Alternatives

Alternatives to Recurly

6 Billing & Subscriptions rivals, ranked by the same evidence-graded leaderboard — Recurly itself ranks #6 with a PA Score of 19/100. Every “beats Recurly on” below comes from a judged head-to-head round with cited evidence — see the methodology.

#1
Lago
Get Lago Corp.
PA Score 46/100vs Recurly →
coverage
29.4/100
Beats Recurly on: Self-host the core product · Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)
#2
Chargebee
Chargebee Inc.
PA Score 29/100vs Recurly →
coverage
23.6/100
Beats Recurly on: Every subscription state change — renewal, upgrade, payment failure, cancellation — emits a webhook or event my systems can act on reliably · Connect an agent via an official MCP server
#3
Stripe Billing
Stripe, Inc.
PA Score 28/100vs Recurly →
coverage
29.0/100
Beats Recurly on: Use an official CLI · Sales tax, VAT, and GST are calculated on every invoice — natively or through a first-class tax integration — with the right registrations and rates
#4
RevenueCat
RevenueCat, Inc.
PA Score 26/100vs Recurly →
coverage
20.1/100
Beats Recurly on: Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product · Connect an agent via an official MCP server
#5
Metronome
Metronome Technologies, Inc. (a Stripe company since 2025)
PA Score 21/100vs Recurly →
coverage
18.6/100
Beats Recurly on: Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) · Subscribe to events via webhooks
#7
Orb
Orb, Inc. (an Adyen company since 2026)
PA Score 18/100vs Recurly →
coverage
23.9/100
Beats Recurly on: Revenue is recognized on an ASC 606 / IFRS 15 basis — deferred revenue schedules and audit-ready recognition reports straight from billing data · Stream high-volume usage events — API calls, tokens, compute-seconds — into a metering pipeline with idempotent ingestion and backdating support

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