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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Recurly

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Recurly is a subscription billing platform and manages customer communications via email, business performance monitoring, and account changes. A merchant bank account is required to work with Recurly. A payment gateway is part of the product but it integrates with other gateways, such as PayPal, to give shoppers a more comprehensive suite of payment options.N/A
    Pricing
    Digital RiverRecurly
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Elite
    Custom Quote
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Digital RiverRecurly
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Digital RiverRecurly
    Considered Both Products
    Digital River
    No answer on this topic
    Recurly
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Digital RiverRecurly
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Digital River and Recurly
    Feature
    Digital River
    5.6
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Recurly
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings2.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management2.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Digital River and Recurly
    Feature
    Digital River
    7.4
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Recurly
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Digital River and Recurly
    Feature
    Digital River
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Recurly
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Digital River and Recurly
    Feature
    Digital River
    6.9
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Recurly
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Digital River and Recurly
    Feature
    Digital River
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Recurly
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing9.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.32 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Digital RiverRecurly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Digital RiverRecurly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Recurly
    Recurly is great for tracking transactions and reviewing payment method declines. The platform is extremely helpful when dealing with scenarios where someone believes they have been fraudulently charged for the product. Recurly allows for transaction filtering, which is very helpful when trying to find possibly fraudulent charges very easy. If expecting precise, detailed information about a card decline, Recurly would not be very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Recurly
    • It handles 1:1 and 1:many accounts to subscription set up.
    • It has a good billing customization option (cadence, pricing, etc.)
    • Can easily set up a customer account and invoice - billing link can be generated so no need to take credit card info over chat, phone, or email.
    • Great and responsive customer support.
    • Supports multi-language.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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
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    Recurly
    • I really can't think of any shortcomings on Recurly because they have tried to cover all bases well. However, I believe that pricing could be little competitive because Recurly can become quite expensive when you have acquired a good number of subscribers. So apart from price, there are no shortcomings I can think of on product side.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
    Read full review
    Recurly
    I believe we would continue to use Recurly because they have shown that they are continually improving their software, and they listen to their customers
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Digital River
    No answers on this topic
    Recurly
    Recurly is very good at showing all the data we need to see on a day to day basis. Keeping track of invoices and subscriptions across many markets helps us see the overall map of our business operations. Our representatives that do not work in billing can easily understand from viewing the platform of our progress.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Digital River
    No answers on this topic
    Recurly
    They have always been quick to respond and help. I love their chat feature at the bottom right-hand corner of the platform.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Recurly
    Recurly does a much better job at handling subscription payments than QuickBooks Online. We only use QuickBooks Online when we have a client who cannot pay via credit/debit card. In those cases, we send out automatic invoices via QuickBooks Online instead. 95% of our clients are processed through Recurly.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Digital River
    • Definitely positive impact in local markets
    • Positive impact in email marketing
    • Some positive experience with tailoring it for our business objectives
    Incentivized
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    Recurly
    • Providing an interface for our subscribers to manage their own accounts has simplified our business tremendously. This alone has freed up hours of our staff's time each day.
    • Many customers receive new credit cards due to expiration or fraud. The time we spent in updating this information prior to using Recurly's Revenue Recovery feature versus now is significant.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Recurly Screenshots

    Screenshot of Payments with smart routing to improve transaction success rates and conversions by offering a variety of payment methods, such as credit cards, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH.Screenshot of The flexible ways to configure subscription billings workflows, and automate recurring invoicing based on the subscription parameters.Screenshot of Automated dunning communications to increase collection effectiveness. Configurable across period and timing, if the payment is past due or declined, selected and personalized dunning campaign launch.Screenshot of The features to set up and test different products, plans, and pricing options, plus promotional tools like free trials, coupons, and gift subscriptions and cards to attract more customers.Screenshot of Recurly analytics, which provides a 360° view into the health of a subscription business's plan performance, churn trends, campaigns results, financial metrics. These inform decisions for business growth.