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Recurly vs Stripe Billing: which is more reliable? (2026)
Stripe Billing is more reliable than Recurly, scoring 96.1 vs 87.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Recurly reported 2 incidents and Stripe Billing reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.89% and 99.99% respectively. Stripe Billing resolves incidents faster on average (19m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Recurly | Stripe Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.7 | 96.1 |
| Rank (subscription billing platforms) | #10 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.89% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 4h 10m | 19m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Recurly and Stripe Billing differ
- Stripe Billing reported 2.5× as many incidents as Recurly over the last 90 days (5 vs 2).
- Stripe Billing fixes problems faster: 19m on average, against 4h 10m for Recurly (13.4× quicker).
- Recurly's longest outage on record lasted 2h 41m (Oct 15, 2026); Stripe Billing's lasted 19m (Sep 27, 2026).
90-day uptime
Recurly
Stripe Billing
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Recurly incidents
- Partial outageOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 2h 41m
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Affected: Reporting & Analytics
- MaintenanceAug 19, 2026 · ongoing
Recurly Subscription Management Database maintenance
Affected: Site management & business entities, Subscription management webhooks, App management, Churn management & dunning, Hosted pages, Partner Integrations +7 more
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved in 5h 39m
Investigating issues with Recurly Subscription Management
Affected: Subscription management API, Recurring billing & invoicing, Reporting & Analytics
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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