cry together.