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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Chargebee

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AChargeBee is an all in one subscription billing solution designed to handle all the complexity of recurring billing. The product integrates with a range of other SaaS applications including SalesForce, accounting, and order fulfillment systems. Some key features include: Managed Subscription Billing, Flexible Billing Support and Automated Notifications.

    $599

    per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter

    Digital River

    Score3 out of 10
    N/ADigital River Global Commerce offers cloud commerce tools and services for selling digital and physical products across global online markets, handling taxes, regulations, payments, e-marketing and more.N/A
    Pricing
    ChargebeeDigital River
    Editions & Modules
    Scale
    $599
    per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChargebeeDigital River
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNo transaction based fees. No setup cost.—
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    Community Pulse
    ChargebeeDigital River
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    Chargebee
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    Digital River
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    69%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ChargebeeDigital River
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Chargebee and Digital River
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Digital River
    5.6
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings2.03 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings2.03 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Chargebee and Digital River
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Digital River
    7.4
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Chargebee and Digital River
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Digital River
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    50% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Chargebee and Digital River
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Digital River
    6.9
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Chargebee and Digital River
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Digital River
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
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    ChargebeeDigital River
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ChargebeeDigital River
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (22 ratings)
    3.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChargebeeDigital River
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Chargebee
    Well-suited:
    • In a B2B set up - Post achieving some scale and having outgrown Google Sheets/ Excels. Won't add much value if you are dealing with fewer than 400-500 invoices a year.
    • We haven't explored their B2C subscription management side - but that is one of the key strengths of the platform.
    Incentivized
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    Digital River
    Well suited if you are wanting to implement a solution with minimal staff or resources to support a large project such as E-Commerce software delivery.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Chargebee
    • Reliable: We've had virtually no issues since launch.
    • Care about customers: Chargebee's account managers/support team have always been very helpful/responsive.
    • Feature-rich: Chargebee has a ton of features that help us do what we want and they are consistently adding new features every quarter.
    Incentivized
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    Digital River
    • Digital River's email marketing arm has always been top notch. They are very connected with their customers, quick to alert us to any problems they are experiencing and respond if we bring something to their attention.
    • The Global Commerce platform has grown leaps and bounds in the last few years. Its great having a cloud based ecommerce platform that can be accessed securely from any computer in the world.
    • Worldwide payments continues to be a Digital River strong point. They are continually investigating and and doing the work necessary to new countries and locales to their platform.
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    Cons
    Chargebee
    • It wasn't allowing us to add a one time purchase without making it an ongoing subscription with only one payment. They may have fixed it very recently but that was a big pain from a reporting perspective (it was including one time purchasers as subscribers)
    • Email automation is not very robust. Difficult to customize triggers by subscription, you have to send the same message to all subscribers for a specific action
    • Wish it had a way to write off and cancel the subscription of customers who haven't updated their cc info. That can be a long painful and very manual process. And if that feature is available somewhere they don't do a good job of making that clear.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Digital River
    • Their flexibility and customizability are lacking. Changes to our cart or store require a lot of lead time discussions and development time.
    • They have many strange UI implementations for things. One search bar is a wildcard match, while another is a string match. One setting might break your product, or be editable once, but you cannot change it after that one time.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Chargebee
    No answers on this topic
    Digital River
    N/A I wasn't the person that implemented or recommended Digital River. But from an eCommerce standpoint I liked the organization overall and would recommend it.
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    Usability
    Chargebee
    It's very easy to use once you know what you're doing. I found it very straight forward once I got the hang of things and was able to create plans easily for my business. I was also able to just charge my clients right away easily. Refunding was also easy when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Digital River
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Chargebee
    Chargebee is simple to use, and we have had little need for support.
    Incentivized
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    Digital River
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Chargebee
    The major reason to go with chargebee is its costing as compared to its competitors it is much useful and value for money.Also it has many features that is very practical and efficient to use it.I recommend to the people who involves low costing as well as futuristic features.
    Incentivized
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    Digital River
    We evaluated our ability to expand internationally with our current e-commerce platform and decided we could get to market faster with Digital River
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    Return on Investment
    Chargebee
    • It was a step in the right direction compared to ReCharge
    • It had negative impacts on our revenue before we had our developers put some work into improving its capabilities with our website and software
    • Now, we are seeing some positive results (after some costly updating from our end)
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Digital River
    • Definitely positive impact in local markets
    • Positive impact in email marketing
    • Some positive experience with tailoring it for our business objectives
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Chargebee Screenshots

    Screenshot of Chargebee's metrics and reportingScreenshot of the Recurring Business Command CentreScreenshot of customer subscription nanagement organized onto a single page, where users can change plans, edit card details, add add-ons, apply credits, apply ad hoc charges and delay billing dateScreenshot of the customizable hosted checkout page