Best Billing Subscription Management · head-to-head
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 entryRecurly
$249/mo entrySources — 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