Recurly vs Stripe Billing
On the evidence we track, Stripe Billing leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for billing & invoicing software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
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.
Stripe Billing
LeaderA platform for handling subscription billing and recurring payment workflows. It enables businesses to set up automated billing operations, support different pricing models from usage-based to volume-tiered plans, and manage the entire subscription lifecycle with features like customer self-service and payment recovery.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Recurly
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
Stripe Billing
LeaderFrom £450/month or 0.7% usage-based. Includes recurring billing, automated retries, customer portal, and invoicing.
- Pay as you go0.7% of billing volume
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
- Volume tier 1£450/month + 0.67% overage, up to £70k/month billing volume (save 8%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
- Volume tier 2£1,050/month + 0.67% overage, up to £175k/month billing volume (save 14%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
- Volume tier 3£2,050/month + 0.67% overage, up to £350k/month billing volume (save 16%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
- Volume tier 4£4,000/month + 0.67% overage, up to £700k/month billing volume (save 18%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Recurly
- Shopify
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- Adyen
- Klarna
- MercadoPago
- Worldpay
- Google Cloud Marketplace
- Adobe Audience Manager
Stripe Billing
Leader- Stripe Payments
- Stripe Checkout
- Stripe Connect
- Stripe Treasury
- Stripe Issuing
- Stripe Terminal
- Stripe Radar
- Metronome
- Fifth Third Bank
- Wells Fargo
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.