Who should use Recurly Recover
- You use Recurly or plan to adopt it for billing.
- You need dunning as part of a broader subscription management platform.
- Your billing needs go beyond Stripe plus a recovery layer.
Alternative guide
Dunlo vs Recurly Recover
Recurly Recover is part of Recurly's subscription billing platform. Dunlo is for SaaS founders who already use Stripe and want failed-payment recovery without moving billing systems.
Comparison
What changes in practice
This comparison is based on public product pages and documentation. Dunlo details reflect the current beta offer.
| Criteria | Recurly Recover | Dunlo |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fit | Best for teams using or adopting Recurly for subscription billing. | Best for teams staying on Stripe. |
| Dunning | Configurable dunning campaigns and reporting inside Recurly. | Failure-code-specific recovery sequences around Stripe failed payments. |
| Migration | Usually part of a billing-platform decision. | No billing migration required. |
| Best fit | Teams with subscription billing complexity and an appetite for a billing platform. | Stripe-first founders who need recovery without replatforming. |
Who should use Dunlo
- You want to keep Stripe as the billing source of truth.
- You need a recovery layer, not a billing migration.
- You want founder-friendly visibility into failed payments.
Public proof
What we can prove today.
Dunlo should earn trust with visible mechanics, public benchmarks, and approved beta evidence instead of vague recovery claims.
Public benchmark
Failure-rate ranges are visible before signup.
The calculator shows the current public MRR bands, estimated failed MRR, and recoverable revenue assumptions without asking for an email first.
Open benchmarkProduct evidence
The workflow is failure-code first.
Dunlo is built around Stripe failure reasons, timed recovery emails, secure update links, and founder escalation for accounts that should not receive generic automation.
See failure codesBeta proof policy
No anonymous uplift claims before approval.
Customer metrics, screenshots, and testimonials are published only when the beta sample is large enough and the customer has approved the public version.
Read report policyFree beta
Recover failed Stripe payments before they become churn.
Choose Recurly Recover when Recurly is already your billing platform or you need broader subscription billing. Choose Dunlo when Stripe is staying and recovery is the job.