Comparison

Recurly vs Zuora

On the evidence we track, Zuora leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Recurly49

★Zuora56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Recurly	ZuoraLeader
Vioscale score	49 / 100medium · 63%updating	56 / 100low · 45%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	quote
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	30	6
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.5	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU, GB · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Recurly49 / 100medium · 63%updating

Zuora56 / 100low · 45%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Recurly✗

Zuora✗

Model

Recurlycommercial

Zuoraquote

Price level

Recurlyunknown

Zuoraunknown

Transparent

Recurly✓

Zuora✗

Integrations

Count

Recurly30

Zuora6

Security

Disclosure policy

Recurly–

Zuora✓

Gdpr

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

Hipaa

Recurly–

Zuora✓

Pci

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

Soc2

Recurly–

Zuora✓

Reliability

Sla pct

Recurly99.5

Zuora–

Status page

Recurly✓

Zuora–

Market

Availability

RecurlyAvailable worldwide

ZuoraAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU, GB · HQ US

Capabilities

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

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

Core

Subscription billing

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

Usage metering

RecurlyReal-time

ZuoraReal-time

Pricing models

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

ZuoraSubscription, usage-based, hybrid, outcome-based models

Invoicing & AR

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

Catalog management

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

Commerce

Merchant of record

Recurly-

Zuora✗

Finance

Revenue recognition

RecurlyNative ASC 606

ZuoraNative ASC 606

Tax handling

RecurlyNative

ZuoraNative

Collections

Dunning

RecurlySmart

Zuora-

Integrations

GL / ERP sync

Recurly-

Zuora✓

Ecosystem

API-first / developer-first

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Recurly-

Zuora✗

Insight

Revenue analytics

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

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.

Independently observed

Zuora

Leader

Zuora provides a unified quote-to-cash platform that automates billing, revenue recognition, and subscription lifecycle management. It supports multiple pricing models including subscription, usage-based, and hybrid approaches with global compliance and tax handling.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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

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Zuora

Leader

Quote-based

as of 2026-08-24verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Recurly	Zuora
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

CLI

Recurly✗

Zuora✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Recurly✓

Zuora✓

Integrations

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

Recurly

11 total

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

Independently observed

Zuora

Leader

13 total

Sovos
Avalara
AWS
Snowflake
Fivetran
PEPPOL
Salesforce
CRM systems
CPQ
ERP
GL/accounting systems
NetSuite
QuickBooks Online

Independently observed

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