PayWhirl vs Subi Subscriptions

PayWhirl provides subscription billing software for memberships, payment plans, recurring invoices, and recurring subscriptions. It also supports installments, retainers, pre-orders, donations, manual subscriptions, and one-time payments. For recurring billing, it automates scheduled charges, invoices, emails, retries, and dunning. Customers can manage payment methods, billing details, and subscription changes in a self-service portal, subject to merchant settings. Reporting covers MRR and ARR, customer lifetime value, churn, payment calendars, geographic reporting, and growth forecasting. Merchants can connect through embeddable widgets, hosted payment links, API access, webhooks, or custom scripts. Listed integrations include Shopify, BigCommerce, Squarespace, Wix, Stripe, Square, PayPal, Authorize.Net, Braintree, ShipStation, Mailchimp, Google Analytics, and Zapier. PayWhirl says it supports over 10 gateways and major cards in more than 100 currencies, depending on gateway capabilities. Plans include free options and paid plans from $9 a month; a 14-day free trial is available for paid plans. Transaction fees are additional to payment gateway or processor fees.

Subi Subscriptions is a Shopify app for recurring commerce, bringing subscriptions, memberships, bundles, subscription boxes, and loyalty programs together. Merchants can set subscription discounts, billing and shipping intervals, and prepaid or pay-as-you-go plans. Memberships can include tiers, gated content, perks, member-only discounts, and free trials. Bundle options include fixed bundles, build-a-box, and mystery boxes, with inventory syncing for bundle products. Subscribers can manage plans, payments, and addresses in a self-service portal, including skipping, pausing, swapping, or cancelling. Payment recovery includes decline-aware retries, dunning emails, and one-click card updates. Listed integrations include Klaviyo, Shopify Flow, Mailchimp, Attentive, Postscript, Triple Whale, and ReferralCandy. A free plan is available for development stores. Paid plans start at $29/mo; Starter lists a 1.6% charge per subscription transaction. Paid plans include a 7-day trial. Support varies by plan, from live chat and email on Starter to priority support and a dedicated customer success manager on Subi Plus.