We had connected our Stripe account and were up and running in less than one hour. The reporting seems really in depth and excited to be able to run reports in many different ways.

Their customer service is awesome and provides great help. However, because it is easy to use, I have not had to use their help more than once.

Robust platform from which you can build a large customer base with different types of subscriptions. High level of customization.

Very competent billing and subscription management product.

I never had this problem with my previous provider and they aren't even a billing or invoicing company.

The perfect solution for managing subscriptions and recurring payments.

This is the first software that I have used and I found it very easy to learn. I spent a morning going thorugh and learning the ropes and was an expert by the afternoon.

It offers an easy-to-use user interface, good customer service, and is very configurable. Also, it works with any payment method and supports numerous currencies.

The fact that it integrates with Salesforce means that we can be confident we have an accurate view of our customer's accounts.

Subscription management and dashboards are fair enough. Basic tools for managing invoices and payments are good.

Chargebee's fees are dirt cheap which makes it a great option for startups who are bootstrapping their building. Their pricing is very competitive and was the best I could find on the market.

Chargebee is easy to use and quick to learn. You are able to access subscriptions with ease.

It has been useful to set up our automated subscription plans. Creating different plans, promos, and payment methods were quite easy.

Simple integration and easy to use features make it excellent choice for any big business. It provides all necessary tools for an ecommerce business and very rigid on data security.

Overall a very capable subscription management tool with great integrations and great support them.

The interface is fairly straightforward to navigate and they connect with much of our tech stack, which helps streamline workflows.

We are efficient in new client onboarding and subscription processes because of Chargebee. We were manually raising invoices before but with Chargebee the process is simplified and very effective.

It's the best SaaS subscription billing platform out there and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start a subscription based business.

Also, I love that I can customize my payment site and that the integration with my website is very easy.

It's extremely easy to use. Should you run into any issues, their support team is amazing and very responsive.

Missing the possibility to be able to add multiple invoice rovs to an invoice.

A good plus is  that there is no need to build our solutions from scratch and several integrations are available to streamline the workflow.

And the core subscription management  works really well. It is great for companies that start from scratch and need quick 0-80 solution.

I respect their leadership. I highly recommend you check them out.

So customers are confused as too why they got an email says they paid but no payments removed from their account.

It's been great to have more than an API as our billing provider.

The more you leverage the advanced capabilities the more disappointed you are. We had dashboards disappear, web hooks not triggering without any apparent reason and much more.

Chargebee offers a powerful API to help with managing subscriptions, plans and customers.

It's hard to do price indexation to subscriptions.

Easy to set up and has a good API. Support is good and fast response so long as the issues are simple and don't involve anything technical.

Invoicing a new client is very easy and UI is super fluid. We have raised a couple of tickets when we encountered bugs but their Customer Success team got in touch with us and solved it within a day.

We've used Recurly to power our billing for over 5 years now and it's fully integrated into our systems and processes. We're big fans of the ease of use and bigger fans of the phenomenal support.

The software was missing some functionalities that I would think would be standard with a billing and payment oriented software. The billing periods/cycles were not easily customizable.

I understand the platform is just letting me know I can contact support for any issues and how but for experience users that know how to do this already, it can just be a little annoying.

The records being detailed with their date and time is also a huge plus as it helps me look, investigate or keep track of what I need to pull up for payments and billing concerns.

Recurly is the best solution for companies with a handful of products to scale. If you are using the admin UI to do billing like I am it is a very clear tool to implement and use day-to-day.

At my previous company, we used an ancient subscription management tool that worked but was very painful to use at every step.

I love how everything is easy to use, it gives you control over a lot of things that stripe does not.

Good integration functionality although this breaks every so often.

Very frustrating as an admin to manage that somewhat confusing anomaly.

Recurly is the most user friendly subscription UI on the market.

The software is very easy to use and you have access to numerous reports just with the click of a button. Their support is also excellent.

Overall Recurly is a great and intuitive product which is easy to use.

I love the flexibility in setting up subscriptions: future start, bill forward, automatic, % or $ discounts. Recurly makes it easy and does exception handling well.

It is fairly easy to use and is always reliable.

Great billing and subscription management tool.

Also, I'm not allowed to export the information that I can view on the screen, it's a bit frustrating.

Recurly's modern UI, simple UX, and excellent customer care team have really allowed me to focus on business growth.

It's also very easy to add  new members or terminate existing. You don't have to go through a million steps like other softwares.

Overall, I have had a positive experience with Recurly. I have used many billing platforms and this might be one of the easiest.

In general is pretty good, easy to search the clients and have an overview of the clients.

I like that it integrates with multiple payment gateways and that it offers a sandbox environment for testing and trying out new things.

There are some features we wish would be an add-on which will save us some dollars because we don't use it. The customer support is important to us and they are responsive and knowledgeable.

Recurly is a great tool for subscription billing. It has a lot of functionality and flexibility.

Besides integrating well with our existing tools. We are fond of Recurly because we can accommodate a wider reach of customers beyond month-to-month plans.

While the features and ease of use are great, I'm most impressed with their customer service and ability to answer each question my team or I have quickly and thoroughly.

Definitely the churn reduction features and knowing that a team of experts are worrying about the details instead of me.

I have never had an issue that couldn't be resolved in record time. The dunning feature is absolutely a brilliant tool.

The software is good, the API and connetivity is good, the new catalog upgrade will be very helpful for us. And the support team is EXCELLENT.

The ease of use and the easy to navigate user interface of Recurly is really great as not all platforms offers this kind of experience nor accessibility.

I love their detailed activity log that all users can see. This helps our agents get an idea of the path a customer may have taken and allows everyone to be on the same page.

The ability to set recurring billing on automation is great and easy to set up. Plus their customers service team is awesome and always their when you need them.

Recurly is a solution I use which gives me billing functions and enables me to track subscriptions and customers.

We have been a customer of theirs for over three years and its so disappointing to feel ripped off this way.

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Chargebee is a cloud-based accounting solution for businesses of all sizes across various industries such as telecommunication and media, e-commerce and IoT. The solution is PCI Level 1 certified and offers features such as subscription management, invoice management, payment management and custom report generation.


Chargebee’s dunning management feature lets users set the number of reminder emails to be sent for failed transactions. The solution allows users to translate and localize the content of a webpage and configure checkout in multiple languages on the basis of geography. Abandoned cart reports are also available to track dropped checkouts.


Businesses can automate the revenue recognition model to deal with cancellations, track charges, manage refunds and write-offs. Integration with Stripe payment gateway enables users to accept credit transfers. Users can manually record offline invoices such as cash transfer and postal orders.


Chargebee offers services on a monthly subscription basis and customer support is available via live chat, email and online knowledge base.

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Real-Time Analytics

Multiple Payment Options

Revenue Recognition

Tax Management

Electronic Payments

Invoice History

Payment Processing

Recurring/Subscription Billing

Product Catalog

Deferred Billing

Customizable Reports

Access Controls/Permissions

Debit/Credit Card Processing

Subscription Management

Recurring Invoicing

Bank Reconciliation

Mobile Payments

Credit Card Processing

Invoice Management

Customizable Invoices

Customer Database

Refund Management

Customizable Fields

Data Import/Export

Email Templates

Self Service Portal

QuickBooks Integration

Multi-Currency

Online Payments

Online Invoicing

Dunning Management

Real-Time Data

Data Security

Billing Portal

Tax Calculation

Credit Card Management

Client Portal

Sales Tax Management

Cancellation Management

ACH Payment Processing

Subscription Plan Management

PCI Compliance

Email Management

Multi-Period Recurring Billing

Activity Dashboard

Invoice Processing

Alerts/Notifications

Reporting & Statistics

Data Visualization

Reminders

Estimating

Customizable Templates

Billing & Invoicing

Accounting Integration

Dashboard

Multi-Language

Discount Management

Real Time Reporting

Customizable Branding

Reporting/Analytics

Usage Tracking/Analytics

Contact Database

Billing Rate Management

Summary Reports

Third-Party Integrations

Contingency Billing

Partial Payments

Contract/License Management

Customizable Rules

Invoice Creation

Windows XP

Mac OS

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 8

Windows 10

Launch: Free tier - $50k aggregate revenue free
Rise: $299/month (billed monthly) or $249/month (billed annually) - includes $50k/month revenue
Scale: $599/month (billed monthly) or $549/month (billed annually) - includes $75k/month revenue
Contact Chargebee for details of Enterprise plans.

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

24/7 (Live Rep)

Chat

Self-Employed

2-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1000+

Chargebee

Live Online

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

Recurly’s all-in-one, integrated platform removes the complexities of automating subscription billing at scale by enabling teams to manage and optimize their subscriber lifecycles with ease. 

Category-defining companies including Sling, Twitch, BarkBox, FabFitFun, Paramount, Lucid, and Sprout Social have chosen Recurly to manage billions of dollars in recurring revenues, future-proof their recurring billing and revenue management, and recover billions of dollars in lost revenue due to churn. 

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The Recurly subscription and billing platform allows brands of all sizes to launch, manage, and scale every aspect of their subscription business from plan and pricing creation to marketing promotions, subscriber management, payments orchestration, recurring billing, and churn reduction so you can grow faster, smarter, and stronger. 

Plans, Pricing & Promotions
Quickly configure and launch new offers, dial in best pricing, upsell one-time products, celebrate with gift subscriptions, and entice customers through discounted promotions.
- Pricing models
- Plans and add-ons 
- Item catalog
- Trial management
- Coupons and discounts
- Gift subscriptions and cards 

Subscriber Management
Gain a complete view of subscribers and subscriptions. Manage them with ease through integrated subscription and communications tools that simplify complexity and accelerate growth.
- Subscription management
- Multi-subscription support
- Lifecycle communications
- Account hierarchy

Payments Orchestration
Optimize, simplify, and secure complex payment processing with a symphony of resources that reach and win subscribers anywhere in the world you choose to play.
- Multiple payment gateways
- Alternative payment methods 
- Subscriber wallet 
- Fraud management 

Recurring Billing
Streamline and automate the entire subscription billing and invoicing lifecycle, even with complex subscription billing scenarios as you confidently scale locally and across borders.
- Automated and manual invoicing
- Invoice and receipt customization 
- Charges and credits 
- Taxes and compliance

Churn Management
Maximize recurring revenue, minimize attrition, and boost subscriber lifetime value with machine-learning-powered churn and revenue recovery technology and tools.
- Intelligent retries
- Account updater
- Expired card management
- Dunning campaigns
- Backup payment method
- Pause subscription

Revenue Recognition
Streamline and automate compliance with multiple revenue reporting standards with Recurly’s enterprise-grade, fully configurable solution.
- Revenue recognition automation
- Compliance automation
- Revenue forecasting
- Multiple revenue models


Enrollments/Onboarding

Order Management

Mobile Access

Compliance Management

Payment Processing Services Integration

Advertising Management

Campaign Management

Activity Tracking

Accounting

Workflow Management

Real Time Analytics

Real Time Data

Fraud Detection

Receipt Management

Search/Filter

Template Management

Circulation Management

Cataloging/Categorization

Transaction History

Customer Accounts

Email Reminders

Revenue Management

Customer Profiles

Expect Transparent Pricing. Recurly believes in making our services accessible for businesses of all sizes. With a low-cost monthly fee and pay-as-you-go model - we don't get paid until you do. No hidden fees. No high-pressure salespeople. No long-term contracts

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