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Stripe Billing vs Recurly

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for billing subscription management. Stripe Billing has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.

Stripe Billing has the lower entry price — Stripe Billing starts at $0/mo, Recurly at $249/mo. Free tier: Stripe Billing No, Recurly No. HIPAA: Stripe Billing —, Recurly —.

As of 2026-06-14 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

Stripe Billing

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Pay as you go)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forDeveloper-first companies already on Stripe Payments

Recurly

$249/mo entry
Entry price$249/mo (Starter)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forMid-market and enterprise SaaS with $1M+ billing volume

Sources — Stripe Billing: stripe.com (verified 2026-06-14) · Recurly: recurly.com (verified 2026-06-14)

Key features

Stripe Billing: Usage-based metering at 100M events/month scale; Smart retries and automated dunning; Customer self-service billing portal; Native payment processing (no third-party gateway required); SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 annual audits

Recurly: AI-powered churn propensity modeling and cancel-save flows (Engage add-on); Automated ASC 606/IFRS 15 revenue recognition (RevRec add-on); 20+ payment gateways with payments orchestration; Multi-GAAP immutable audit trail; Tax calculation in 47+ countries

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