How to Build Your Own Razorpay Subscriptions
Replace Razorpay Subscriptions with a custom build. Best Subscription & Recurring Billing Platform in India
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 29 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Payment processing, subscriptions, and invoicing
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 29 features
Billing Features(5 features)
Easily add charges for any overhead expenses, extra services used etc. in the billing cycle
Apply discounts to subscription plans as per business requirements
Offer customers the flexibility to upgrade or downgrade their subscription plans anytime they want, with proration
Offer customers the option of a trial period with a subscription plan that automatically starts charging at the end of the trial
Charge customers a one time fee at the time of creating subscription before the actual billing starts
Onboarding(4 features)
Quick and seamless onboarding process for new merchants
Utilize a hosted subscription page for easy customer onboarding
Go-live instantly without any integration effort using the link based solution via dashboard
Create unique links from the dashboard for subscription plans and share with customers via SMS, email etc to turn them into subscribers immediately
Payment Methods(4 features)
Accept recurring payments via credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards in compliance with RBI guidelines
Enable automated recurring transactions over a bank account via e-Mandate registration through Netbanking or Debit Card
Accept recurring payments from international cards with multi-currency support for nearly 100 currencies
Target customers without cards using UPI AutoPay with support for savings, current and overdraft accounts across all major UPI apps
Billing Models(3 features)
Automate fixed price recurring charges to customers as per a fixed schedule
Charge customers based on the number of users or quantity per billing cycle
Charge customers for only what they consume over a billing cycle
Notifications(3 features)
Get instant alerts on subscription activity and send email alerts to customers for successful charges and payment issues
Access webhook events for subscription.activated, subscription.pending, and subscription.halted states
Create subscriptions and get notified for all payment related activities via webhooks with full control of business operations
Automation(2 features)
Automatically handle retries on failed transactions and card decline scenarios
Handle card changes and payment method updates automatically
Billing(1 features)
Enable recurring payment schedule and control the billing cycle with instant alerts on subscription activity
Compliance(1 features)
All payment methods are compliant with RBI's and NPCI's regulations for recurring payments
Cost Calculator
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