BillaBear vs NovaBilling
BillaBear
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| Figure | BillaBear | NovaBilling |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | $49/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Dunning Management Software | 8.7 (#7) | 8.0 (#25) |
| Pricing models | It supports fixed prices, usage-based packages, volume and graduated tier pricing, fixed-plus-unit pricing, and per-seat pricing. | Plans can use standard, graduated, volume, package, and percentage charge models. |
| Product | BillaBear is a subscription management and billing system that integrates with Stripe and provides a REST API. | NovaBilling provides subscriptions, usage-based metering, invoicing, and prepaid wallets through one API. |
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In their own words
BillaBear
BillaBear is a subscription management and billing system with Stripe integration, a REST API, and web, API, and self-hosted deployment options. It manages subscriptions, custom plans, add-ons, invoices, quotes, hosted checkouts, paylinks, vouchers, credit notes, dunning, and reports. Pricing models include fixed, usage-based, volume and graduated tiers, fixed-plus-unit, and per-seat charges. The system supports multiple brands and currencies, tax management, country and state rules, configurable thresholds, EU reverse charge, one-stop-shop, and VAT Sense integration. Workflows can retry failed tasks, including API requests. Invoice, quote, PDF, and email templates use Twig or email-service-provider templates. Integrations listed include Stripe, Slack, Freshbooks, Xero, Mailchimp, EmailOctopus, SendGrid, MailGun, and Postmark; Zendesk and Freshdesk integrations help agents find customer profiles. SDKs are listed for PHP, Java, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, and Python. The Starter plan is $1 a month, with $50,000 of revenue free. Managed cloud hosting is currently unavailable.
NovaBilling
NovaBilling has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.