Built for mediators & ADR professionals
One invoice, split between parties. Stop chasing checks.
Your fee gets shared between the parties, but collecting it lands on you. FlowPay gives each party their own payment link for their share, shows you who has paid, and chases the balance automatically. Funds settle straight to your Stripe account.
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Built on Stripe. Funds settle to your own account, and we never hold your money. Free to start on the Solo plan, and you only pay when you collect.
Try it
See your fee split before you sign up
Type your fee. Add the parties and adjust each share. The breakdown updates live, including Stripe processing fees and what settles to your account. Need a version to share? Open the full calculator.
Set the shares. · Send the links. · FlowPay tracks who has paid and follows up on the rest.
The real problem
You trained to resolve disputes.
Not to run a collections department.
When a fee is shared between parties, collecting it becomes part of your job. Here is what that usually looks like, and what it looks like with per-party collection.
✕ Collecting a split fee today
- One joint invoiceA single bill goes out to counsel or the parties, and responsibility for paying it belongs to everyone, which means no one.
- Checks in the mailShares arrive by check or wire, weeks apart, in amounts that don't quite match the split.
- A spreadsheet named who-paid.xlsxYou reconcile payments against the ledger by hand to work out which party still owes what.
- Awkward reminder callsThe neutral in the room becomes the person chasing one side for money. In one federal case it took months of follow-up and a motion to compel over a single unpaid share.
✓ With FlowPay
- One invoice, per-party sharesEnter the fee and each party's share once. Fixed amounts or flexible contributions toward the total.
- A payment link for each partyEvery party gets their own Stripe-hosted checkout by email and pays their share by card in minutes.
- Live paid / unpaid statusThe dashboard shows exactly where every dollar stands, per party, without any reconciling.
- Follow-up runs itselfOutstanding parties automatically receive a fresh link for the balance. You stay the neutral; FlowPay does the chasing.
What's in the product
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
A payment link per party
One invoice, separate secure checkout links. Each party pays their share by card without creating an account.
Fixed or flexible splits
Set exact shares per party, or let parties contribute toward the total until the invoice is covered.
Automatic follow-up on balances
When an invoice is partly paid, every outstanding party gets a fresh link for what remains. No manual chasing.
Live paid / unpaid status
See every invoice, every party, and every payment in one dashboard. Know who owes what before you pick up the phone.
Direct settlement to your Stripe account
Funds go straight to your own Stripe account via Stripe Connect. FlowPay never holds your money or your clients' money.
Receipts for every party
Each payer gets an emailed receipt for their share, and a paid-in-full confirmation when the invoice closes.
Who it's for
Four ways fees get shared.
One tool that collects all of them.
Divorce & family mediation
The court orders the fee shared equally. Each spouse gets their own payment link, and you see exactly who has paid.
Arbitration & panels
Multiple parties fund the arbitrator's fee deposit. No more reconciling wires and mailed checks against a case ledger.
Parenting coordination & custody evaluation
Ongoing fees split between co-parents at court-ordered percentages. Bill once, collect from both.
Collaborative divorce teams
One matter, several professionals, two paying clients. Each client pays their share of each professional's invoice.
Pricing
No monthly fee to start. You only pay when you collect.
Solo
Solo mediators, occasional matters
2% per collected invoice, plus standard Stripe fees. No monthly cost.
- ✓ Unlimited parties per invoice
- ✓ Fixed and flexible splits
- ✓ Automatic follow-up links
- ✓ Email support
Practice
Practices billing every week
0.9% per collected invoice, plus standard Stripe fees.
- ✓ Everything in Solo
- ✓ Lower per-invoice rate
- ✓ Priority support
- ✓ Early access to new features
Firm
Panels, firms, and ADR organizations
Negotiated
- ✓ Everything in Practice
- ✓ Multiple practitioners
- ✓ Onboarding for your staff
- ✓ Dedicated support
Why practices trust FlowPay with billing
Built on Stripe
Every payment runs on Stripe-hosted checkout. Card data goes to Stripe, never to FlowPay.
Your money never stops with us
Funds settle directly to your own Stripe account through Stripe Connect. FlowPay is never in custody of your funds or your clients' funds.
Professional fees only
FlowPay handles service fees: mediation, arbitration, evaluation. It is not for trust or IOLTA money, and we say so plainly.
FAQ
Common questions
Do the parties need FlowPay accounts?▾
No. Each party receives a secure Stripe-hosted payment link by email and pays their share by card. Only you, the practice, have a FlowPay account.
What if one party refuses to pay?▾
FlowPay can't force someone to pay, but it takes the chasing off your plate. Their payment link stays live, so they can settle the moment they're ready without another invoice from you. Your dashboard shows exactly who has paid and who hasn't, per party, in real time. If the invoice is only partly covered, every outstanding party automatically gets a fresh link for what's left. And if you do need to escalate, you're working from a clean, timestamped record instead of guesswork.
Does FlowPay hold my money?▾
No. Payments settle directly to your own Stripe account through Stripe Connect. FlowPay orchestrates the collection and takes its fee, but is never in custody of your funds or your clients' funds.
Can I use FlowPay for retainers held in trust?▾
No. FlowPay is for professional service fees only: mediation fees, arbitrator compensation, evaluation fees. It is not for trust or IOLTA deposits, settlement funds, or any money you hold on behalf of someone else.
What does it really cost, all-in?▾
Two fees, and we'd rather you do this math here than in your head later. FlowPay charges 2% per collected invoice on the Solo plan, and Stripe charges its standard card rate (2.9% plus 30 cents per payment) on each share. On a $3,000 fee split two ways, that's about $60 to FlowPay and about $88 to Stripe, roughly $148 total. What you're buying is the hours you don't spend reconciling, reminding, and calling, and follow-up that starts the day a share is late instead of the month after.
Do I keep my current billing software?▾
Yes. FlowPay doesn't replace Clio, your practice-management system, or your invoicing. Those tools are good at recording who owes what. FlowPay is the collection layer: it takes the split you've already decided on and actually collects it, one payment link per party.
What about refunds and chargebacks?▾
Payments are standard Stripe card payments. Refunds are issued through Stripe, and if a party disputes a charge with their card issuer, it runs through Stripe's normal dispute process. FlowPay's per-party record helps here: you have a timestamped trail of who was invoiced what, who paid, and when, which is exactly the evidence a dispute asks for.
What happens to my practice if FlowPay disappears?▾
You lose remarkably little, by design. Your money settles directly into your own Stripe account on every payment, so your funds and your full payment history live in your Stripe dashboard, not inside FlowPay. If we vanished tomorrow, your collected fees, your records, and your Stripe account would all still be yours.
Do I need to use Stripe?▾
Yes. FlowPay is built on Stripe Connect. If you already accept payments through Stripe, connect your account in minutes. If you don't, we walk you through Stripe signup as part of FlowPay onboarding.
What does FlowPay charge?▾
Public pricing is on the /pricing page: a free tier with a per-invoice fee, and a flat monthly plan with a lower rate for practices that bill every week. Standard Stripe processing fees apply on top.
How fast can I be live?▾
Under an hour from signup if you already have a Stripe account. Connect Stripe, send your first split invoice in test mode, then go live.
Where's my data hosted?▾
AWS US (us-east-2 primary). FlowPay never stores card numbers; those flow through Stripe's hosted checkout. See /security for the full subprocessor list and data-handling details.
Ready to stop chasing checks?
Connect your Stripe account, send your first split invoice, and watch each share come in. Most practices are live within the hour.