Recurly

Best for: Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You want to try it free before paying

Pricing model

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]recurly.com/pricing/“As low as <1% of billing volume, billed annually”recurly.com/pricing/“$249 per month + 0.9% of billing volume (first $40K of billings included at no charge each month)”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]recurly.com/pricing/“$249 per month + 0.9% of billing volume (first $40K of billings included at no charge each month)”

Free tier

✗ No [4]recurly.com/pricing/“90-day free trial”recurly.com/faqs/“Recurly provides a free sandbox environment when you first sign up. There is no mention of a free tier for production use, and there is no open-source self-hosted version available.”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [5]recurly.com/pricing/“90-day free trial”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [6]recurly.com/pricing/“All-Access Plan — MOST POPULAR — As low as <1% of billing volume, billed annually”

Minimum commitment

Starter plan: $249/month platform fee + 0.9% of billing volume (first $40K of billings included free each month). All-Access plan: minimum $1M billing volume per year. [7]recurly.com/pricing/“Starter: $249 per month + 0.9% of billing volume (first $40K of billings included at no charge each month)”recurly.com/pricing/“All-Access: $1M billing volume minimum”

• Usage-based billing
• Dunning / recovery
• Revenue recognition
• Tax / VAT handling
• Entitlements

Supported actions

create_subscription, update_subscription, cancel_subscription, pause_subscription, proration, usage_metering, usage_tracking, dunning, failed_payment_retry, invoicing, credit_notes, coupons, discounts, trials, plan_management, addon_management, customer_portal, hosted_payment_pages, entitlements, revenue_recognition, tax_calculation, multicurrency, webhooks, account_management, gift_cards, ramp_pricing, tiered_pricing, quantity_based_billing, fixed_recurring_billing, hybrid_billing, one_time_charges, manual_charges_credits, custom_reporting, payments_orchestration, SSO, fraud_management, app_store_sync [8]docs.recurly.com/docs/entitlements“Entitlements are access control mechanisms that define which features subscribers can use based on their purchases”recurly.com/features/subscription-billing/“Recurring billing can be based on several models, including fixed recurring, quantity based, usage based, one-time, hybrid, or ramp pricing”

Regions

Global (195+ countries), United States, European Union (data center available), India (RBI compliance), United Kingdom, Australia [9]recurly.com/blog/from-lira-to-ringgit-recurly-now-supports-over-140-currencies/“Recurly currently supports subscription commerce in over 195 countries, and 140 currencies”docs.recurly.com/docs/gdpr“Recurly provides data centers in the United States and Europe”

Languages

English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkish [10]recurly.com/features/subscription-billing/“Available in 20+ languages”

Input types

subscription objects, usage events, account data, plan/add-on definitions, coupon/discount codes, payment method tokens, invoice line items, metered usage records, entitlement definitions

Output types

JSON, XML, invoices (PDF), webhook events, hosted checkout pages, hosted account portal, revenue recognition reports, MRR/ARR analytics, dunning notifications

Webhooks

✓ Yes [11]docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/webhooks“Account notifications, Subscription notifications, Payment notifications, Invoice notifications, Usage notifications, Dunning events notifications, Prerenewal notifications”recurly.com/product/integration-methods/“3.8B+ annual webhook events”

Sandbox / test mode

✓ Yes [12]recurly.com/faqs/“When you first sign up, you'll be provided with a sandbox environment so you can play around a bit—see what we have to offer.”

SDK languages

Ruby, Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, .NET, Go [13]github.com/recurly“recurly-client-node, recurly-client-ruby, recurly-client-php, recurly-client-python, recurly-client-dotnet, recurly-client-java, recurly-client-go, recurly-js”

MCP server

✗ No [14]github.com/recurly“0 results for all repositories matching mcp sorted by last updated”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [15]trust.recurly.com“SOC 2 Type II — Independent attestation with bridge letter provided”recurly.com/product/security-compliance/“SOC II Type 2 compliant”

HIPAA

✓ Yes [16]trust.recurly.com“HIPAA — Badge displayed on page”recurly.com/product/security-compliance/“meet CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA requirements”

GDPR

✓ Yes [17]docs.recurly.com/docs/gdpr“Recurly provides data centers in the United States and Europe to help customers meet regional data residency requirements”recurly.com/product/security-compliance/“meet CCPA, GDPR, and HIPAA requirements”

ISO 27001

– Unknown [18]trust.recurly.com“ISO 27001 is not mentioned on this page”recurly.com/product/security-compliance/“ISO 27001 is not mentioned anywhere in the provided content”

PCI DSS

✓ Yes [19]recurly.com/product/security-compliance/“PCI Data Security Standard Level 1 compliant”recurly.com/security/“Recurly is PCI-DSS Level 1 compliant, and recognized on the Visa Global Registry of Service Providers”

Published SLA

✓ Yes [20]recurly.com/legal/sla/“99.5% System Availability over one-month periods excluding scheduled maintenance, payment gateway outages, and force majeure events”recurly.com/legal/sla/“THE FOLLOWING SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT ('SLA') WILL ONLY APPLY TO THE EXTENT MERCHANT HAS EXECUTED A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH RECURLY THAT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES THIS SLA”

Rate limits

Sandbox sites: 400 requests/min (all request types counted); Production sites: 1,000 requests/min (GET and HEAD requests only), calculated over a sliding 5-minute window. Exceeding the limit returns HTTP 429. [21]support.recurly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034160731-What-is-our-API-Rate-Limit“Sandbox sites: 400 requests per minute, where all requests count toward the rate limit. Production sites: 1,000 requests per minute, where only GET requests count toward the rate limit. The rate limit is calculated over a sliding 5-minute window.”

Known restrictions

Entitlements feature requires upgrading beyond Starter or Pro plans, All-Access plan requires $1M minimum annual billing volume, SLA (99.5% uptime) only applies when explicitly referenced in a separate executed agreement with Recurly, Not all payment gateways support all 140+ currencies, Data processing may still occur outside chosen region (e.g. EU data center) per GDPR documentation, Engage add-on ($1,600+/mo) and RevRec add-on ($850+/mo) are separately priced [22]docs.recurly.com/docs/entitlements“This feature requires upgrading beyond Starter or Pro plans”recurly.com/legal/sla/“The Service Level Agreement will only apply to the extent Merchant has executed a separate agreement with Recurly that specifically references this SLA”docs.recurly.com/docs/gdpr“data processing may still occur outside your chosen region, including regions outside the EU”

• Docs
• API reference
• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://v3.recurly.com

Version

v2021-02-25

Versioning

header

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key, basic

Idempotency keys

✓ Yes

Error format

vendor-specific

Webhook signing

hmac_sha256

Rate limit

1000 / minute

SDKs

• Ruby recurly · repo
• Python recurly · repo
• Node.js recurly · repo
• Java com.recurly.v3:api-client · repo
• PHP recurly/recurly-client · repo
• .NET Recurly · repo
• Go github.com/recurly/recurly-client-go/v6 · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• Webhook events
• Deprecation policy

Launched

2010-01-01

Notable customers

Sling, Twitch, BarkBox, FabFitFun, Paramount, Lucid Software, Sprout Social, Nuuly, Scentbird, Cinemark, PandaDoc, Alaska Airlines

• Chargebee

  "Billing & Monetization for SaaS and AI Companies."

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Maxio

  "Power your AI business with the billing, rev rec, and reporting engine that's as smart and scalable as your next breakthrough."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Stigg

  "Monetization Control Layer for AI Products"

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Lago

  "Lago is an open-source software for metering and usage-based billing. It's the best alternative to Chargebee, Recurly or Stripe Billing for companies that need to handle complex billing logic."

  Sales-led · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Stripe

  Financial infrastructure to grow your revenue.

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

• Paddle

  "As the complete Merchant of Record, Paddle helps digital product companies to operate and grow, automatically."

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

Recurly alternatives · Recurly vs Chargebee · All Subscription & Billing APIs APIs

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5. ↑Self-serve signup: recurly.com
6. ↑Enterprise plan: recurly.com
7. ↑Minimum commitment: recurly.com · recurly.com
8. ↑Supported actions: docs.recurly.com · recurly.com
9. ↑Regions: recurly.com · docs.recurly.com
10. ↑Languages: recurly.com
11. ↑Webhooks: docs.recurly.com · recurly.com
12. ↑Sandbox: recurly.com
13. ↑SDK languages: github.com
14. ↑MCP server: github.com
15. ↑SOC 2: trust.recurly.com · recurly.com
16. ↑HIPAA: trust.recurly.com · recurly.com
17. ↑GDPR: docs.recurly.com · recurly.com
18. ↑ISO 27001: trust.recurly.com · recurly.com
19. ↑PCI DSS: recurly.com · recurly.com
20. ↑Published SLA: recurly.com · recurly.com
21. ↑Rate limits: support.recurly.com
22. ↑Known restrictions: docs.recurly.com · recurly.com · docs.recurly.com

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3. 2026-06-21 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 85
4. 2026-06-21 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 75
5. 2026-06-21 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 35
6. 2026-06-21 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 85
7. 2026-06-21 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 85
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9. 2026-06-21 Avoid If: (none) → You want to try it free before paying
10. 2026-06-21 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
11. 2026-06-21 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 40
12. 2026-06-21 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
13. 2026-06-21 API Reference URL: (none) → https://recurly.com/developers/index.html
14. 2026-06-21 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.recurly.com
15. 2026-06-21 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.recurly.com/
16. 2026-06-21 Has Structured Data: (none) → Yes
17. 2026-06-21 Rendering: (none) → static
18. 2026-06-21 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
19. 2026-06-21 MCP Server Available: set to No
20. 2026-06-21 Pricing Model: set to hybrid
21. 2026-06-21 Has Published Pricing: set to Yes
22. 2026-06-21 Free Tier Available: set to No
23. 2026-06-21 Minimum Commitment: set to Starter plan: $249/month platform fee + 0.9% of billing volume (first $40K of b…
24. 2026-06-21 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
25. 2026-06-21 Requires Sales Call: set to No
26. 2026-06-21 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
27. 2026-06-21 SOC 2: set to type_2
28. 2026-06-21 HIPAA: set to Yes
29. 2026-06-21 GDPR: set to Yes
30. 2026-06-21 PCI DSS: set to Yes
31. 2026-06-21 SLA Published: set to Yes
32. 2026-06-21 SLA URL: set to https://recurly.com/legal/sla/
33. 2026-06-21 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://recurly.com/legal/privacy/
34. 2026-06-21 Documented Rate Limits: set to Sandbox sites: 400 requests/min (all request types counted); Production sites: …
35. 2026-06-21 Rate Limit Requests: set to 1000
36. 2026-06-21 Rate Limit Window: set to minute
37. 2026-06-21 Known Restrictions: set to Entitlements feature requires upgrading beyond Starter or Pro plans, All-Access…
38. 2026-06-21 Auth Methods: set to api_key, basic
39. 2026-06-21 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/docs/api-keys
40. 2026-06-21 API Style: set to rest
41. 2026-06-21 Base URL: set to https://v3.recurly.com
42. 2026-06-21 Deprecation Policy URL: set to https://recurly.com/developers/pages/api-v2/support-policy-and-roadmap.html
43. 2026-06-21 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.recurly.com/docs/getting-started
44. 2026-06-21 Idempotency Supported: set to Yes
45. 2026-06-21 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
46. 2026-06-21 Webhook Signing: set to hmac_sha256
47. 2026-06-21 Webhook Events URL: set to https://docs.recurly.com/recurly-subscriptions/v1.3/docs/overview-webhooks
48. 2026-06-21 Slug: set to recurly
49. 2026-06-21 Starting Price Usd: set to 249
50. 2026-06-21 Price Basis: set to month

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