Billsby
billsby.com
What it is
Billsby manages subscriptions, recurring billing, invoicing, and customer lifecycle tasks. It groups subscriptions into products, plans, and cycles that define what is offered, its pricing, and billing frequency. Pricing options include flat fee, per unit, volume, tiered, and ranged models. Usage billing supports metered allowances, real-time API updates, and manual adjustments. Checkout and account-management modals can be added to a website with as little as two lines of code. Failed or declined payments enter dunning flows intended to address payment issues and recover customers. Billsby works with payment gateways but is not itself a gateway. Core costs $45 a month, plus 0.4% on revenue exceeding $15,000/mo; Pro costs $135 a month, plus 0.5% on revenue exceeding $30,000/mo. Billsby says it supports usage-based billing, tax automation, multi-currency billing, and a customer billing portal. It is available via API and web, and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- Billsby is a cloud subscription-billing platform for recurring payments, invoicing and subscription lifecycle management.Read 21 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Product
- Billsby is a subscription management system for recurring billing, invoicing, and customer lifecycle management.Read 9 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Audience
- Billsby describes its solution as designed for startups needing flexible recurring billing that is easy to integrate and adapt as they grow.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- API
- Billsby exposes a REST API under public.billsby.com and authenticates requests with an API key.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Integrations
- The integrations page describes Zapier connections to more than 5,000 applications, accounting integrations, Webex, Billsby Pages, and website builders.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Security
- Billsby states that it complies with EU GDPR, UK GDPR, and applicable CCPA obligations, and that payment card data is tokenized in the Billsby Vault powered by Spreedly.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Support
- The pricing page lists API documentation, email support, and live chat support hours of 04:00–21:00 EST.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Headquarters
- London, United KingdomRead 28 Sep 2026 · billsby.com
- Accounting integrations
- The accounting integration documentation lists QuickBooks Online and FreeAgent, syncing invoices, credit notes, payments and related data.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Add-ons and allowances
- Add-ons are recurring fees charged in advance, while allowances measure usage and charge in arrears; both can be attached to plans.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- API capabilities
- The product-list endpoint supports pagination, name search and visibility filtering, while pricing is retrieved through separate plan and cycle calls.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Billsby Pages
- Billsby Pages is a free Labs project that creates hosted landing pages with Checkout and Account Management built in, but Billsby warns it may be discontinued with 90 days’ notice.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Checkout
- Billsby Checkout can be embedded with header and button snippets and supports product, plan, cycle, add-on and allowance parameters.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Company founding
- LinkedIn and G2 list Billsby as founded or serving customers from 2016.Read 21 Oct 2026 · uk.linkedin.com
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Billsby as a privately held London company with 11–50 employees.Read 21 Oct 2026 · uk.linkedin.com
- Customer account management
- The support hub documents an account-management embed experience for customer-facing subscription administration.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Customer self-service
- Checkout and account management modals can be added to a website with as little as two lines of code.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Developer documentation
- Billsby provides a support hub containing getting-started guides, API reference pages, embed-code instructions, billing, payment, security and integration documentation.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Dunning
- Failed and declined payments enter Billsby dunning flows to help resolve payment issues and recover customers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Gateway portability
- Tokenized card data is held in Billsby’s PCI-compliant vault so gateways can be changed without migrating card details.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Independent pricing discrepancy
- Capterra lists a Core starting price of $35 per month and a one-month trial, while Billsby’s pricing page currently shows Core at $45 per month.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Infrastructure
- Billsby says it uses Google Cloud infrastructure and daily database backups in two regions within the same continent.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Legal and ownership facts
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Billsby, operating status active, company type for-profit, headquarters London and founders Dariush Zand, David Fowler, Ian Campbell and Paul Murphy.Read 21 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com
- Limit: missing features
- A Capterra reviewer said some desired features were unavailable initially, including coupon codes and a hosted pricing page.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Limit: payment issue complaint
- A Billsby community post reported debit-card failures for new subscriptions and difficulty reaching in-product chat support.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Limit: security concerns
- One Capterra reviewer expressed concern that Billsby relies on many third-party services and found security-architecture answers insufficiently reassuring.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Limit: support reliability
- A June 2026 Capterra reviewer reported three months of unresolved system problems and unanswered support requests.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Parent company
- Billsby Labs identifies Billsby as a product of Airfi Networks.Read 21 Oct 2026 · labs.billsby.com
- Payment gateways
- Documented gateways include PaymentCloud, Stripe, Braintree, CloverConnect, Checkout.com, Adyen, Authorize.net, IXOPAY and NMI.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- PCI handling
- Billsby says payment cards are tokenized and stored in a Spreedly-powered vault, with Billsby retaining no raw card data.Read 21 Oct 2026 · dev.billsby.com
- Plans and cycles
- The product organizes subscriptions into products, plans, and cycles that define offerings, pricing, and billing frequency.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Praise: ease and support
- Capterra reviewers repeatedly praise quick setup, straightforward embedding, helpful customer service and low cost.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Praise: flexibility
- Reviewers describe the product-plan-cycle structure, pricing flexibility and dunning features as strong fits for subscription businesses.Read 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Pricing models
- Supported plan models include flat-fee, per-unit, volume, tiered and ranged pricing.Read 21 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Products, plans and cycles
- Its billing model organizes offerings into products, plans and billing cycles, with multiple pricing structures.Read 21 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Rating on Capterra
- 4.6 out of 5 from 17 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Rating on G2
- 4.8 out of 5 from 486 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Rating on GetApp
- 4.6 out of 5 from 17 reviewsRead 21 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- SDKs
- No first-party Billsby SDK is identified in the public documentation; third-party Make, Zapier and Pipedream connectors are documented.Read 21 Oct 2026 · apps.make.com
- Security and compliance
- Billsby states that it complies with EU GDPR, UK GDPR and its California privacy-law obligations.Read 21 Oct 2026 · dev.billsby.com
- Self-hosting
- The public materials describe Billsby as a hosted web service and do not document self-hosted deployment.Read 21 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Usage billing
- Billsby supports metered allowances, real-time usage updates through its API, and manual usage adjustments.Read 9 Oct 2026 · billsby.com
- Usage counters API
- The usage-counters API lets customers report allowance consumption in real time and adjust reported usage downward.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Webhooks
- API keys and webhook settings are managed in the Billsby control panel under Settings and Configuration.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
- Zapier integration
- Billsby’s Zapier connector links it with more than 2,000 applications and supports actions such as adding feature tags and creating charges.Read 21 Oct 2026 · support.billsby.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Supports multiple subscription pricing models
- Usage billing includes real-time API updates
- Website modals can require as little as two lines of code
- API access is included with Pro
Limits
- Core and Pro add revenue-based fees above thresholds
- Billsby is not itself a payment gateway
Who it suits
Billsby describes its service as designed for startups seeking adaptable recurring billing that is easy to integrate and adjust as they grow. It may also suit teams needing usage billing, varied pricing models, and customer self-service.
Verdict
Billsby provides defined subscription, usage-billing, and self-service tools, with Core and Pro prices and additional revenue fees specified. Check the gateway relationship and fee thresholds against your billing setup.
Where Specifiction places it
- Revenue Lifecycle Management Software#1 of 309.1
- Dunning Management Software#2 of 469.1
- Billing And Invoicing Software#2 of 299.1
- Subscription Billing Software#4 of 499.0
- Subscription Management Software#3 of 249.1