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Recurly vs SAP Concur

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Recurly

Software

The subscription management platform built for growth

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
SAP Concur logo

SAP Concur

Software

Travel, expense, and invoice management

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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; SAP Concur listed on UK G-Cloud 14 at £0.21 to £9.70 per unit for SAP Concur Travel & Expense Professional Edition, submitted directly by SAP Concur, with the unit and billing period not further defined on the listing
  • They diverge on capability: Recurly covers Subscription billing, SAP Concur covers Expense management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Recurly and SAP Concur actually diverge.

Attributes where Recurly and SAP Concur differ
AttributeRecurlySAP Concur
PlatformsWeb, ApiWeb, Ios, Android
Founded20091993

Identical on both: starting price ($29/month), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Recurly

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

Only in SAP Concur

  • Expense management
  • Travel booking
  • Invoice processing
  • Spend analytics
  • Policy compliance
  • SAP
  • Oracle
  • Workday

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

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

Recurly

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

SAP Concur

  • Enterprise expense managementnot Recurly
  • Corporate travelnot Recurly
  • Invoice processingnot Recurly

Where each one falls short

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

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

SAP Concur

  • Listed on UK G-Cloud 14 at £0.21 to £9.70 per unit for SAP Concur Travel & Expense Professional Edition, submitted directly by SAP Concur, with the unit and billing period not further defined on the listing

Pricing, plan by plan

Recurly

$29/month
  • CoreFree
    • Basic billing
    • Revenue recovery
    • Analytics

SAP Concur

$29/month
  • Professional$8/month
    • Expense reporting
    • Receipt capture
    • Approvals
  • Premium$12/month
    • Travel booking
    • Invoice management
    • Analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Recurly if

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

Choose SAP Concur if

  • You need expense management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want travel booking.
SAP Concur review

Questions people ask

Is Recurly or SAP Concur better?
Neither clearly leads. Recurly starts at $29/month and SAP Concur at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Recurly or SAP Concur?
Recurly starts at $29/month and SAP Concur at $29/month.
Does Recurly or SAP Concur run on more platforms?
Recurly runs on Web, Api. SAP Concur runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Recurly best used for?
Recurly is most often used for subscription billing and recurring invoicing, dunning and failed payment recovery, trials, plan changes and promotions, revenue recognition through the revrec add-on. Of those, subscription billing and recurring invoicing and dunning and failed payment recovery are not what SAP Concur is typically brought in for.
What can Recurly do that SAP Concur cannot?
Recurly covers Subscription billing, Revenue recovery, Payment gateway optimization, Analytics. SAP Concur covers Expense management, Travel booking, Invoice processing, Spend analytics. Both handle Web support.
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