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Ahh, the buy vs build debate. Disclaimer, I work for https://www.chargify.com/, another provider of recurring billing software in the same space as Chargebee. We see this question asked a lot it really boils down to resources and what you want to spend your time on. Yes, it is pretty easy to build a basic system with a gateway such as Stripe or Braintree but there are two main problems: 1. It does not scale well (your needs will likely increase) 2. Building and maintaining your own system takes away from focusing on your product (and it is not a core competency)... As Krush said, there are "hundreds of small things that come up as you grow." By using a best of breed tool, most of these things are available out of the box with little to no dev work needed such as testing plans, coupons/promo codes, taxes, reporting/analytics, billing portal for customer account management, a portal for your support team to see/edit account history/info, system emails, dunning management, and so much more. The price for billing software like Chargify is minimal compared to the time saved building and maintaining your own system. In fact, the money saved by leveraging our dunning features alone have proven to provide a 4x return based on the monthly cost of Chargify's software. So not only does it save a lot of resources, it provides an ROI. We have a ton of people that come to us after building their own system, and wished they implement Chargify in the beginning. But it is never too late! Happy to answer any specific questions. |