Billsby

billsby.com
Invoicing & Billing
Weekend Project

Simplify Billing with Billsby | Streamline Your Payments

How to Replace Billsby

Overview

Billsby is a powerful, customizable subscription billing software platform used by hundreds of companies worldwide to simplify revenue operations. It enables businesses to manage recurring billing, payments, and subscription management with an easy-to-integrate solution that requires minimal setup time.

Features

42 features across 18 categories

Accounting(2)

Deferred Revenue Add-onPremium

Manage deferred revenue accounting

Revenue RecognitionPremium

Revenue recognition add-on for accounting purposes

Also in: Jobber, Melio, Lemonway

Analytics & Reporting(6)

Activity SummaryPremium

Summary reporting of account activity

Advanced ReportingPremium

Facts, figures and information to run your subscription business in one place

Customer Cancellation ReportingPremium

Track and report on customer cancellations and churn

Dashboard AnalyticsPremium

Dashboard analytics for monitoring subscription metrics

Email LogsPremium

Track and review email communication logs

Transaction LogsPremium

Comprehensive transaction logging and history

Also in: Ivanti, Ramp, Stampli

Billing Management(6)

Add-onsPremium

Support for one-time charges and add-ons to subscriptions

Contract TermsPremium

Support for contract-based billing terms

One-time ChargesPremium

Add one-time charges to customer subscriptions

Pro-rated Billing OptionsPremium

Flexible billing options including pro-rated charges

Products, Plans and Cycles

Advanced pricing modals to organize your business with flexible product and plan configuration

Usage (Metered) BillingPremium

Support for usage-based and metered billing models

Checkout(1)

Integrated Checkout

Implement Billsby Checkout on your website with as little as two lines of code

Customer Experience(2)

Account Management ExperiencePremium

Customizable account management interface for end customers

Customer Facing Checkout and Account ManagementPremium

Provide customers with self-service checkout and account management experiences

Customer Management(1)

Customer Portals

Simple configuration and customer portals to help businesses get up and running quickly

Also in: Jobber, QuickBooks, Setmore

Customization(4)

Billsby Pages

Create custom billing pages

Brand CustomisationPremium

Customize the branding of customer-facing interfaces

Customisable Branding and Email TemplatesPremium

Customize branding and email templates for customer communications

Unlimited Custom FieldsPremium

Configure unlimited custom fields for your billing needs

Also in: monday.com, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Data Management(1)

Data ExportsPremium

Export subscriptions, customers, invoices, and credit notes data

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Developer Tools(3)

API & IFrame Checkout

API and IFrame options for custom checkout implementations

API Documentation

Comprehensive API documentation for developers

Developer Friendly

Billsby was designed to make things easy for developers

Localization(1)

Multi-language SupportPremium

Multi-language end-customer experience

Onboarding(1)

Guided Onboarding

Guided onboarding process for new users

Organization(1)

Feature TagsPremium

Unlimited feature tags for organizing and managing billing features

Payment Recovery(1)

Automated DunningPremium

Automated dunning management to recover failed payments

Payments(2)

ACH Payment ProcessingPremium

Process payments via ACH in addition to card payments

Multiple Payment Gateways

Switch payment gateways as you grow without costly migrations

Promotions(1)

Discounts and CouponsPremium

Create and manage discounts and coupons for subscriptions

Support(2)

Email Support

Email-based customer support

Live Chat SupportPremium

Live chat support available 04:00-21:00 EST

Tax Management(6)

Automated Tax CalculationsPremium

Automatically calculate taxes charged at $0.02 per transaction

Manual Tax Configuration

Manually configure tax settings for your business

Multiple Tax RegionsPremium

Support for tax calculations and compliance across multiple regions

Tax Compliance

Unlock a world of trade whilst staying legally compliant

Tax SummaryPremium

Summary reporting of tax collections and obligations

TaxJar IntegrationPremium

Integrated tax calculations with TaxJar with per-transaction pricing

Team Management(1)

User PermissionsPremium

Multiple user permission levels for team management

Pricing

Free

Free
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited testing
  • Unlimited time
  • API & IFrame Checkout
  • Billsby Pages
  • API & Documentation
  • Guided onboarding
  • Email support

Core

$45/mo plus 0.4% on revenue exceeding $15,000/mo
  • 5 users
  • Unlimited products, plans and cycles
  • Usage (Metered) billing
  • Pro-rated billing options
  • Unlimited custom fields
  • Unlimited feature tags
  • Automated Dunning
  • Customisable branding and email templates
  • QuickBooks integration
  • Customer facing checkout and account management
  • Manual tax configuration
  • Dashboard analytics
  • Email logs
  • Transaction logs
  • Activity Summary
  • Tax Summary
  • API & IFrame Checkout
  • API & IFrame Account Management
  • Customisable email Templates
  • Billsby Pages
  • FreeAgent
  • QuickBooks
  • Webex
  • Zapier
  • Guided onboarding
  • API & Documentation
  • Email support

Pro

Popular
$135/mo plus 0.5% on revenue exceeding $30,000/mo
  • 25 users
  • Everything in Core
  • User permissions
  • Multiple payment gateways
  • ACH payment processing
  • Multiple tax regions
  • FreeAgent integration
  • TaxJar integration
  • Advanced reporting
  • Multi-language end-customer experience
  • Full API access
  • Unlimited currencies
  • Automated tax calculations
  • Customer Cancellation reporting
  • Revenue Recognition add-on
  • Deferred Revenue add-on
  • Data exports
  • API & IFrame Checkout
  • API & IFrame Account Management
  • Brand customisation
  • Live chat support 04:00-21:00 (EST)

Custom

Custom
  • Unlimited users
  • Bespoke solution built to fit your business needs

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Billsby

Monthly$45/mo
Yearly$540/yr
5-Year Total$2.7k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~3 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $300
SaaS
$540
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $900
SaaS
$1.6k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $1.5k
SaaS
$2.7k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 42 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Billsby alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 42 features.

Buy Billsby

Better Value
Monthly cost$450/mo
3-year total$16,200
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Billsby saves ~$20,760 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 42 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

5 known integrations