Recharge
Subscriptions and recurring billing for Shopify stores.
Standard plan from $99/mo + 1.25% transaction fee. Pro $499/mo drops the per-transaction fee to 1% and unlocks the Flow engine.
Overview
Recharge is the de-facto subscription platform for Shopify stores running consumables, replenishment, or subscribe-and-save offers. Native Shopify Checkout integration, customer portal that doesn't require login, and a flow engine for retention emails / cancellation-save offers. Past 500 active subscribers, the bill scales fast — but so does the LTV upside, and the math typically pencils.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Most mature Shopify subscriptions integration on the market
- Customer portal converts pause-vs-cancel meaningfully better than competitors
- Flow engine is a real retention lever, not a checkbox feature
Cons
- Per-transaction fee compounds at scale — sub-1% only at Pro tier
- Pro tier ($499/mo) is the realistic entry for stores doing real subscription volume
- Migrating off Recharge to a competitor (e.g. Smartrr) is painful — sub data lives in their schema
Features
Shopify Checkout subscriptions
Native checkout flow, no separate redirect
Customer portal
Login-less self-serve pause / skip / swap
Flow engine
Retention automations, cancellation-save offers
Bundles and build-a-box
Configurable subscription bundles
Klaviyo integration
Event sync for churn / paused subscriber flows
Pricing
Integrations
Best for / Not for
Best for
Shopify stores running consumables, replenishment, or subscribe-and-save at 200+ active subscribers.
Not for
One-off purchase stores without a credible subscription motion — bolt-on subs underperform.
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