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Medius Expense vs Recurly

Medius Expense logo

Medius Expense

Accounting

Expense management, formerly Expensya, now the expense module of the Medius spend platform

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Recurly logo

Recurly

Accounting

The subscription management platform built for growth

From
$249/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Medius Expense the Expensya name is being retired, so contracts, logins and support articles change identity mid-relationship and internal documentation has to be rewritten.; Recurly starter is $249 a month plus 0.9 percent of billing volume above the first $40K, so the cost rises with revenue rather than with usage
  • They diverge on capability: Medius Expense covers Receipt OCR, Recurly covers Subscription billing.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Medius Expense and Recurly actually diverge.

Attributes where Medius Expense and Recurly differ
AttributeMedius ExpenseRecurly
Starting priceOn request$249/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Api
FoundedUnknown2009

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Accounting).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Medius Expense

  • Receipt OCR
  • Mileage and per diem
  • VAT recovery
  • Card reconciliation
  • Approval workflows
  • AP suite integration

Only in Recurly

  • Subscription billing
  • Revenue recovery
  • Payment gateway optimization
  • Analytics
  • API
  • Stripe
  • PayPal
  • Braintree

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Medius Expense

  • A French or Spanish employer needing VAT-compliant receipt capture in local formats and languagesnot Recurly
  • A company already running Medius for supplier invoices that wants employee spend on the same platformnot Recurly
  • A finance team with heavy mileage claims needing statutory rates applied without spreadsheetsnot Recurly
  • A group consolidating several country expense tools into one European platformnot Recurly

Recurly

  • Subscription billing and recurring invoicingnot Medius Expense
  • Dunning and failed payment recoverynot Medius Expense
  • Trials, plan changes and promotionsnot Medius Expense
  • Revenue recognition through the RevRec add-onnot Medius Expense
  • Shopify-native subscriptions with subscribe and savenot Medius Expense

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Medius Expense

  • The Expensya name is being retired, so contracts, logins and support articles change identity mid-relationship and internal documentation has to be rewritten.
  • It is now a module inside an accounts payable suite, so expense-specific roadmap items compete with supplier invoice work for engineering time.
  • Pricing is not published and is discounted against bundling with Medius AP, which makes standalone expense quotes less competitive than they look.
  • Strength is concentrated in Europe and the Maghreb; North American and Asian tax and mileage handling are thinner than the European coverage.
  • It does not issue cards, so real-time spend controls are absent and it relies on card feed reconciliation after the fact.

Recurly

  • Starter is $249 a month plus 0.9 percent of billing volume above the first $40K, so the cost rises with revenue rather than with usage
  • All-Access is quoted at under 1 percent of billing volume with a $1M minimum, putting it out of reach of smaller merchants
  • Only one dunning campaign on Starter; multiple campaigns need All-Access
  • SSO, multicurrency and payments orchestration are All-Access only
  • Revenue recognition and the Engage churn tooling are separate add-ons at $850 and $1,600 a month

Pricing, plan by plan

Medius Expense

On request
  • Medius Expense$undefined/year
    • Per-user subscription, quoted not published
    • Tiering by feature set and entity count
    • Implementation and OCR configuration fees

Recurly

$249/month
  • Starter$249/month
    • Automated global subscription billing
    • Flexible plans and static churn-prevention tools
    • 1 dunning campaign
  • All-Access$null/month
    • Everything in Starter plus AI-powered agents and analytics
    • Intelligent churn-prevention with multiple dunning campaigns
    • Advanced pricing and promotions
  • All-Access for Shopify$null/month
    • Intelligent churn-prevention and customized bundles
    • Subscribe and save, prepaid/gift subscriptions
    • Hybrid subscription support and cancel-save flows

Which should you pick?

Choose Medius Expense if

  • You need receipt ocr.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want mileage and per diem.
Medius Expense review

Choose Recurly if

  • You need subscription billing.
  • You work on Web, Api.
  • You also want revenue recovery.
Recurly review

Questions people ask

Is Medius Expense or Recurly better?
Neither clearly leads. Medius Expense starts at On request and Recurly at $249/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Medius Expense or Recurly?
Medius Expense starts at On request and Recurly at $249/month.
Does Medius Expense or Recurly run on more platforms?
Medius Expense runs on Web, iOS, Android. Recurly runs on Web, Api.
What is Medius Expense best used for?
Medius Expense is most often used for a french or spanish employer needing vat-compliant receipt capture in local formats and languages, a company already running medius for supplier invoices that wants employee spend on the same platform, a finance team with heavy mileage claims needing statutory rates applied without spreadsheets, a group consolidating several country expense tools into one european platform. Of those, a french or spanish employer needing vat-compliant receipt capture in local formats and languages and a company already running medius for supplier invoices that wants employee spend on the same platform are not what Recurly is typically brought in for.
What can Medius Expense do that Recurly cannot?
Medius Expense covers Receipt OCR, Mileage and per diem, VAT recovery, Card reconciliation. Recurly covers Subscription billing, Revenue recovery, Payment gateway optimization, Analytics.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Medius Expense: Is Expensya still available?

Under that name, no. The product continues as Medius Expense, with the branding cutover on 30 September 2026 and no change to features or data.

Recurly: What does Recurly's Starter plan cost?

Recurly Starter plan costs 249 USD monthly plus 0.9 percent of billing volume, with the first 40000 USD monthly volume included in the base fee.

Source
Medius Expense: Do I have to buy Medius AP as well?

No, but the commercial terms improve materially if you do, which is worth testing during negotiation.

Recurly: What is the minimum commitment for Recurly's All-Access plan?

All-Access plans require a minimum 1 million USD annual commitment, billed annually at less than 1 percent of billing volume.

Source
Medius Expense: Does it issue corporate cards?

No. It reconciles existing card feeds rather than issuing its own cards.

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