Recurly Pricing 2026

Recurly pricing starts with a free 3-month trial covering up to $40K in monthly payments. After that, pricing is custom based on your subscription volume and contract length. Industry reports suggest pricing starts around $1,200/month for the Scaling plan. The Recurly Commerce plan for Shopify is $399/month plus 1.5% GMV and $0.10 per subscription order.

Recurly itself doesn't charge per-transaction fees like Stripe Billing. Instead, it uses a monthly subscription model with potential overage fees based on volume. However, you'll still pay payment processing fees to your chosen gateway (typically 2.9% + $0.30). The Shopify-specific Recurly Commerce plan does charge 1.5% GMV plus $0.10 per subscription order.

Yes, Recurly includes advanced dunning management in its Scaling and Enterprise plans. This includes customizable retry schedules, smart retry logic based on subscriber behavior, automated email notifications, and churn prevention tools. Recurly's dunning capabilities are considered among the most sophisticated in the industry.

Both offer comprehensive subscription billing with multi-gateway support and revenue recognition. Recurly tends to be more expensive (starting around $1,200/month vs Chargebee's $599/month Performance plan) but offers more advanced dunning and churn management features. Chargebee has a more generous free tier ($250K cumulative billing vs Recurly's 3-month trial). Choose Recurly if churn management is critical; choose Chargebee for better early-stage economics.

Yes, Recurly uses custom pricing based on subscription volume and contract length. Longer contracts typically receive better rates, and high-volume businesses can negotiate volume discounts. Since pricing isn't published, you'll need to discuss your specific needs with their sales team to get a quote.

Recurly supports major payment gateways including Stripe, Braintree, PayPal, Authorize.net, Adyen, and others. This multi-gateway support allows you to optimize for different markets and reduce single-provider dependency, which is an advantage over Stripe Billing's single-gateway limitation.

Recurly does NOT process payments itself. You must maintain a separate merchant account and payment gateway like Stripe (2.9% + $0.30), Authorize.net ($49 setup + $25/month + 0.75%), or Braintree. These fees are charged on top of Recurly's subscription and transaction fees.

Recurly uses a 'triple-dip' pricing model: (1) Base subscription fee starting at $249/month, (2) Per-transaction fee of $0.10, and (3) Percentage of revenue at 0.9-1.25%. This compounds costs significantly as your subscription revenue grows. For example, if you process $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue, you'd pay $249 (base) + 1.25% ($1,250) + transaction fees, totaling approximately $1,500-2,000/month just for Recurly, before payment gateway fees.

No. Multi-currency is restricted to Enterprise tier with custom pricing. The Scaling plan does not include multi-currency despite being a basic requirement for international SaaS businesses. This forces international companies to upgrade to expensive enterprise contracts.

No. ACH payment support is only available on Professional plan and above. The Starter and Scaling tiers force you to accept only credit cards, which have higher processing fees (typically 2.9% vs 0.8% for ACH). This restriction increases your effective payment processing costs.

Historical evidence suggests no consistent grandfathering policy. Pricing has increased from $69/month (2012) to $99/month (2015) to $249/month (2024). Multiple users report switching to Chargebee because 'Recurly's pricing got too expensive,' indicating price increases affected existing customers.