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Chargebee

Starting at $249 per month
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What is Chargebee?

ChargeBee 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…

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Chargebee is a versatile software that solves a range of billing and subscription management problems for businesses. Users have found it …
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Pricing

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Rise

$249

Cloud
per month

Scale

$549

Cloud
per month

Enterprise

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.chargebee.com/pricing.html

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

KuberLogic installation and configuration demo +chargebee (billing) configuration

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Chargebee + Avalara Demo

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ChargeBee Demo @UnPluggd

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How Jiobit monetized its IoT Subscriptions using Chargebee

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Product Details

What is Chargebee?

Chargebee is a PCI DSS Level 1 certified recurring billing system for SaaS and subscription based eCommerce businesses.

This customizable platform supports 30+ leading worldwide payment gateway integrations, such as Stripe, Braintree etc., and alternative payment methods like PayPal and Amazon Payments - to allow users to automate payment collection, invoicing, email notifications and subscription management.

According the vendor, with the real-time, actionable SaaS metrics and analytics insights provided on the dashboard, users can understand the unit economics of their subscription business and drive their business growth with ease.

Businesses can also add unlimited users/user roles, with role based access, so that their support, sales and accounting teams have access to the relevant, up-to-date information on their customers.

With power packed integrations such as Shopify, Squarespace, MailChimp, ShipStation, Refersion, Google Analytics, and Zapier - businesses can sell their subscription products online, send personalized emails to their subscribers, ship their products, create referral programs, track the customer behaviours and integrate with hundreds of other web apps - all in one place.

With customers in over 48 countries, Chargebee says it offers the smartest solution for managing subscription billing and provides a scalable platform for businesses to grow, without worrying about losing control or creating administrative nightmares.

Chargebee Features

  • Supported: Recurring Billing
  • Supported: Customer Portal
  • Supported: Automated e-Invoicing
  • Supported: Hosted Checkout Pages (with Theme Support)
  • Supported: Automated Email Notifications
  • Supported: Dunning Management
  • Supported: Multiple Gateway Support
  • Supported: Metered Billing
  • Supported: EU VAT Support
  • Supported: CRM, Accounting Integration
  • Supported: Trial management
  • Supported: SaaS Metrics Reports
  • Supported: Robust, clean RESTful APIs
  • Supported: Multiple Webhooks
  • Supported: Consolidated Customer Profiles
  • Supported: Offline Billing
  • Supported: Grandfathering
  • Supported: One Time Payments
  • Supported: Coupons, Discounts and Add-ons
  • Supported: Credit Notes and Proration
  • Supported: Multicurrency support
  • Supported: Custom Domain for Hosted Checkout Pages

Chargebee Screenshots

Screenshot of Recurring Business Command CentreScreenshot of Customizable Hosted Checkout PageScreenshot of Reporting and MetricsScreenshot of Subscription ManagementScreenshot of Customer Portal: Self-Service Portal

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Chargebee Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesUnited States, United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Vatican City
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

ChargeBee 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.

Zoho Billing, Zuora, and Maxio are common alternatives for Chargebee.

The most common users of Chargebee are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Chargebee is a versatile software that solves a range of billing and subscription management problems for businesses. Users have found it particularly effective in identifying and retaining unhappy customers, thus reducing churn. By allowing the usage of credit coupons and the adjustment of billing dates, Chargebee provides a better billing experience, ensuring customer satisfaction. It also helps sales and marketing teams to run special promotions with accuracy in content delivery.

With its comprehensive subscription management platform, Chargebee enables businesses to seamlessly manage licenses and handle invoicing for credit card transactions. Users appreciate how Chargebee automates AR collections, accounting work, and communication with clients, making recurring billing hassle-free. This has proven to be a significant time-saver for teams across organizations, including Sales, Product, and Customer Success. Additionally, Chargebee's user-friendly interface, accompanied by its good documentation and responsive customer support, provides a seamless experience during set up and use.

The rich feature set of Chargebee supports various business areas and helps track important metrics such as annual recurring revenue, churn rate, and leads for SaaS businesses. It revolutionizes how customers are charged and simplifies subscription management through functions like generating invoices, automated payment follow-ups, and creating reports. Integration with payment tracking platforms like QuickBooks ensures accurate payment updates.

Chargebee is widely used by organizations to manage payments, refunds, credits, and subscriptions accurately for every customer. The CS team relies on it for processing refunds while the Billing team benefits from its flexible payment plan features. The engineering team finds value in integrating Chargebee with other systems. Moreover, subscription box companies utilize Chargebee for managing subscribers and gift plans as well as creating and redeeming coupon codes.

Overall, Chargebee accelerates subscription income growth and improves efficiencies in sales processes while providing excellent CRM integration support for small to medium-sized businesses.

User Interface: Users have consistently found Chargebee's user interface to be simple, intuitive, and easy to navigate. Many reviewers have stated that the dashboard design is particularly intuitive, allowing them to access necessary information quickly and perform tasks efficiently within the software.

Dunning Feature: The dunning feature in Chargebee has been praised by users for its ability to automate the collection of expired credit card information. Several reviewers have mentioned that this feature saves them a significant amount of time compared to manual handling. They appreciate how it streamlines their payment collection process and improves overall efficiency.

Integration Capabilities: Chargebee's seamless integration with other SaaS tools, such as licensing systems and accounting software, has been highly valued by users. Multiple customers have expressed their appreciation for how easily they can generate trials, handle billing accurately, and manage subscriptions with these integrations. They find it effective in streamlining their processes and improving overall operational efficiency.

Flexibility and Compatibility Issues: Users have reported difficulties with the software's flexibility and compatibility, specifically when it comes to adding one-time purchases without making them ongoing subscriptions. Some users have mentioned that this has caused problems from a reporting perspective, as one-time purchasers are mistakenly included as subscribers.

Limited Email Automation Customization: The email automation feature is not considered robust by some users, who find it difficult to customize triggers based on subscription. They express a desire for the ability to send different messages to different subscribers for specific actions.

Lack of Credit Card Update Feature: Some users have expressed frustration with the absence of a feature that allows them to write off and cancel subscriptions for customers who haven't updated their credit card information. They describe this process as long, painful, and manual. Additionally, if such a feature exists, it is not clearly communicated.

Users have made several recommendations based on their experiences with Chargebee. One common recommendation is to try Chargebee as a lower-cost solution for subscription management. Users describe it as a great service that simplifies the process, making it particularly beneficial for small teams without dedicated dev resources. The fact that the first $50k is free is also highlighted as a significant advantage for small businesses.

Another recommendation is to use Chargebee for managing billing and subscriptions. Users appreciate its solid product and detailed usage guides, and they also praise the great support provided by Chargebee. This makes it a reliable choice for subscription management.

Users also suggest considering other options before using Chargebee for Salesforce integration. While they encourage focusing on building the product and letting Chargebee handle the rest, they advise exploring other alternatives for subscription/recurring payment databases.

Overall, users recommend trying Chargebee due to its ease of use and suitability for subscription management. They also suggest taking advantage of its integrations with CRM platforms like Hubspot. Lastly, users emphasize the value of the no-obligation trial period in giving Chargebee a try.

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I used it for all my transactions. It was very helpful in solving all my charging and invoicing problems, including those that were subscription-based. I liked that I could just add in the details of the client and charge any amount for anything straight away for anything so easily. No cumbersome setups.
  • Customer service. They are speedy and warm. I LOVE that they think of their clients. They even allow the businesses that are starting out to come on board for free for their first $50k, which is a GODSEND. They also sent out gifts when I was their free client.. it was amazing to me that they would do that.
  • I love that I can just charge anything to a client's credit card without entering an address, especially when I need it done fast, and it will go right through, and the invoice will land right in a client's inbox.
  • I love how detailed they are with their email reminders, dunning and other areas related to credit card compliance that I had no idea was needed!
  • One-time charge will definitely need improvement. Given, they ARE a subscription-based sales software, but a better one-time charge functionality isn't that hard to do.
  • Pricing based on the usage and/or amount I put through Chargebee. I didn't use Chargebee too much, which was really why I stopped using it, but I would have continued if they could fit my usage to a reasonable price for their software.
  • Offline payments are harder to record. I don't know why I cannot send an offline invoice straight away to the client, it just goes to unpaid invoices first to be sent out at the next billing term. My clients get a surprise "UNPAID" invoice when I put in a new offline invoice for them... only for me to record their invoice as paid 5 mins later.
It's very very suitable for the budding entrepreneur. It's just easy to use and more straightforward than other systems. It literally has everything you want in there.
  • I can't say in terms of sales, but my efficiency rate has definitely improved by 50-80%.
  • Clients can just "set it and forget it" in terms of payments, that's a 50% improvement from before.
  • I can resolve a credit card problem immediately compared to before.
  • Stripe
It was too troublesome to use Stripe. Connecting Stripe to Chargebee was so much easier and the invoices were exactly how I wanted them to be. It was just easier to organize all your plans in Chargebee, and I loved the numerous type of emails you could send out to customers/clients.
  • Plans were very easy to set up.
  • Charging a client for anything at any price was very easy.
  • Putting in a credit card for a new client was easy.
  • A one-time charge plan should be able to be set up without having to do it subscription style.
  • Offline payments should be easier to set up.
  • Because Chargebee was created for developers, it wasn't easy for me to use at first.
Yes, but I don't use it
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.
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