European Alternatives to Chargebee
Looking for a European alternative to Chargebee? The Chargebee terms of service are a contract with Chargebee Inc., governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, with the federal and state courts of Sussex County, Delaware, and arbitration under the American Arbitration Association rules.
Eleven European options cover subscription billing and recurring payments for software and subscription businesses: dedicated billing platforms, merchant-of-record services, and payment providers with recurring tools, from companies in Germany, France, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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11 European Alternatives to Chargebee
Frisbii
Frankfurt subscription billing platform (formerly Billwerk+) with a gateway, dunning, DATEV and ZUGFeRD
Hyperline
Paris billing and CPQ platform for usage-based and hybrid pricing, Launch plan at $299 a month plus 0.7%
Solvimon
Utrecht usage and hybrid billing for AI startups, free sandbox and published plans
Younium
Stockholm B2B subscription management with CPQ, invoicing and revenue recognition, EU data in Europe
Paddle
London merchant of record for SaaS, 5% + 50 cents per checkout with tax handled for you
GoCardless
London bank-to-bank Direct Debit and SEPA collection for recurring payments, no card expiry
Cleverbridge
Cologne merchant of record and subscription commerce for software and SaaS vendors
instellix (Nitrobox)
Hamburg enterprise billing and monetization for subscription, usage and hybrid models
Mollie
Amsterdam payment provider with a Subscriptions API for cards, SEPA Direct Debit and PayPal
Nexway
Nimes merchant of record and subscription management for software publishers, quote-based
Adyen
Amsterdam payments platform with tokenised recurring payments, no billing engine of its own
Key takeaways
- Chargebee's readable terms (effective 16 May 2024) are a contract with Chargebee Inc. under Delaware law, with Sussex County courts and AAA arbitration. The 15 February 2026 version could not be read.
- Frisbii (Frankfurt, formerly Billwerk+) is the closest product in shape: subscriptions, a gateway with 50+ payment methods, DATEV and ZUGFeRD, dunning, and servers in Frankfurt. Its prices are not published.
- Hyperline (Paris) and Solvimon (Utrecht) publish prices: Hyperline Launch at $299 a month plus 0.7% of processed revenue, Solvimon free for qualifying AI startups on the first $3M of volume and then 0.4%.
- Paddle, Cleverbridge and Nexway act as merchant of record, which removes the sales tax work but means they are the seller of record for your customers. Paddle charges 5% + 50 cents per checkout.
- GoCardless, Mollie and Adyen collect recurring payments but are not billing engines: they have no invoicing or dunning in the documentation we checked.
- No European tool here has Chargebee's breadth of gateway and tax integrations, so check your list before moving.
Why people leave Chargebee
Chargebee is a subscription billing platform for software and subscription businesses. It runs plans, trials, usage metering, invoices, dunning and revenue recognition on top of the payment gateway you already use, and it lists 40+ gateways. Its pricing page shows a Flow plan at $0 plus 0.80% or $99 plus 0.65% a month, depending on monthly invoicing volume, and an Enterprise tier on request, with revenue recognition and quoting sold separately.
The terms of service are a contract with Chargebee Inc. The version we could read in full (effective 16 May 2024) is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, sends disputes to the federal and state courts of Sussex County, Delaware, and requires binding arbitration under American Arbitration Association rules.
The current version, dated 15 February 2026, is not readable without a browser, so check it before you sign. Chargebee also has offices in Amsterdam and Dublin, but the contract names the Inc.
Eleven European options qualify, and they are not the same kind of product. Five are billing platforms in the Chargebee mould, three are merchants of record that sell on your behalf and handle sales tax, and three are payment providers with recurring-payment tools but no invoice engine of their own. The page says which is which.
- The contract and the forum are American In the terms we could read, the law is Delaware, the courts are in Sussex County and disputes go to arbitration under American rules. For a European finance team that wants Dutch, German, French or Swedish law and a court in its own region, every billing platform below offers that, and so do the merchants of record based in the UK, France and Germany.
- Your billing data is the core of the business A billing system holds customer names, invoices, payment tokens and the revenue history that an auditor will ask for. Chargebee says it has adopted the 2021 EU standard contractual clauses and supplies a data processing addendum on request. Frisbii states Frankfurt servers and Younium keeps EU data in Europe, which removes the transfer question for those two. Others here do not state a data location, so ask.
- European invoicing rules are not an afterthought German buyers expect DATEV exports, ZUGFeRD e-invoices and GoBD-compliant records. Frisbii lists all three. Younium covers IFRS 15 and ASC 606 revenue recognition. Chargebee supports the same disciplines through add-ons, so the difference is less capability than where the product started and what comes in the base price.
- The tools solve different problems A billing platform (Frisbii, Hyperline, Solvimon, Younium, instellix) builds the subscription, the invoice and the dunning flow. A merchant of record (Paddle, Cleverbridge, Nexway) becomes the seller and takes the tax liability, at the cost of a share of revenue and less control of the customer relationship. A payment provider (GoCardless, Mollie, Adyen) collects the money and leaves the billing logic to you. Pick the type before you pick the vendor.
What you have to replace, not just match
List what Chargebee does for you today: plan and add-on logic, usage events, proration, invoices and credit notes, tax, dunning, the customer portal, and the connections to your CRM, accounting package and payment gateway. Then mark which of these you could not do without. A company with tiered plans and a handful of add-ons needs far less than one that meters millions of usage events.
Run the new system next to Chargebee for one billing cycle before you move live subscribers. Export the customer, plan and payment-token data first, and ask each vendor in writing whether stored card tokens can be migrated between processors, because that is the part that most often forces customers to re-enter their details.
The alternatives compared
| Position | Tool | Headquarters | Pricing | Jurisdiction |
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| #6 | GoCardless | London, United Kingdom | From 1% + about £0.20 per transaction, capped | United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA) |
| #9 | Mollie | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Per method, from €0.29 (iDEAL); cards from €0.29 + 1.8% | EU (Netherlands) |
| #11 | Adyen | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Interchange-plus; about €0.11 + scheme fee per transaction | EU (Netherlands) |
How each alternative compares to Chargebee
Frisbii
the nearest all-round billing platform, from Frankfurt
Best for: Subscription businesses in Germany and the EU that want billing, a gateway and local invoicing standards in one product
Frisbii is run by Frisbii Germany GmbH in Frankfurt am Main (Amtsgericht Frankfurt, HRB 103534), with a sister company, Frisbii Media GmbH, in Kempten. The old billwerk.plus address redirects to frisbii.com.
Its site describes subscription management with flat, tiered and usage-based pricing, trials and contracts, a payment gateway with 50+ methods, multi-currency invoices in 140+ currencies with credit notes, DATEV and ZUGFeRD exports, dunning and revenue analytics. It states servers in Frankfurt and lists PCI DSS, GDPR, SOC2 and GoBD.
Plans are called Starter, Growth and Scale or Enterprise with a free trial, but we found no prices. It names customers in media and retail such as Axel Springer and RTL, more than classic software.
What Frisbii does better than Chargebee
- Servers in Frankfurt and a German contracting entity, where Chargebee has a Delaware contract
- DATEV, ZUGFeRD and GoBD built in for German accounting
- Gateway with 50+ local payment methods in the same product
- Free trial through signup
Where Frisbii is a step down from Chargebee
- No published prices
- A smaller integration and gateway network than Chargebee's 40+
- Stronger in DACH media and retail than in global SaaS
Standout against Chargebee. German accounting exports and Frankfurt hosting come with the billing engine, not as an add-on.
Hyperline
usage-based and hybrid billing with a published entry price, from Paris
Best for: B2B and AI companies that mix subscription, usage and quote-based pricing
Hyperline is a French SAS at 38 rue Rene Boulanger in Paris (RCS Paris 909 894 305). Its terms are under French law with the courts of Paris.
The product covers subscription, usage-based and hybrid billing, CPQ, real-time usage metering, accounts receivable with dunning, and a customer-intelligence layer. It lists SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 and 50+ integrations including Stripe, Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite and QuickBooks.
Launch costs $299 a month plus 0.7% of revenue processed, for companies up to $2M annual revenue and 100 active subscriptions. Growth and Scale are quoted. The site does not state where the data is hosted, and prices are in dollars.
What Hyperline does better than Chargebee
- French company under French law
- Entry plan priced in public, with CPQ and usage billing in the same product
- Fits companies that quote and invoice contracts as well as sell self-serve
Where Hyperline is a step down from Chargebee
- Hosting location not stated
- A percentage of processed revenue on top of the monthly fee
- Younger product with fewer gateways than Chargebee
Standout against Chargebee. Quote-to-cash with usage metering, with the price of the entry plan on the page.
Solvimon
usage and hybrid billing for AI startups, with a free start
Best for: Early-stage AI and usage-priced companies that want to begin without a monthly fee
Solvimon is SOLVIMON B.V., Daalsesingel 51 in Utrecht (KVK 86385879). Its terms are under Dutch law, and disputes go to arbitration with the Foundation for Settlement of Automation Disputes.
AI Essentials is free for the first $3M of volume and 0.4% after, with qualification criteria, and includes usage metering, credits and wallets, hybrid pricing, automated invoicing and several payment methods. Growth starts at $2,500 a month and Enterprise is quoted. A free sandbox is available.
The terms cap liability at the fees of the previous six months, with an absolute ceiling of EUR 50,000. That is low for a billing system and worth negotiating if you are large.
What Solvimon does better than Chargebee
- Free to start for qualifying companies, with prices on the page
- Dutch company under Dutch law
- Credits and wallets for AI-style usage pricing
- Free sandbox
Where Solvimon is a step down from Chargebee
- Aimed at AI startups, not a general billing suite
- Liability cap of six months of fees, maximum EUR 50,000
- Hosting location not found
Standout against Chargebee. Credits and wallets for usage pricing, free on the first $3M for those who qualify.
Younium
B2B subscription management for finance teams, from Stockholm
Best for: Companies that sell negotiated subscription contracts and need revenue recognition
Younium is Younium AB in Stockholm (organisation number 559102-2875, c/o SUP46, Regeringsgatan 65). Its terms are under Swedish law, with arbitration at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute in English.
The platform covers CPQ and deal-to-subscription, subscription management with self-service portals, billing, invoicing and accounts receivable, revenue recognition under IFRS 15 and ASC 606, and analytics. It lists 20+ native integrations including HubSpot, Salesforce, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero and Stripe, and says EU data is stored in Europe.
Its terms say subscriptions renew automatically, cannot be ended early and are non-refundable except in limited cases. Prices and a free trial are not shown, so you start with a demo request.
What Younium does better than Chargebee
- EU data stored in Europe, by its own statement
- Swedish company under Swedish law
- Revenue recognition and AR in the same platform
Where Younium is a step down from Chargebee
- No published prices or free trial
- Auto-renewing contract with no early exit
- Arbitration instead of a court
Standout against Chargebee. It is built for the CFO and revenue-operations side of B2B contracts, not for self-serve plans.
Paddle
a merchant of record for SaaS with a simple published fee, based in London
Best for: Small software companies that want someone else to handle sales tax and checkout
Paddle's terms name three contracting entities: Paddle.com Inc. in New York for US transactions, Paddle Payments Limited in Dublin for UK and Isle of Man suppliers, and Paddle.com Market Limited at 30 Old Bailey in London (company number 08172165) for all other cases. English law applies, with the English courts.
As merchant of record it handles payments, billing, tax compliance and fraud and chargeback defence, with subscription management and a branded checkout. The fee is 5% + 50 cents per checkout, with no monthly fee, lock-in or free tier.
Paddle is the seller to your customers. That removes the tax work but leaves you less control of invoicing and the buyer relationship.
What Paddle does better than Chargebee
- Tax registration and filing handled for you, which Chargebee does not do
- One published fee with no monthly charge
- No lock-in period, by its own statement
Where Paddle is a step down from Chargebee
- A share of every sale, which grows with revenue
- A US entity contracts for US transactions
- United Kingdom law, not EU law, in the terms
Standout against Chargebee. It takes over the tax liability, which no billing platform here does.
- Which law reaches it. United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA). Chargebee is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. UK/EU.
- Source code. Closed source, as Chargebee is.
- Independently checked. FCA-authorised payment institution.
Best for: Subscription businesses billing the same customers monthly by Direct Debit or SEPA
GoCardless Ltd is at Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Road, London (company number 07495895) and authorised by the FCA as a payment institution (registration 597190). The UK has an EU adequacy decision, so transfers from the EU are lawful, though it is not intra-EEA processing.
It collects Direct Debit and SEPA payments only. A mandate does not expire the way a card does, which removes one of the main causes of involuntary churn. Pricing is on the site and is not repeated here because it varies by scheme and market.
It does not process cards and does not issue invoices or manage plans itself. Pair it with a billing tool or accounting package.
What GoCardless does better than Chargebee
- No card expiry or card-update emails for debit customers
- Usually cheaper than card processing for recurring payments
- FCA-authorised payment institution
Where GoCardless is a step down from Chargebee
- No cards, and a few days to settle a debit
- No invoice, plan or dunning engine of its own
- A UK company, not an EU one
Standout against Chargebee. It removes card expiry from the problem altogether.
Cleverbridge
a Cologne merchant of record for software vendors
Best for: Software and SaaS companies selling globally that want to outsource payments, tax and compliance
Cleverbridge's legal page lists Cleverbridge GmbH in Cologne (HRB 111750, Tunisstrasse 19-23) as its main company, with Cleverbridge Inc. in Chicago, Cleverbridge Ltd. in the UK and a regulated Cleverbridge Financial Services GmbH (HRB 87383, supervised by BaFin). We did not open its terms, so we could not check which entity contracts with you.
It positions itself as merchant of record for subscription commerce: recurring billing, payments in 240+ markets with 30+ methods, tax handling, quote-to-cart and invoicing, plus affiliate marketing and support services. Its client list includes Red Hat, Veeam and SUSE, which points to enterprise software.
Pricing is not shown on the homepage.
What Cleverbridge does better than Chargebee
- German company with a regulated German payments entity
- Takes over tax and compliance across 240+ markets
- Used by large software vendors
Where Cleverbridge is a step down from Chargebee
- No public prices
- Enterprise orientation, not a self-serve start
- A US sister company in the group, and the contracting entity is not verified
Standout against Chargebee. A German merchant of record with a BaFin-supervised payments subsidiary.
instellix (Nitrobox)
enterprise billing for subscription, usage and hybrid models, from Hamburg
Best for: Large manufacturers, mobility and energy companies that bill for connected products and services
instellix, formerly Nitrobox, is Nitrobox GmbH at Hohe Bleichen 28 in Hamburg (Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 125192). The site name and brand are mid-change, so you will see both names.
It describes a billing and monetization platform for subscription, usage-based, transactional and hybrid models, with invoicing, payment collection, revenue booking and tax compliance in 80+ countries, and analytics. It is ISO 27001 certified, and a named client is Porsche Digital.
Its customers are in automotive, manufacturing and IoT, energy and software. Pricing is not published, and the data centre location is not stated.
What instellix (Nitrobox) does better than Chargebee
- German company with enterprise references in automotive and IoT
- Handles transactional and hybrid billing beyond classic SaaS
- ISO 27001 certified
Where instellix (Nitrobox) is a step down from Chargebee
- No prices and a demo-first sales process
- Too heavy for a small SaaS company
- Data centre location not stated
Standout against Chargebee. It is the one built around billing for connected products, not only software.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). Chargebee is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU data centres.
- Source code. Closed source, as Chargebee is.
- Independently checked. PCI DSS, PSD2/SCA.
Best for: Merchants that want fixed-amount subscriptions without a separate billing system
Mollie is Mollie B.V., Keizersgracht 126 in Amsterdam (KVK 30204462), a payment service provider licensed by De Nederlandsche Bank, which keeps customer funds in a separate foundation.
Its Subscriptions API creates payments automatically at a set frequency and amount. It supports credit cards including Apple Pay and Google Pay, PayPal, SEPA Direct Debit and Bacs, and retries a failed payment up to five times.
The documentation we checked covers neither invoicing nor dunning, and the subscriptions API is for constant amounts, so usage-based or prorated billing needs something else.
What Mollie does better than Chargebee
- Dutch regulated payment provider with funds held in a separate foundation
- Subscriptions in the same account as iDEAL, cards and SEPA
- No separate billing vendor for simple fixed plans
Where Mollie is a step down from Chargebee
- Fixed amounts only, no usage or proration
- No invoicing or dunning flow in the documentation
- Not a billing platform
Standout against Chargebee. Subscriptions come with the same account that takes iDEAL and cards.
Nexway
a French merchant of record for software publishers
Best for: Software and security vendors expanding abroad that want a reseller portal and a merchant of record
Nexway is Nexway SASU at 19 avenue Feucheres in Nimes (RCS Nimes 440 953 859).
It offers three things: merchant of record services with payment processing, tax compliance and PCI security, subscription management for recurring billing, and a composable ecommerce platform with reseller portals. It lists 70+ payment methods in 45+ currencies and clients such as Kaspersky, Opera and Bitdefender.
Pricing is by quote, the hosting location is not stated, and we did not open the terms, so the governing law is not checked.
What Nexway does better than Chargebee
- French company that takes over tax and compliance
- Reseller portals and channel sales that billing platforms do not offer
- 20+ years in software distribution, by its own account
Where Nexway is a step down from Chargebee
- Quote-only pricing
- Enterprise focus
- Governing law and hosting not verified
Standout against Chargebee. The only one here with reseller portals for channel sales of software.
- Which law reaches it. EU (Netherlands). Chargebee is run from the United States, so the CLOUD Act obliges the provider to hand over data on a valid order regardless of which country the servers are in.
- Where the data sits. EU data centres.
- Source code. Closed source, as Chargebee is.
- Independently checked. PCI DSS Level 1.
Best for: Large merchants that already process with Adyen and build subscription logic in-house
Adyen N.V. is registered in Amsterdam (KVK 34259528, Simon Carmiggeltstraat 6-50). Its merchant terms are under Dutch law with the courts of Amsterdam.
Its documentation supports recurring payments with stored tokens: one-click payments, subscriptions you initiate at regular intervals, and automatic top-ups. It does not describe invoicing, plans or subscription management, so billing logic stays on your side.
It is the best fit for a company with engineering resources and volume, and the least natural replacement for a finance team that wants a billing interface.
What Adyen does better than Chargebee
- Dutch company under Dutch law with Amsterdam courts
- One platform for online, in-store and recurring payments at scale
- Tokenised recurring payments through the same provider
Where Adyen is a step down from Chargebee
- No billing, invoicing or dunning product in the documentation
- Built for mid-market and enterprise volume
- Needs developer effort to build subscriptions
Standout against Chargebee. It handles recurring payments at enterprise scale from a Dutch contract.
What actually breaks when you switch
The hard part is the payment tokens, not the data. Plans, customers and invoices export, but card tokens belong to your gateway, and moving to a billing platform that uses a different gateway may require customers to re-enter details. Ask each vendor about token migration in writing before you choose.
Chargebee connects to 40+ gateways and a long list of tax, CRM and accounting tools. European billing platforms support fewer, and the merchants of record replace the gateway altogether. Check your gateway, tax tool and accounting software against each vendor's integration list.
Most of these do not publish prices. Frisbii, Younium, Cleverbridge, instellix and Nexway ask for a demo, and Hyperline and Solvimon add a share of processed volume. Compare total cost on your real monthly invoice volume rather than on the headline plan.
Which European tool is closest to Chargebee?
Frisbii in Frankfurt is the nearest in shape: plan and add-on management, usage-based and flat pricing, a payment gateway, multi-currency invoices, credit notes, dunning and revenue analytics in one product. Hyperline, Younium and Solvimon sit in the same family but lean toward B2B and usage-based pricing, with CPQ, quotes and finance workflows.
None matches Chargebee's 40+ gateways, so confirm your gateway is supported before you commit to any of them.
What is a merchant of record, and should I use one?
A merchant of record is the legal seller to your end customers. It collects the payment, calculates and remits VAT and sales tax, and pays you the rest. Paddle, Cleverbridge and Nexway work this way. That is a real saving for a small team selling worldwide, because it removes tax registration and filing.
The cost is a share of each sale (Paddle publishes 5% + 50 cents), less control of invoicing and the customer relationship, and the merchant of record is the counterparty on the invoice. A billing platform such as Frisbii or Hyperline leaves you as the seller and the tax filer.
Can I collect subscriptions by bank debit instead of by card?
Yes. GoCardless collects Direct Debit and SEPA mandates only, with no cards, and a mandate does not expire the way a card does. Mollie's Subscriptions API supports SEPA Direct Debit, credit cards, PayPal and Bacs. Frisbii's gateway lists 50+ methods.
GoCardless and Mollie do not issue invoices or run dunning flows, so you would pair them with a billing platform or your accounting tool.
Does a smaller company need any of this?
If you have a handful of fixed plans, a payment provider with a subscription tool, plus invoices from your accounting package, may be enough. Mollie and GoCardless cover that case.
A billing platform starts to pay off when you have usage-based charges, add-ons, upgrades with proration, several currencies, or a finance team that wants revenue recognition and clean exports for the auditor.
Which one to pick
If you want the closest European product to Chargebee, with billing, a gateway, dunning and German accounting exports on Frankfurt servers, start with Frisbii. If usage-based pricing is central, Hyperline and Solvimon publish their prices, and Younium suits a finance team that sells negotiated B2B contracts.
If your problem is sales tax and cross-border selling, Paddle, Cleverbridge or Nexway take on the merchant role, at a share of revenue. Paddle is the only one with a published fee. If your problem is collecting recurring money reliably, GoCardless removes card expiry, and Mollie and Adyen cover recurring cards and local methods with no billing engine.
instellix is the one for large industrial and connected-product billing, and a poor fit for a small SaaS company.
Be realistic about the gap. Chargebee supports far more gateways and integrations than any of these, and the current terms (15 February 2026) were not readable for this page. Switch if you want a European contracting party and court, and keep Chargebee if your gateway and tax integrations have no European equivalent.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frisbii is the closest all-round answer for a software or subscription business, because it combines subscription management, a gateway, invoicing with German export formats and dunning on servers in Frankfurt. Hyperline and Solvimon are better if usage-based pricing is central and you want published prices. Paddle is better if you want someone else to be the seller and handle tax.
No. Its terms of service are a contract with Chargebee Inc. The readable version (effective 16 May 2024) is governed by Delaware law with the courts of Sussex County, Delaware, and AAA arbitration. Chargebee does have offices in Amsterdam and Dublin, but those are not the contracting entity in the terms we read.
Its pricing page lists a Flow plan at $0 plus 0.80% or $99 plus 0.65% a month, depending on monthly invoicing volume, with 100M usage events a month and 40+ payment gateways. Enterprise is on request, and revenue recognition, quoting and growth products are priced separately. Check the page for current terms.
Hyperline lists Launch at $299 a month plus 0.7% of processed revenue, for companies up to $2M annual revenue and 100 active subscriptions, with Growth and Scale on request. Solvimon lists AI Essentials as free on the first $3M of volume and 0.4% after that, subject to qualification, Growth from $2,500 a month and Enterprise on request. Paddle lists 5% + 50 cents per checkout, with no monthly fee.
We could not find prices for Frisbii (plans named Starter, Growth and Scale or Enterprise, with a free trial), Younium, Cleverbridge, instellix and Nexway. Adyen and GoCardless publish rates, but the tariffs are not repeated here because they vary by method and market, so check them against your own volumes.
Frisbii states servers in Frankfurt am Main. Younium says EU customer data is stored in Europe and US data in the United States. Hyperline, Solvimon, instellix and Cleverbridge state certifications or GDPR compliance but we found no stated data location, and the same goes for Nexway. The three payment providers process regulated payment data under their own licences.
Its terms name Paddle.com Market Limited in London for most customers outside the US. Paddle.com Inc. in New York contracts for US transactions, and Paddle Payments Limited in Dublin for UK and Isle of Man suppliers outside the US. The governing law in the terms is English law. Which entity applies to you depends on where you and your customers are, so read that section.
Because many companies start subscriptions with a payment provider and add billing logic later. Mollie has a Subscriptions API for fixed recurring amounts, and Adyen supports recurring transactions with stored tokens. Neither has invoicing, dunning or subscription management in the documentation we checked, so they replace the payment side of Chargebee, not the billing side.
The customer, plan and invoice records can be exported, but stored card tokens live with your payment gateway. If you keep the same gateway, a token migration is often possible. If you switch gateway, ask both providers about PCI-compliant token transfer, or plan for customers to re-enter their details.
Younium describes itself as a B2B subscription management and billing platform for finance, revenue operations and product teams, with CPQ, accounts receivable and revenue recognition under IFRS 15 and ASC 606. It suits a company that sells contracts with negotiated terms more than one that sells self-serve plans by card.
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