diff --git a/assets/js/cardpayments.js b/assets/js/cardpayments.js
index be4f613b8..2e84a3f52 100644
--- a/assets/js/cardpayments.js
+++ b/assets/js/cardpayments.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const STRIPE_PREPARE_PAYMENT_URL = API_BASE_URL + '/donations/stripe/payments/prepare';
+const STRIPE_SUBSCRIPTION_CHECKOUT_URL = API_BASE_URL + '/donations/stripe/subscriptions/checkout';
 
 class OneTimePayment {
 
@@ -135,32 +136,47 @@ class OneTimePayment {
 class RecurringPayment {
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new recurring payment object.
-   * @param {number} amount integer $$$
-   * @param {string} currency EUR or USD
-   * @param {string} languageCode The IETF language tag of the locale to display Stripe placeholders and error strings in
+   * Initializes the recurring payment helper and stores a reference to the status object
+   * @param {Object} status
+   * @param {string} status.captcha The captcha (if captcha validation finished) or null
+   * @param {string} status.errorMessage An error message or null
+   * @param {boolean} status.inProgress Whether an async payment task is currently running
+   */
+  constructor(status) {
+    this._status = status;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a Stripe Checkout Session and redirects to it
+   * @param {number} amount How many units of the given currency to pay per month
+   * @param {string} currency Which currency to pay in (EUR or USD)
+   * @param {string} languageCode The IETF language tag for Stripe Checkout UI locale
    */
   checkout(amount, currency, languageCode) {
-    let plan = STRIPE_PLANS[currency];
+    this._status.inProgress = true;
+    this._status.errorMessage = '';
+
+    const successUrl = window.location.href.split('#')[0] + 'thanks';
+    const cancelUrl = window.location.href;
+
     $.ajax({
-      url: 'https://js.stripe.com/v3/',
-      cache: true,
-      dataType: 'script'
+      url: STRIPE_SUBSCRIPTION_CHECKOUT_URL,
+      type: 'POST',
+      data: {
+        amount: parseInt(amount),
+        currency: currency,
+        successUrl: successUrl,
+        cancelUrl: cancelUrl,
+        locale: languageCode,
+        captcha: this._status.captcha
+      }
     }).then(response => {
-      return window.Stripe(STRIPE_PK);
-    }).then(stripe => {
-      stripe.redirectToCheckout({
-        items: [
-          {plan: plan, quantity: parseInt(amount)}
-        ],
-        successUrl: window.location.href.split('#')[0] + 'thanks',
-        cancelUrl: window.location.href,
-        locale: languageCode
-      }).then(result => {
-        if (result.error) {
-          console.log(result.error.message);
-        }
-      });
+      // Redirect to Stripe Checkout
+      window.location.href = response.url;
+    }).catch(error => {
+      console.error('Failed to create checkout session:', error);
+      this._status.errorMessage = error.responseJSON?.message || 'Failed to create checkout session';
+      this._status.inProgress = false;
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/assets/js/const.template.js b/assets/js/const.template.js
index 362b13799..4bbfe6169 100644
--- a/assets/js/const.template.js
+++ b/assets/js/const.template.js
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ const PADDLE_DISCOUNT_ID = '{{ .Site.Params.paddleDiscountId }}';
 const PADDLE_DISCOUNT_CODE = '{{ .Site.Params.paddleDiscountCode }}';
 const LEGACY_STORE_URL = '{{ .Site.Params.legacyStoreUrl }}';
 const STRIPE_PK = '{{ .Site.Params.stripePk }}';
-const STRIPE_PLANS = {{ .Site.Params.stripePlans | jsonify }};
diff --git a/config/development/params.yaml b/config/development/params.yaml
index 9c54e4d73..19d8629e3 100644
--- a/config/development/params.yaml
+++ b/config/development/params.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,3 @@ paddleDiscountCode: WINTER2025
 
 # STRIPE
 stripePk: pk_test_51RCM24IBZmkR4F9UiLBiSmsAnJvWqmHcDLxXR8ABKK1MNsZk3zCk2VJW7ZfaBlD81zpQxCX243sS3LEp9dABwiG800kJnGykDF
-stripePlans:
-  EUR: plan_GgVY2JfD49bc02
-  USD: plan_GgVZwj545E0uH3
diff --git a/config/production/params.yaml b/config/production/params.yaml
index c90f47c66..a29b1377b 100644
--- a/config/production/params.yaml
+++ b/config/production/params.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,3 @@ paddleDiscountCode: WINTER2025
 
 # STRIPE
 stripePk: pk_live_eSasX216vGvC26GdbVwA011V
-stripePlans:
-  EUR: plan_GgW4ovr7c6upzx
-  USD: plan_GejOEdJtfL3kdH
diff --git a/config/staging/params.yaml b/config/staging/params.yaml
index f9e514aec..37d3c9073 100644
--- a/config/staging/params.yaml
+++ b/config/staging/params.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,3 @@ paddleDiscountCode: WINTER2025
 
 # STRIPE
 stripePk: pk_test_51RCM24IBZmkR4F9UiLBiSmsAnJvWqmHcDLxXR8ABKK1MNsZk3zCk2VJW7ZfaBlD81zpQxCX243sS3LEp9dABwiG800kJnGykDF
-stripePlans:
-  EUR: plan_GgVY2JfD49bc02
-  USD: plan_GgVZwj545E0uH3
diff --git a/layouts/partials/captcha.html b/layouts/partials/captcha.html
index 3616dad8d..0b50ae0b0 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/captcha.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/captcha.html
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
     verifying: '{{ i18n "altcha_verifying" }}',
     waitAlert: '{{ i18n "altcha_waitAlert" }}'
   })"
-  x-ref="captcha"
+  x-ref="{{ with .ref }}{{ . }}{{ else }}captcha{{ end }}"
 ></altcha-widget>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/donate-creditcard.html b/layouts/partials/donate-creditcard.html
index 423345ee7..f1647c416 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/donate-creditcard.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/donate-creditcard.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div x-data="{amount: 30, currency: 'EUR', frequency: 'once', oneTimePayment: null, oneTimePaymentStatus: {validCardNum: false, captcha: null, errorMessage: '', inProgress: false, success: false}, recurringPayment: new RecurringPayment(), acceptTerms: false, captchaState: null}" x-init="oneTimePayment = new OneTimePayment(oneTimePaymentStatus)">
+<div x-data="{amount: 30, currency: 'EUR', frequency: 'once', oneTimePayment: null, oneTimePaymentStatus: {validCardNum: false, captcha: null, errorMessage: '', inProgress: false, success: false}, recurringPayment: null, recurringPaymentStatus: {captcha: null, errorMessage: '', inProgress: false}, acceptTerms: false, oneTimeCaptchaState: null, recurringCaptchaState: null}" x-init="oneTimePayment = new OneTimePayment(oneTimePaymentStatus); recurringPayment = new RecurringPayment(recurringPaymentStatus)">
   <div x-show="!oneTimePaymentStatus.success">
     <div class="flex flex-wrap md:flex-nowrap">
       <div class="w-full mb-4 md:w-1/2 md:pr-3">
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <form x-show="frequency === 'once'" @submit.prevent="oneTimePayment.charge(amount, currency); $refs.captcha.reset()">
+    <form x-show="frequency === 'once'" @submit.prevent="oneTimePayment.charge(amount, currency); $refs.oneTimeCaptcha.reset()">
       <div class="mb-4">
         <label class="label-uppercase mb-2">{{ i18n "donate_creditcard_number" }}</label>
         <div> <!-- wrapper needed for stripe text field -->
@@ -43,25 +43,30 @@
 
         <p class="font-p mb-4">{{ partial "checkbox.html" (dict "context" . "alpineVariable" "acceptTerms" "label" (i18n "accept_privacy" | safeHTML)) }}</p>
 
-        <button :disabled="oneTimePaymentStatus.inProgress || !oneTimePaymentStatus.validCardNum || !acceptTerms || captchaState == 'verifying'" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary w-full md:w-64" data-umami-event="donate-creditcard-onetime-checkout">
+        <button :disabled="oneTimePaymentStatus.inProgress || !oneTimePaymentStatus.validCardNum || !acceptTerms || oneTimeCaptchaState == 'verifying'" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary w-full md:w-64" data-umami-event="donate-creditcard-onetime-checkout">
           <i :class="{'fa-credit-card': !oneTimePaymentStatus.inProgress, 'fa-spinner fa-spin': oneTimePaymentStatus.inProgress}" class="fa-solid" aria-hidden="true"></i>
           {{ i18n "donate_creditcard_once_paynow" }}
         </button>
 
-        {{ $challengeUrl := printf "%s/donations/stripe/payments/challenge" .Site.Params.apiBaseUrl }}
-        {{ partial "captcha.html" (dict "challengeUrl" $challengeUrl "captchaPayload" "oneTimePaymentStatus.captcha" "captchaState" "captchaState") }}
+        {{ $oneTimeChallengeUrl := printf "%s/donations/stripe/payments/challenge" .Site.Params.apiBaseUrl }}
+        {{ partial "captcha.html" (dict "challengeUrl" $oneTimeChallengeUrl "captchaPayload" "oneTimePaymentStatus.captcha" "captchaState" "oneTimeCaptchaState" "ref" "oneTimeCaptcha") }}
 
         <p class="text-sm text-red-600 mt-2" x-text="oneTimePaymentStatus.errorMessage"></p>
       </div>
     </form>
 
-    <div x-show="frequency === 'recurring'" class="text-center">
+    <form x-show="frequency === 'recurring'" @submit.prevent="recurringPayment.checkout(amount, currency, '{{ .Site.Language.Lang }}'); $refs.recurringCaptcha.reset()" class="text-center">
       <p class="font-p mb-4">{{ i18n "donate_creditcard_recurring_instruction" | safeHTML }}</p>
       <p class="font-p mb-4">{{ partial "checkbox.html" (dict "context" . "alpineVariable" "acceptTerms" "label" (i18n "accept_privacy" | safeHTML)) }}</p>
-      <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary w-full md:w-64" data-umami-event="donate-creditcard-recurring-checkout" @click="recurringPayment.checkout(amount, currency, '{{ .Site.Language.Lang }}')" :disabled="!acceptTerms">
-        <i class="fa-solid fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ i18n "donate_creditcard_recurring_calltoaction" }}
+      <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary w-full md:w-64" data-umami-event="donate-creditcard-recurring-checkout" :disabled="!acceptTerms || recurringPaymentStatus.inProgress || recurringCaptchaState == 'verifying'">
+        <i :class="{'fa-external-link': !recurringPaymentStatus.inProgress, 'fa-spinner fa-spin': recurringPaymentStatus.inProgress}" class="fa-solid" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ i18n "donate_creditcard_recurring_calltoaction" }}
       </button>
-    </div>
+
+      {{ $recurringChallengeUrl := printf "%s/donations/stripe/subscriptions/challenge" .Site.Params.apiBaseUrl }}
+      {{ partial "captcha.html" (dict "challengeUrl" $recurringChallengeUrl "captchaPayload" "recurringPaymentStatus.captcha" "captchaState" "recurringCaptchaState" "ref" "recurringCaptcha") }}
+
+      <p class="text-sm text-red-600 mt-2" x-text="recurringPaymentStatus.errorMessage"></p>
+    </form>
   </div>
 
   <div x-show="oneTimePaymentStatus.success" x-cloak>