Operations · Payments, billing and finance
Chargebee
Subscription and usage-based billing platform for recurring revenue businesses
At a glance
Chargebee is a billing and revenue management platform for subscription and usage-based businesses. It manages price books, recurring invoicing, usage metering, dunning and revenue analytics, and sits on top of your payment gateway rather than replacing it. It connects to 40+ payment gateways plus CRM and ERP tools.
- Category
- Payments, billing and finance
- Best fit
- SME · Mid-market · Enterprise
- Pricing
- See pricing below
- In Adam’s stack
- No
Who Chargebee is best for
SaaS and subscription businesses that have outgrown basic Stripe or Xero invoicing and need flexible plans, usage billing and revenue reporting. Pick it over a merchant of record like Paddle if you want to keep your own gateway and handle tax yourself.
Key features
- Price book, plans and recurring invoicing
- Usage ingestion with real-time limits and alerts
- Integrations with 40+ payment gateways
- CRM, ERP and productivity integrations
- Pricing tables and growth experiments
- Multi-entity and account hierarchies on Enterprise
Why it’s worth it
It takes the manual work out of complex subscription billing, such as proration, upgrades, usage charges and failed payment recovery, so finance teams are not running billing from spreadsheets.
Things to consider
- Pricing combines a base fee with a percentage of billing volume, so costs rise as revenue grows.
- Enterprise features such as multi-entity, approvals and data export are reserved for the top tier or paid add-ons.
- It is not a merchant of record, so you remain responsible for GST and overseas sales tax.
For Australian businesses
Offers an Australian data hosting region (AWS Asia Pacific, Sydney), chosen when you create your account.
Chargebee pricing
Pricing as published by Chargebee
Flow plan priced as a percentage of billing volume (the page shows $0 + 0.80% and $99 + 0.65% options, currency not stated) with 100M usage events/month. Enterprise by quote.
Source: chargebee.com/pricing. Checked 8 October 2026. Prices change often, so confirm on the vendor’s site before you buy.
Alternatives to Chargebee
Other tools listed under Payments, billing and finance. Tools from Adam’s stack are marked.
Stripe
In Adam’s stackOnline payments, invoicing and subscriptions
SMEMid-marketEnterpriseMulti-currency accounts, FX and company cards
SMEMid-marketEnterpriseCloud accounting loved by Australian small businesses
SMEMid-marketMYOB
AustralianAccounting and payroll built for Australia
SMEMid-marketWidely used cloud accounting
SMEMid-marketPayments in person and online
SMEMid-marketLow-cost international transfers and accounts
SMEMid-marketMerchant of record for software companies
SMEMid-market
FAQ
Chargebee: common questions
What is Chargebee used for?
Chargebee runs recurring and usage-based billing: plans, invoices, upgrades, dunning and revenue reporting. It connects to your existing payment gateway and accounting tools.
Can Chargebee host data in Australia?
Yes. Chargebee offers US, EU and Australian (Sydney) hosting regions, selected when the account is created.
Chargebee vs Paddle?
Chargebee is billing software that works with your own gateway, so you handle tax compliance. Paddle acts as merchant of record and takes on sales tax and GST for you, at a higher per-transaction fee.
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