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Ask HN: OpenGateway for recurring billing instead of Chargify/Recurly/Spreedly?
I ran across http://opengateway.net/ , which is a $99 installable framework for recurring billing. In light of the recent Chargify pricing changes, it seems an attractive alternative since it's a one-time upfront cost and no monthly charges - in other words, the pricing is a known quantity.
Apparently it doesn't store credit card info locally, which was my biggest concern.
Has anyone tried it? If so, what did you think?
- tworats 16y agoClickable link: http://www.opengateway.net/ http://www.opengateway.net/
- ashitvora 16y agoHow to insert clickable links here? Or bold, italic, underline text?
- heather_brack 16y agoLooks like a good solution; we have to make a decision re: billing soon so we would also be interested in others' experiences with this.
- DevX101 16y agoI just emailed them to come post a thread at HN. If they're smart, you'll hear from them tomorrow.
- carbocation 16y agoDoes it handle dunning?
- tworats 16y agoDoesn't mention dunning specifically but does say "automatic emails which are sent during specific events such as a new charge, new recurring charge, expiration, cancellation, upcoming expiration, upcoming charge, etc." .
- carbocation 16y agoNice. That might do the job.
- fookyong 16y agoHmm this looks like a great alternative to http://amember.com http://amember.com which I have been using for a long time (and am not particularly fond of - old code, ugly UI). I basically use Amember to manage member subscriptions e.g. what plan they are on, sending them transactional emails, and handling the callback from the payment gateway (in my case PayPal) - and providing the API hook to build into my app. If OpenGateway can replace all of that, it's a done deal. I'm switching!