Comparison

Invoice Ninja vs Recurly

On the evidence we track, Invoice Ninja leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Invoice Ninja64

Recurly49

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Invoice NinjaLeader	Recurly
Vioscale score	64 / 100high · 75%	49 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1,000	30
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	3.5	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Finvoiceninja%2Finvoiceninja&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.5
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	10,027	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Invoice Ninja64 / 100high · 75%

Recurly49 / 100medium · 63%

Pricing

Free tier

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✗

Model

Invoice Ninjafreemium

Recurlycommercial

Price level

Invoice Ninjalow

Recurlyunknown

Transparent

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Integrations

Count

Invoice Ninja1,000

Recurly30

Security

Gdpr

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Pci

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Scorecard

Invoice Ninja3.5

Recurly–

Soc2

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly–

Vulnerabilities

Invoice NinjaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Finvoiceninja%2Finvoiceninja&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Recurly–

Reliability

Sla pct

Invoice Ninja–

Recurly99.5

Status page

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Invoice Ninja0

Recurly–

Github stars

Invoice Ninja10,027

Recurly–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Invoice Ninja100

Recurly–

Release

Cadence days

Invoice Ninja2

Recurly–

History

Invoice Ninja20 items

Recurly–

Language

Primary

Invoice NinjaPHP

Recurly–

Market

Availability

Invoice NinjaAvailable worldwide

RecurlyAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for billing & invoicing software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Billing & Invoicing Software
Capability	Invoice Ninja	Recurly
Core
Subscription billing	✓	✓
Usage metering	Basic	Real-time
Pricing models	Subscription, time-based, project-based invoicing	Fixed, tier-based, volume-based, stair-step, usage-based, one-time, and ramp pri
Invoicing & AR	✓	✓
Catalog management	-	✓
Commerce
Merchant of record	-	-
Finance
Revenue recognition	-	Native ASC 606
Tax handling	Integration	Native
Collections
Dunning	Basic retry	Smart
Integrations
GL / ERP sync	✓	-
Ecosystem
API-first / developer-first	✓	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✓	-
Insight
Revenue analytics	✓	✓

Core

Subscription billing

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Usage metering

Invoice NinjaBasic

RecurlyReal-time

Pricing models

Invoice NinjaSubscription, time-based, project-based invoicing

RecurlyFixed, tier-based, volume-based, stair-step, usage-based, one-time, and ramp pri

Invoicing & AR

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Catalog management

Invoice Ninja-

Recurly✓

Commerce

Merchant of record

Invoice Ninja-

Recurly-

Finance

Revenue recognition

Invoice Ninja-

RecurlyNative ASC 606

Tax handling

Invoice NinjaIntegration

RecurlyNative

Collections

Dunning

Invoice NinjaBasic retry

RecurlySmart

Integrations

GL / ERP sync

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly-

Ecosystem

API-first / developer-first

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly-

Insight

Revenue analytics

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Invoice Ninja

Leader

A comprehensive solution combining invoicing, payment processing, expense tracking, time management, and project coordination in a single platform, available in both cloud and self-hosted deployments.

Independently observed

Recurly

A platform for managing subscriptions at scale, automating billing and payment collection, handling subscriber lifecycle, and providing retention and revenue analytics tools. Supports multiple pricing models including usage-based and ramp pricing.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Invoice Ninja

Leader

HybridFree tier

Free forever tier available. Pro and Enterprise paid plans offered.

FreeFree

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Recurly

from $249/moHybrid90-day trial

Starter: $249/month + 0.9% volume. All-Access: from <1% volume (min $1M annually). Add-ons $850–$1,600/month.

Starter$249/month + 0.9% billing volume (first $40K/month included free)
- Automated global subscription billing
- Flexible plans and pricing
- Static churn-prevention tools
- 1 Dunning campaign
- 10+ payment methods
- +1 more
All-AccessContact sales
- Everything in Starter, plus...
- AI-Powered agents, analytics, insights
- Intelligent churn-prevention tools
- Multiple dunning campaigns
- Advanced plans, pricing, promotions
- +5 more
All-Access for ShopifyContact sales
- Intelligent churn-prevention tools
- Customized bundles
- Subscribe and save
- Prepaid and gift subscriptions
- Hybrid subscription support
- +4 more

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Invoice Ninja	Recurly
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
iOSPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

iOS

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✗

Android

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✗

macOS

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✗

Windows

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✗

Linux

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✓

Self-hosted

Invoice Ninja✓

Recurly✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)

Stripe
PayPal

Invoice Ninja

Leader

15 total - 13 not shared

Square
GoCardless
Gmail
QuickBooks
Slack
MailChimp
Zapier
Make
Pabbly
Checkout.com
Helcim
PayFast
Nordigen

Independently observed

Recurly

11 total - 9 not shared

Shopify
Apple Pay
Google Pay
Adyen
Klarna
MercadoPago
Worldpay
Google Cloud Marketplace
Adobe Audience Manager

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.