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THE CHARGEBEE ALTERNATIVE

Chargebee is built for SaaS companies. Recurly is built for high-volume DTC subscriptions.

Experience the recovery depth, churn-saving flows, and deep subscriber intelligence Chargebee users consistently say they're missing.

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$1.6B

in annual recovered revenue

96%

subscription renewal rate

18x

ROI average

2,300+

businesses powered by Recurly

Subscription leaders trust Recurly

Why leading teams choose Recurly

Capability	Recurly	Chargebee
Payment recovery — $1.6B recovered annually, 96% renewal invoice paid rate	Strong	Average
Built for DTC subscription growth, not B2B SaaS billing	Strong	Weak
Pricing — TPV-based, rate scales with transaction volume not revenue	Strong	Average
Full subscriber lifecycle — billing, recovery, and retention in one platform	Strong	Average
Time to value	Strong	Strong
Billing flexibility — usage, ramps, custom pricing, add-ons	Strong	Strong

CAPABILITIES

Why Recurly?

Recurly goes beyond billing to recover revenue, prevent churn, and scale subscription operations. We’re built for the volume and behavior of consumer subscriptions, not B2B billing.

$1.7B recovered annually

DTC subscriptions live and die by failed payments: expired cards, insufficient funds, silent churn. Recurly recovers $1.7B in revenue for customers annually through smart retries and native cancel-save flows built for that exact problem.

AI retry engine that outperforms rules-based dunning

Chargebee's dunning is largely rules-based. Recurly's ML-powered retry engine uses machine learning to optimize timing per customer and gateway, recovering significantly more revenue that static schedules miss.

Native cancel-save flows, zero engineering required

Chargebee lacks native in-product cancellation flows and subscriber engagement tools. Recurly Engage ships them out of the box: designed, tested, and launched by non-technical teams without a single sprint.

Payment intelligence for how consumers pay, not businesses invoice

Chargebee's payment stack is built around software companies billing other businesses. Recurly's is built around how millions of individual consumers actually pay: recurring low-dollar charges, high retry volume, and the card-update patterns unique to DTC subscriptions.

"Together, we can provide the best subscriber experience. Recurly understands preparation and delivers."

Stephen Comstock

CIO (former), Customer since 2015

"After implementing Recurly, Output saw an astounding 45% decrease in card declines."

Brian Zarlenga

General Manager

Output

"One of the key reasons why we're able to get where we are is that we are very fast to react and also very flexible. Recurly plays a huge part in that."

Anton Jusufi

Director of Product Management

Fabfitfun

Ready to see what you have been missing?

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COMPARETHE CHARGEBEE ALTERNATIVE

Chargebee is built for SaaS companies. Recurly is built for high-volume DTC subscriptions.

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$1.6B

96%

18x

2,300+

Subscription leaders trust Recurly

Why leading teams choose Recurly

CAPABILITIES

Why Recurly?

Ready to see what you have been missing?

COMPARETHE CHARGEBEE ALTERNATIVE

Chargebee is built for SaaS companies. Recurly is built for high-volume DTC subscriptions.

Schedule your session

$1.6B

96%

18x

2,300+

CAPABILITIES

Why Recurly?

COMPARE
THE CHARGEBEE ALTERNATIVE

COMPARE
THE CHARGEBEE ALTERNATIVE