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Chargebee
Subscription billing & revenue management
As of 30 August 2026, Chargebee is free to use. Chargebee is a subscription management and recurring billing solution that automates revenue operations for subscription businesses. Softwr lists it under Accounting. Chargebee is made by Chargebee Inc, launched in 2011, available on Web, API.
Overview
What Chargebee does
Chargebee is a subscription management and recurring billing solution that automates revenue operations for subscription businesses.
What people use it for
- Subscription billing
- Revenue operations
- Pricing experimentation
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The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Chargebee.
- Priced as a percentage of billing, 0.80 percent on pay-as-you-go or 0.65 percent plus $99 a month on the committed plan, so the fee rises with revenue
- Split into four separate product lines, Billing, CPQ, RevRec and Growth, each with its own tiers and most quote-only
- CPQ Lite is free only for the first 50 quotes
- Revenue recognition pricing is demo-only
- Enterprise Plus requires an annual commitment
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Pricing
What Chargebee costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Flow (Billing)
Free
- Usage-based billing: $0.80% for first $20K invoicing volume
- Then $99 + 0.65% for higher volumes
- Includes 100M usage events per month
CPQ Lite
Free
- Free for first 50 quotes
Growth (Starter)
Free
- Free exclusively for Chargebee Billing customers
Capabilities
Features
Subscription management
Recurring billing
Revenue recognition
Dunning management
Checkout pages
Stripe
Integration with Stripe
PayPal
Integration with PayPal
Salesforce
Integration with Salesforce
NetSuite
Integration with NetSuite
SOC 2
SOC 2 security feature
PCI DSS
PCI DSS security feature
Web support
Available on web
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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What does Chargebee Billing cost?
Chargebee Billing (Flow plan) starts free with usage-based fees: 0.80% for the first $20K in monthly invoicing volume, then $99 monthly + 0.65% for higher volumes. Includes 100M usage events per month.
SourceCan I try Chargebee for free?
Yes. Chargebee Billing Flow plan starts at $0 with usage-based fees. CPQ Lite is free for the first 50 quotes. Growth (Starter) is free for Chargebee Billing customers.
SourceHow much does Chargebee's advanced modules cost?
RevRec and Enterprise CPQ require booking a demo or requesting a quote. No list pricing is published for these modules.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Chargebee
- Company
- Chargebee Inc
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
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- Orb
- Recurly
- Creem
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- Paddle
- Lago
- Dodo Payments
- Empower
- Fakturoid
- Fiken
- Fortnox
- FreeAgent
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