Chargebee

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by Chargebee · San Francisco, California · Since 2011

Subscription billing, revenue recognition and retention for SaaS.

Subscription billing software Employee benefits & engagementRecommendedFeaturedMade in IndiaFree plan

Starting price: From $0 + 0.80%; Billing Flow plan; scales with monthly invoicing volume
Free trial / plan: Not a free plan; Flow starts at $0 base plus a percentage of invoicing
Deployment: Cloud; Web
App Advisor rating: 4.8; transparency & India fit

What is Chargebee?

Chargebee is a billing and monetization platform for SaaS and AI companies. It handles subscription management and invoicing, usage-based and credit-based pricing, CPQ (quote-to-revenue), payments across 40+ gateways and 100+ currencies, revenue recognition for ASC 606 and IFRS 15, retention and growth experiments, AI-powered receivables and entitlements. Chargebee MCP offers headless billing for AI clients.

Chargebee says it serves 6,500+ businesses across 227 countries and territories, and was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Recurring Billing Applications. It was founded by Krish Subramanian, Rajaraman Santhanam and Saravanan KP, and has large engineering offices in Chennai and Bengaluru alongside offices in the US, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Pricing is published in US dollars, not rupees. The entry Billing plan (Flow) is a base fee plus a percentage of monthly invoicing volume, and the CPQ, RevRec, Growth and Enterprise tiers are quote-based.

What works well

+Published entry-level pricing for the core Billing product, unusual in this category
+Covers the whole revenue stack: billing, payments, CPQ, revenue recognition, retention and receivables
+Usage-based and credit-based pricing models supported natively, with 100M usage events/mo included on Flow
+40+ payment gateways and 100+ currencies, including INR billing for Indian sellers
+Deep finance integrations: NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Xero, QuickBooks Online, Avalara, Salesforce, HubSpot
+Strong published compliance posture: Level 1 PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2
+Built-in Indian GST handling, including GSTIN capture and intrastate/interstate tax logic

What to watch out for

−Prices are in US dollars; there is no INR price list for the software itself
−The Flow price scales with your invoicing volume, so your bill rises as you grow
−CPQ, RevRec and Growth Enterprise tiers are all quote-only
−CPQ and RevRec are sold only to existing Chargebee Billing customers
−The pricing page doesn't state a free trial length
−It is a billing platform, not an accounting or ERP system — you still need one alongside

Best suited for: SaaS and AI companies running recurring or usage-based revenue · Indian SaaS exporters billing global customers in multiple currencies · Finance teams that need ASC 606 / IFRS 15 revenue recognition tied to billing · Companies outgrowing a payment gateway's built-in subscription features · Teams that want to run pricing and retention experiments without engineering work

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Chargebee features

Researched from Chargebee's official product pages · updated September 2026.

Billing and subscriptions

Subscription management
Automated invoicing
Price book and product catalog
Tiered, flat-fee, usage-based and custom pricing models
Multi-entity management and account hierarchy
Contract terms and on-demand discounting

Usage-based billing

Usage ingestion
100M usage events/mo on Flow (up to 500M as a paid add-on)
Real-time usage limits
Outcome and credit-based pricing
Entitlements and provisioning
Chargebee MCP for headless billing from AI clients

Payments

40+ payment gateways
100+ currencies including INR
Global payment processing
AI-powered receivables and collections

CPQ

Quote creation and immediate amendments
Multi-product quotes
Multi-year ramped quotes
Quoting controls and approval workflows

Revenue recognition

Automated revenue recognition
ASC 606 and IFRS 15 compliance
Multi-currency
GAAP reports
Journal entry mapping
Advanced rules and SSP configurations

Growth and retention

Pricing tables
Hosted checkout and self-serve portal
No-code cancel pages
Churn management
AI-powered offer builder
Trial conversion and upsell experiments

Tax

Indian GST with GSTIN capture
Intrastate CGST/SGST and interstate IGST logic
Inclusive and exclusive price types per currency
Avalara integration

Chargebee pricing (USD)

Source

Every edition as published by the vendor · free trial: Chargebee's sign-up page invites you to "Start your free trial" but does not state a trial length. Prices exclude GST unless stated. Full Chargebee pricing breakdown

Billing — Flow

$0 + 0.80%

Base fee plus a percentage of monthly invoicing volume; the page also shows a "$99 + 0.65%" tier at higher volume and a "$160/mo" base including "100M usage events/mo"

Price book and invoicing
Usage ingestion with MCP
Real-time usage limits
Analytics
Pricing tables
1 growth experiment

Billing — Enterprise

Custom

Schedule a demo

Everything in Flow
Multi-entity management
Account hierarchy
Contract terms
On-demand discounting
Paid add-ons: up to 500M usage events/mo, enterprise access controls, data export

CPQ Lite

Free for the first 50 quotes

Exclusive to Chargebee Billing customers

Quote creation
Immediate amendments

CPQ

Custom

Talk to sales; exclusive to Chargebee Billing customers

Everything in CPQ Lite
Quoting controls
Multi-product quotes
Multi-year ramped quotes
Approval workflows

RevRec — Performance

Custom

Book a demo; Chargebee Billing customers only

Automated revenue recognition
Multi-currency
GAAP reports
Journal entry mapping

RevRec — Enterprise

Custom

Custom quote

All Performance features
Multi-source integration
Advanced rules
SSP configurations

Growth — Starter

Chargebee Billing customers only

Pricing Tables
Hosted checkout
Self-serve portal
No-code cancel pages

Growth — Enterprise

Scalable Custom Pricing based on number of active subscribers

Quote-based

Everything in Starter
Multi-brand experiments
AI-powered offer builder
Trial conversion
Upgrade, upsell and cross-sell experiments

• All published prices are in US dollars. Chargebee does not publish an INR price list for its own software.
• The Flow plan is presented as a calculator keyed to monthly invoicing volume, so your actual figure depends on what you invoice.
• CPQ and RevRec are sold only to existing Chargebee Billing customers.
• GST treatment for Indian buyers is not stated on the pricing page.

Buying for a team? App Advisor can get you a volume quote and any partner discount available.

Integrations, security & India

Integrations

NetSuite
Sage Intacct
Xero
QuickBooks Online
Avalara
DATEV by MIDbridge
Salesforce
HubSpot
Zoho CRM
Pipedrive
GetAccept
BigCommerce
Google Analytics
Stitch Data
Mailchimp
Klaviyo
Freshdesk
Zendesk
Groove
Intercom
Slack
ShipStation
Zapier

Security & compliance

Level 1 PCI DSS compliance, the highest payment card industry standard
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified information security management system
SOC 1 Type 2 report covering controls relevant to financial reporting
SOC 2 Type 2 report covering security, availability and confidentiality
GDPR alignment, with EU Standard Contractual Clauses incorporated into the Data Processing Addendum
Certificates and attestations are downloadable from Settings > Security in your Chargebee account

For Indian businesses

Chargebee has Indian offices in Chennai (Littlewood Tower, Ramanujan IT Park, Taramani) and Bengaluru (Prestige Tech Park, Kadubeesanahalli)
Pricing for the software is published in US dollars only; there is no INR price list
Chargebee supports billing your own customers in INR and can set up INR price points per plan
Built-in Indian GST support: GSTIN collection, intrastate CGST/SGST and interstate IGST, and configurable price types
Widely used by Indian SaaS companies billing overseas customers in multiple currencies

Support, resources & partner network

Support & learning

Dedicated support team reachable from the Contact page
Chargebee Copilot for in-product help
Extensive product documentation and a support portal
Demo and sales contact through the website; press@chargebee.com for media
A 24/7 confidential ethics hotline for compliance concerns

Chargebee Plans and pricing Integrations Compliance certificates Indian GST documentation Contact us

Trust, compliance & who uses Chargebee

Customers named by the vendor

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Is Chargebee the best choice for you?

Best choice if you are…

SaaS and AI companies running recurring or usage-based revenue
Indian SaaS exporters billing global customers in multiple currencies
Finance teams that need ASC 606 / IFRS 15 revenue recognition tied to billing
Companies outgrowing a payment gateway's built-in subscription features
Teams that want to run pricing and retention experiments without engineering work

Look elsewhere if you are…

Businesses wanting a rupee-denominated price list for the software itself
One-off or purely transactional ecommerce with no recurring billing
Teams that only need Indian GST invoicing — compare Zoho Books or similar
Very small startups with minimal invoicing volume that a payment gateway can already handle

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Specifications

Category: Subscription billing software, Employee benefits & engagement
Vendor: Chargebee
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Founded: 2011
Pricing model: Freemium
Starting price: Free plan
Deployment: Cloud
Platforms: Web
Best for: Startup, Small business, SMB
Made in India: Yes

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Chargebee — frequently asked questions

What is Chargebee?+

Chargebee is a billing and monetization platform for SaaS and AI companies. It covers subscription management and invoicing, usage-based pricing, payments across 40+ gateways and 100+ currencies, CPQ, revenue recognition, retention experiments and receivables. It says it serves 6,500+ businesses across 227 countries and territories.

Is Chargebee an Indian company?+

Chargebee was founded by Krish Subramanian, Rajaraman Santhanam and Saravanan KP and has major Indian offices in Chennai and Bengaluru, alongside offices in the US, the Netherlands and Ireland. It operates as a global company and publishes its prices in US dollars.

Does Chargebee have an office in Bangalore?+

Yes. Chargebee's contact page lists a Bengaluru office at WeWork, Prestige Tech Park, 4th Floor, Jupiter block, Kadubeesanahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560103. It also lists a Chennai office at the 10th Floor, Littlewood Tower, Ramanujan IT Park, Taramani, Chennai 600113.

What is Chargebee pricing?+

Chargebee publishes pricing in US dollars. The entry Billing plan, Flow, is shown as "$0 + 0.80%" of monthly invoicing volume, with a "$99 + 0.65%" tier at higher volume and a "$160/mo" base that includes 100M usage events per month. Billing Enterprise, CPQ, RevRec and Growth Enterprise are quote-based.

What is Chargebee pricing in India?+

There is no separate INR price list. Indian buyers pay the same US dollar prices published on the pricing page, and GST treatment is not stated there. Chargebee does, however, let you bill your own customers in INR.

Is there a free version of Chargebee?+

There is no free plan for Chargebee Billing, though Flow starts at a $0 base plus a percentage of invoicing. Two components do have free entry points: CPQ Lite is free for the first 50 quotes, and Growth Starter is listed at $0 — both only for existing Chargebee Billing customers. The sign-up page offers a free trial but doesn't state its length.

Does Chargebee support Indian GST?+

Yes. Chargebee's documentation covers Indian GST, including collecting a customer's GSTIN, applying CGST and SGST on intrastate transactions and IGST on interstate ones, and setting inclusive or exclusive price types per currency.

Is Chargebee secure?+

Chargebee holds Level 1 PCI DSS compliance and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, and publishes SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 reports. Its privacy approach aligns with GDPR and incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses into its DPA.

What does Chargebee integrate with?+

Accounting and ERP systems including NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Xero and QuickBooks Online; tax via Avalara; CRM via Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM and Pipedrive; support via Zendesk, Freshdesk and Intercom; plus Slack, Zapier, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Google Analytics and 40+ payment gateways.

What is Chargebee?+

Chargebee is subscription billing software by Chargebee, an Indian company from San Francisco. Subscription billing, revenue recognition and retention for SaaS.

How much does Chargebee cost?+

Chargebee has a free plan. Check the vendor's pricing page for current plans.

Does Chargebee offer a free trial or free plan?+

Yes — Chargebee offers a free plan you can start with.

Is Chargebee made in India?+

Yes. Chargebee is built by Chargebee, headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Who is Chargebee best suited for?+

Chargebee suits startup, small business, smb buyers looking for subscription billing software with employee benefits & engagement.

What are the best alternatives to Chargebee?+

Popular alternatives in subscription billing software include Zoho Subscriptions, Razorpay Subscriptions, Cashfree Subscriptions. Use App Advisor's compare tool to see them side by side.

How is Chargebee deployed?+

Chargebee is available as a cloud (SaaS) product, with web access.