Recurly Pricing: Plans & Fee Calculator 2026
A $249/mo gap separates the $249 Starter plan from the $1,200 RevRec tier, with Recurly's dunning engine justifying the cost above $15k MRR.
Recurly fees
| Tier | Maker | Taker |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | - | $249/mo + 0.9% of billing (first $40K/mo included); 90-day free trial |
| All-Access | - | As low as under 1% of billing, billed annually ($1M billing minimum) |
| All-Access for Shopify | - | As low as under 1% of billing, billed annually |
Spot trading fees. Your tier is set by 30-day volume (or holdings); the calculator above estimates your cost.
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Recurly pricing: the quick answer
Recurly's Starter plan is $249 a month as of July 14, 2026, with a 90-day trial, and covers your first $40,000 of billing volume each month before a 0.9% fee applies above it. The All-Access plan drops the flat fee for a pure percentage, described as low as under 1% of billing volume, but requires a $1 million billing-volume minimum. Two add-ons sit outside the plans: Engage starts at $1,600 a month and RevRec at $850. Recurly's fee also stacks on top of your payment processor's fees, which buyers often forget.
- Starter$249/mo
- Starter- / $249/mo + 0.9% of billing (first $40K/mo included); 90-day free trial
- All-Access- / As low as under 1% of billing, billed annually ($1M billing minimum)
- All-Access for Shopify- / As low as under 1% of billing, billed annually
At $249/mo to start, Recurly sits 58% below the $599/mo median across 1 payments & billing tools we track.
Recurly cost calculator
Recurly Hidden Costs & Pitfalls
Recurly's plan fee is only one layer. The billing-volume percentage, the add-on products, and the fact that all of this sits on top of your processor's fees are what set the real total.
Recurly pricing, read against its live plans and category
Positioning
Recurly is a premium subscription-billing layer, and its entry point is more accessible than the category suggests. Starter is $249/mo, covering the first $40,000 of monthly billing volume before a 0.9% fee applies above it, with a 90-day trial. All-Access drops the flat fee for a volume-rated percentage described as under 1% of billing volume, but it requires a $1M monthly billing-volume minimum, so it is squarely a scale plan. The basic billing is affordable; the revenue-optimization tooling is where the real spend lives.
Cost drivers
- 1Recurly's billing-volume fee stacks on top of your payment processor's merchant fees, so the two compound rather than replace each other.
- 2The 0.9% Starter overage applies to all volume past $40,000/mo and grows with revenue.
- 3The revenue add-ons are separate and billed annually: Engage starts at $1,600/mo and RevRec at $850/mo, so a full setup adds at least $2,450/mo over the plan fee.
Watch-outs
Users focus on the compounding cost of the revenue-share model layered over standard merchant fees, and some conclude they can do the same work directly on their processor.
Strengths
- The dunning engine uses machine learning to time retries and recover failed payments, which is the main reason it pays for itself above a certain MRR.
- Gateway failover reroutes payments to a backup gateway automatically, and the platform handles complex usage-based and hybrid subscription models.
Editor’s take
Starter at $249/mo suits businesses that want mature billing and dunning out of the box, and it earns its keep once recovered revenue exceeds the fee. But remember the volume percentage sits on top of your processor's fees, and the Engage and RevRec add-ons are real money. High-volume teams weighing whether to keep it should compare against running billing directly on Stripe.
Oleh KemFounder & Lead AnalystRecurly price history
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Sources & verification
| Source | What was checked | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Official Pricing Page | Source of verified tiers | July 8, 2026 |
| Official Website | Official vendor website | — |
| G2 | G2 verified user reviews · 4.4/5 · 207 reviews | — |
| Capterra | Capterra verified user reviews · 4.5/5 | — |
| TrustRadius | TrustRadius verified reviews | — |
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