Recurly is one of the better-known subscription tools in its space — and at $249/mo + 0.9% of billing volume (Starter; first $40k/mo billings included), one of the recurring line items people most often look to replace. If you're searching for a Recurly alternative you pay for once and own forever, Billoop is the OneTimeSuite answer: $49, one time.
Why people go looking for an alternative
Recurly runs $249/mo + 0.9% of billing volume (Starter; first $40k/mo billings included), and like most SaaS the bill never stops — cancel and you typically lose access to your own history. That's roughly $8,964 over three years. Billoop flips that model: Plans, coupons, real proration, dunning and an MRR dashboard on your own Stripe account.
What Billoop covers
- BYO Stripe (optional) — Drop in your own API key and plans become Stripe products, customers sync and the portal wraps Stripe's billing portal; without a key it runs the full engine in local mode, and it never touches funds.
- Plans, trials, coupons — Monthly and yearly plans, trial periods and percent or amount coupons (once or forever), all in integer cents, never floats.
- Real proration — Mid-cycle plan changes credit the unused fraction of the old plan and charge the same fraction of the new one as explicit line items, covered by exact-figure tests.
- Dunning that finishes — A failed payment triggers a templated email sequence at +0/+3/+7 days, then auto-cancels or auto-pauses after N attempts, and every send is logged.
- Renewal sweep — Runs hourly or on demand to handle trial conversions, renewals with correct coupon semantics and cancel-at-period-end.
The honest trade-off
Recurly will keep shipping features, integrations and managed infrastructure that a pay-once tool won't chase — if that ecosystem is genuinely load-bearing for your workflow, staying is a fair call. For the core job, the math favors owning the tool: $49 once against $249/mo + 0.9% of billing volume (Starter; first $40k/mo billings included) forever. Billoop costs less than a single day of Chargebee's starter tier, and never skims your revenue.
Also worth reading
Billoop's main head-to-head is with Chargebee — see the detailed comparison or the product page for the full feature list, FAQ and demo video.
Try Billoop — $49, once
Plans, coupons, real proration, dunning and an MRR dashboard on your own Stripe account.