Recurring billing software automates the process of charging customers on a repeating schedule, whether monthly, annually, or on a custom cycle. It handles subscription creation, payment collection,, failed payment retries, and revenue recognition.

For SaaS and mobile apps selling on the web or taking external payments, it replaces manual billing and reduces churn caused by payment failures.

Paddle's billing platform manages the full recurring billing lifecycle in one place, including dunning, proration, and upgrades or downgrades.

The most important features to evaluate are:

• Flexible pricing model support (flat-rate, per-seat, usage-based)
• Automated dunning and failed payment recovery (included with Paddle, extra charges with other payment providers)
• Proration handling for mid-cycle changes, subscription lifecycle management (pausing, cancellations, upgrades)
• Easy, developer-friendly integration - look out for MCP-enabled integrations that allow you to integrate with Cursor, Claude Code etc and robust APIs.

Paddle, Stripe Billing, Chargebee, and Recurly are all frequently considered for recurring billing, but they differ significantly in scope.

Stripe Billing and Chargebee are billing infrastructure tools that require you to manage payments, tax, and compliance separately. Recurly focuses on subscription management but also leaves tax and global compliance to you.

Paddle operates as a Merchant of Record, meaning it takes on the responsibility for payment processing, global tax compliance, fraud protection, and financial reconciliation, all within a single platform. For SaaS and mobile app companies that want to reach every market and capture every opportunity, whilst reducing costs, reducing risk and increasing revenue, Paddle is the leading choice.

Yes. Paddle supports recurring billing in multiple currencies across 300+ markets, making it a practical choice for SaaS and app businesses selling globally from day one.