Payment Platform Comparison

OpenGateway Recurly Spreedly CheddarGetter
Gateways
Multiple supported gateways
Multiple active gateways for one account
North American gateway support
International gateway support
Uses gateways' native recurring billing features for security (no stored CC information)
Recurring Billing
Auto-recurring billing
Push notifications of expirations, cancellations, upcoming payments, and recurring payments If you spend $199 Only for transactions and cancellations
Pre-configured recurring plans
Free trials with collected credit card information
Email Management
Customized emails based on event triggers (charges, new subscribers, expirations, etc.) Event-based emails, but with limited trigger configurations Event-based emails, but with limited trigger configurations
Limit emails to specific plans
Turn off all email notifications
Pricing & Distribution
Distribution Downloadable web application - hosted on your own web server commercial web service commercial web service commercial web service
Transaction fee FREE (we don't touch your transactions) n/a 20¢ n/a
Monthly fee FREE (of course!) $199 for comparable features ($49 minimum) $19 $39 - $549
Setup/one-time fee Only $95 $0 $0 $0