Recurly alternatives

Other subscription billing tools to consider instead of Recurly. Key features and starting prices come from each vendor's own site.

Feature Recurly Category leader Chargebee Category leader Zuora Category leader Flexprice Rising Lago Rising Orb Rising
Pricing$249/mo + 0.9% of billing volumeFree planContact salesFree plan
$199/mo + 0.5% of billing
Free planPaid
Best forMid-size consumer and B2B subscription companies that want to cut involuntary churn and run several payment gateways.Mid-size SaaS finance teams that need billing, revenue recognition and quotes in one system, with several gateways and currencies.Enterprise finance teams running complex hybrid pricing that need billing, quoting and revenue recognition on one platform.Early-stage AI startups that need credit-based usage billing and want an open-source option.Engineering-led software companies that want to self-host usage-based billing and own their billing data.Growth-stage AI and infrastructure software companies with complex usage-based pricing and a finance team that needs ERP sync.
Team size2–500+ people2–500+ people51–500+ people1–500 people2–500+ people51–500+ people
Usage-based billing YesYesYesYesYesYes
Plan and pricing management Not listedNot listedNot listedYesNot listedNot listed
Dunning and payment retries YesYesNot listedNot listedNot listedYes
Mid-cycle proration Not listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listed
Revenue recognition Not listedYesYesNot listedNot listedYes
Customer self-service portal YesYesNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listed
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Subscription billing Category leader

Chargebee

Free plan 2–500+ people

Subscription billing, revenue recognition and quoting platform

Key features

  • Usage-based billing
  • Dunning and payment retries
  • Revenue recognition
  • Customer self-service portal

Subscription billing Category leader

Zuora

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Billing, CPQ and revenue recognition for recurring revenue

Key features

  • Usage-based billing
  • Revenue recognition

Subscription billing Rising

Flexprice

Free plan· $199/mo + 0.5% of billing 1–500 people

Usage-based billing infrastructure for AI products

Key features

  • Usage-based billing
  • Plan and pricing management

Subscription billing Rising

Lago

Free plan 2–500+ people

Open-source billing infrastructure for usage-based pricing

Key features

  • Usage-based billing

Subscription billing Rising

Orb

Paid 51–500+ people

Usage-based billing engine for software companies

Key features

  • Usage-based billing
  • Dunning and payment retries
  • Revenue recognition