Subscription Billing Platforms · reliability comparison
Recharge vs Stripe Billing: which is more reliable? (2026)
Stripe Billing is more reliable than Recharge, scoring 96.1 vs 67.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Recharge reported 4 incidents and Stripe Billing reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.43% and 99.99% respectively. Stripe Billing resolves incidents faster on average (19m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Recharge | Stripe Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 67.2 | 96.1 |
| Rank (subscription billing platforms) | #13 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.43% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 4 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 35m | 19m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Recharge and Stripe Billing differ
- Stripe Billing reported 25% more incidents than Recharge over the last 90 days (5 vs 4).
- Recharge had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Stripe Billing.
- Stripe Billing fixes problems faster: 19m on average, against 6h 35m for Recharge (21.1× quicker).
- Recharge's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Nov 9, 2025); Stripe Billing's lasted 19m (Sep 27, 2026).
90-day uptime
Recharge
Stripe Billing
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Recharge incidents
- Partial outageSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 57m
Affected: Recharge Analytics, In-App Support, Recharge API, Recharge Charge Processing, Recharge Checkout, Recharge Customer Portal +2 more
- InformationalSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 2h 32m
Affected: Recharge Analytics, Recharge API, Recharge Charge Processing, Recharge Checkout, Recharge Customer Portal, Recharge Merchant Portal +1 more
- InformationalSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 39m
- Major outageAug 7, 2026 · resolved in 11h 13m
Upcoming Charge Notification Delayofficial update ↗
Affected: Recharge Webhooks
Recent Stripe Billing incidents
- InformationalOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Affected: Stripe API
- Partial outageSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 19m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 33m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Elevated Errors for retrieving balance transactions for automatic payouts
Affected: Stripe API
Other subscription billing platforms to consider
- Bold Subscriptions · #1 · 100% uptime
- Zuora · #2 · 100% uptime
- Maxio · #3 · 99.99% uptime
- ChargeOver · #4 · 99.98% uptime
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