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Accounting · head to head

Recurly vs Yooz

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Recurly

Accounting

The subscription management platform built for growth

From
$249/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Yooz

Accounting

AP automation for mid-sized finance teams, with unlimited users included in the subscription

From
$199/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; Yooz it is accounts payable only, with no requisitioning, sourcing or contract management, so procurement control has to come from somewhere else.
  • They diverge on capability: Recurly covers Subscription billing, Yooz covers Invoice capture.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Recurly and Yooz actually diverge.

Attributes where Recurly and Yooz differ
AttributeRecurlyYooz
Starting price$249/month$199/month
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer month by invoice volume
PlatformsWeb, ApiWeb, iOS, Android
Founded2009Unknown

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 Recurly

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

Only in Yooz

  • Invoice capture
  • Automatic coding
  • Purchase order matching
  • Approval workflow
  • Fraud and duplicate detection
  • Payment initiation
  • Unlimited users
  • E-invoicing readiness

What people use each for

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

Recurly

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

Yooz

  • A finance team with thirty occasional approvers that cannot justify per-seat AP automationnot Recurly
  • An accounting practice processing invoices on behalf of many client companiesnot Recurly
  • A French or European business preparing for mandatory electronic invoicing without buying an enterprise platformnot Recurly
  • A company losing early payment discounts because paper invoices sit in someone's tray for two weeksnot 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

Yooz

  • It is accounts payable only, with no requisitioning, sourcing or contract management, so procurement control has to come from somewhere else.
  • Pricing is published only as a starting point and the real number depends on invoice volume and connector requirements, so the advertised figure understates what most buyers pay.
  • Country compliance depth is strongest in France and francophone Europe; buyers needing many national e-invoicing mandates at once are better served by a vendor built for that.
  • Extraction accuracy on unusual supplier layouts still requires human correction, and the learning improves only with volume, so small-volume users see less benefit from the automation they are paying for.
  • ERP connectors vary in depth between accounting systems, and a shallow connector turns the promised straight-through posting into a periodic file export that someone has to run.

Pricing, plan by plan

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

Yooz

$199/month
  • Entry$199/month
    • Unlimited users
    • Invoice capture, coding and approval workflow
    • Volume allowance applies
  • Volume tiers$undefined/month
    • Priced by monthly invoice volume
    • European mid-market typically €300 to €600 a month at 200 to 500 invoices
    • Purchase order matching and fraud detection

Which should you pick?

Choose Recurly if

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

Choose Yooz if

  • You need invoice capture.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want automatic coding.
Yooz review

Questions people ask

Is Recurly or Yooz better?
Neither clearly leads. Recurly starts at $249/month and Yooz at $199/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Recurly or Yooz?
Recurly starts at $249/month and Yooz at $199/month.
Does Recurly or Yooz run on more platforms?
Recurly runs on Web, Api. Yooz 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 Yooz is typically brought in for.
What can Recurly do that Yooz cannot?
Recurly covers Subscription billing, Revenue recovery, Payment gateway optimization, Analytics. Yooz covers Invoice capture, Automatic coding, Purchase order matching, Approval workflow.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

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Yooz: How is it priced?

On monthly invoice volume, with unlimited users included. Entry pricing is around $199 a month, and European mid-market deployments commonly land at €300 to €600.

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.

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Yooz: Are there per-user charges?

No, and that is its main commercial advantage over competitors that meter approvers.

Yooz: Does it do procurement as well?

No. It automates accounts payable. Requisitions, sourcing and contracts need a separate system.

Yooz: Is it ready for European e-invoicing mandates?

Yes for France and francophone Europe in particular. For a wide multi-country mandate footprint, compare against a vendor built for that specific problem.

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