### COMPARE THE CHARGEBEE ALTERNATIVE

# Chargebee is built for SaaS companies. Recurly is built for high-volume DTC subscriptions.

Experience the recovery depth, churn-saving flows, and deep subscriber intelligence Chargebee users consistently say they're missing.

## $1.7B

in annual recovered revenue

## 96%

subscription renewal rate

## 18x

ROI average

## 2,300+

businesses powered by Recurly

## Subscription leaders trust Recurly

### Why leading teams choose Recurly

| Capability | Recurly | Chargebee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payment recovery — $1.6B recovered annually, 96% renewal invoice paid rate | **Strong** | Average |
| Built for DTC subscription growth, not B2B SaaS billing | **Strong** | Weak |
| Pricing — TPV-based, rate scales with transaction volume not revenue | **Strong** | Average |
| Full subscriber lifecycle — billing, recovery, and retention in one platform | **Strong** | Average |
| Time to value | **Strong** | Strong |
| Billing flexibility — usage, ramps, custom pricing, add-ons | **Strong** | Strong |

## CAPABILITIES

### Why Recurly?

Recurly goes beyond billing to recover revenue, prevent churn, and scale subscription operations. We’re built for the volume and behavior of consumer subscriptions, not B2B billing.

$1.7B recovered annually

DTC subscriptions live and die by failed payments: expired cards, insufficient funds, silent churn. Recurly recovers $1.7B in revenue for customers annually through smart retries and native cancel-save flows built for that exact problem.

AI retry engine that outperforms rules-based dunning

Chargebee's dunning is largely rules-based. Recurly's ML-powered retry engine uses machine learning to optimize timing per customer and gateway, recovering significantly more revenue that static schedules miss.

Native cancel-save flows, zero engineering required

Chargebee lacks native in-product cancellation flows and subscriber engagement tools. Recurly Engage ships them out of the box: designed, tested, and launched by non-technical teams without a single sprint.

Payment intelligence for how consumers pay, not businesses invoice

Chargebee's payment stack is built around software companies billing other businesses. Recurly's is built around how millions of individual consumers actually pay: recurring low-dollar charges, high retry volume, and the card-update patterns unique to DTC subscriptions.

## Ready to see what you have been missing?

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