Company Information

Representative
Customers

Buy Real Xanax Paramount+, Twitch, Sling, BarkBox, FabFitFun, Codecademy, Kahoot!, Sprout Social, LiveChat, LA Times

Ideal Customer
Profile

The sweet spot is small-to-medium sized B2C, primarily digital, US-based recurring revenue businesses focused on media, entertainment, publishing, and consumer goods with relatively simple subscription models and modest volumes that need to operate without direct dependence on IT resources.

Company Size

Recurly is a good fit for small and medium-sized ( https://svrunners.org/65n1cxhiu2q $10 million to $100 million) revenue pools across a range of business sizes and stages of maturity.

Business Model

B2B B2C B2X

Physical
Digital
Hybrid

Technology Ecosystem(s)

AWS Microsoft Oracle Salesforce SAP Own/Proprietary

An API-first solution, Recurly is technology agnostic and typically runs in Google Cloud Platform.

Primary Users

Business

Business

Finance

Finance

Operations

Operations

Marketing

Marketing

IT

IT

Sales

Sales

Services

Services

Developers

Developers

The product is designed for ease-of-use, oriented towards product, marketing, and finance teams.

Investment Level

Developers

Recurly is a cost-effective option for startups and small businesses launching a simple recurring revenue operation. It does not require IT or external resources to set up or to maintain.

Agility

Developers

With all documentation available online and designed for business – not technical – users, this solution rates among the top of the market in Agility.

Complexity

Developers

The product’s ability to handle price and business model complexity is in line with the Agile Billing market averages.

Geographies

North America

North America

Latin America

Latin America

EU

EU

ME

ME

Africa

Africa

Japan

Japan

Asia

Asia

Australia /NZ

Australia /NZ

The ideal Recurly customer is based in the US with some customers in Europe.

Sales Channels

Direct

Direct

Online

Online

Indirect

Indirect

This solution is aimed at companies with an online or direct sales model, or an online plus assisted sale.

Top 3 Verticals

Digital Media & Entertainment

Digital Media & Entertainment

Internet TV providers, OTT streaming platforms, and online gaming companies are a primary focus of this solution.

Consumer Goods

Consumer Goods

Subscription retail services (such as box-of-the-month clubs) are an optimal fit for Recurly.

Publishing

Publishing

Online magazines and other digital periodicals will find a good fit with Recurly.

Analyst Notes

Founded in 2009, Recurly is headquartered in San Francisco. In 2020 the company was acquired by Accel-KKR. In 2022 it acquired LeapRev, a revenue recognition and forecasting tool. Recurly focuses on Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) B2C/B2B businesses that want a low-touch, agile, configurable and relatively affordable solution that integrates subscription management, billing and payment processing and allows subscription brands to balance growth, ease of implementation and subscriber retention. Recurly’s “bread and butter” is with B2C/D2C and low/no touch B2B companies that need to handle low-to-medium complexity subscription models with low-to-medium volumes and a modest velocity of change in the business model.

Recurly has experience with companies across a spectrum of sizes, industries and stages of maturity including companies in consumer and business services, media/streaming services and box-of-the-month clubs. The solution has had success introducing more payments functionality and is likely to be more acquisitive over the next 12-24 months. This is a profitable, growing, and durable business.