Subi vs Recharge
Short answer: Subi costs less than Recharge's Starter and Scale plans at every revenue level, on the plan that fits (our table checks $5,000 to $100,000 a month). Recharge gives a longer free trial. Recharge's prices read from its App Store listing on 6 November 2026; Subi's prices from 2 November 2026.
The short answer
Recharge's plans: Starter $149/month + 1.50% + 20¢, Scale $499/month + 1.25% + 20¢ per transaction. The $25 plan it offered for a store's first 50 subscribers is no longer on its App Store listing.
Subi's plans: Starter $29/month + 1.6%, Subi $79/month + 0.8%, Subi Plus $199/month + 0.4% per subscription transaction.
Recharge gives a 60-day free trial on Starter. Subi gives 7 days plus a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Recharge's pricing page says its Plus and Custom plans run on 12-month terms; the plans it shows today are Starter, Scale and Custom. Every Subi plan can be paid month to month, with no term to sign.
What you would actually pay
Monthly cost at different volumes of subscription revenue processed. Subi figures from our own billing configuration, checked 2 November 2026; Recharge figures from their App Store listing, checked 6 November 2026. Recharge's 20¢ per-transaction fee is not included below because it depends on your order count, so their real figure is a little higher than shown.
| Monthly subscription revenue | Subi (best-fit plan) | Recharge (best-fit plan) |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | $109 on Starter | $224 on Starter |
| $20,000 | $239 on Subi | $449 on Starter |
| $50,000 | $399 on Subi Plus | $899 on Starter |
| $100,000 | $599 on Subi Plus | $1,649 on Starter |
Where Recharge is the better choice
We would rather you pick correctly than pick us.
- →You want a long free evaluation. 60 days on their Starter plan is a lot more room than our 7-day trial, even with our 30-day money-back guarantee.
- →You are already deep in Recharge with heavy custom API work. Migration is real work, and if what you have is stable and paid for, inertia is a legitimate answer.
- →You need something we do not do yet. Ask us before you switch, and we will tell you straight, a merchant who moves and then finds a gap is worse for us than one who stayed.
Where Subi is the better choice
The cases where the table above and the terms both point our way.
- ✓You do not want a 12-month commitment to find out whether a subscription app suits your store.
- ✓Your subscription revenue is growing, and a percentage rate roughly half the size compounds into real money as it does.
- ✓You want a lower entry price than Recharge's $149 Starter. Ours is $29/month + 1.6%.
If you do decide to move
Subscription migration is not a CSV import. Existing contracts have to keep billing on their own schedules, with their own discounts, asking as little as possible of your customers.
Talk to us first with your numbers. We will tell you which plan actually fits and what it will cost.
We map your existing plans, discounts and billing dates before anything moves.
Contracts transfer with their schedules intact, your subscribers do not re-subscribe, and in most moves they do not re-enter payment details.
We stay on it through the first billing cycle, which is the one where problems actually surface.
Questions merchants ask
Will my subscribers have to sign up again?
No. Contracts move with their existing billing dates and discounts, and in most moves the saved payment method comes with them. Where the old app cannot hand a card over, that subscriber gets one email asking them to add a payment method.
Is Subi cheaper than Recharge?
Yes, at every volume, even on our $29 Starter plan. Its rate (1.6%) is slightly higher than Recharge's Starter rate (1.50%), but our fee stops at $1,000 per 30 days, so Starter never costs more than $1,029 a month. At $120,000 a month that is $1,029 with us against $1,949 on Recharge's $149 Starter. Recharge's App Store listing no longer shows the $25 plan it offered for a store's first 50 subscribers.
Am I locked into a contract?
No. Subi is month to month and you can leave whenever you like. Recharge's pricing page says its Plus and Custom plans run on 12-month terms, though the plans it now shows are Starter, Scale and Custom (read 6 November 2026).
How long does switching take?
It depends on how many active contracts you have and how customised your current setup is. That is exactly what the first conversation is for, we would rather give you a real answer than a marketing one.
Is Skio part of Recharge now?
Yes. In April 2026 Recharge announced on its own blog that Skio was joining the Recharge team, and Skio's App Store listing, read on 22 October 2026, names it "Skio, a Recharge Company". In that post Recharge said that nothing was changing that day for merchants on either platform: Recharge and Skio would keep running as they had, and each merchant's existing team would stay their point of contact. It also said it would review elements of both platforms over the following months as it brought them together, and that more detail on a combined roadmap would follow. The Recharge prices and fees on this page are the ones its App Store listing shows as of 6 November 2026.
Still weighing it up?
Bring us your numbers and we will tell you which plan fits, honestly. 4.9 stars from over 900 reviews on the Shopify App Store.
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