[bluebird]

Chargify changres nothing for the first 50 clients and then I think it is a flat fee if I am not mistaken. That can be cheaper than Spreedly. Recurly seems to be doing something similar.

What does make a difference is that Spreedly is not PCI compliant. Both Chargify and Recurly are PCI compliant.

[nreece]

Chargify only supports Authorize.net, whereas Spreedly and Recurly support a few more options.

I think Spreedly has by-far the most reasonable and economical pricing structure for lean startups.

[dangrossman]

I've been evaluating all of these companies and I agree, Spreedly is the most startup-friendly. Not only in pricing, but they also have the broadest gateway support.

Unfortunately their admission that they may not be PCI compliant is a legal issue... if you read that, and pass cardholder information to them, you could be in breach of your merchant agreement and have no way to really know.

Spreedly also seems to be a side project that isn't getting the developer time it needs considering the sensitivity of what the product is. They have threads in their support area where they promised features a year ago and still haven't delivered.