AfterShip vs Recharge Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Essentials
- Branded tracking page with your logo & colors
- Automatic carrier detection and correction
- Email & SMS notifications for every shipment milestone
- Tracking dashboard with status & reports
Premium
- Fully customizable tracking page + custom domain
- AI-powered EDD & product recommendations
- Full analytics suite
- API & webhooks
- Order Edits
Enterprise
- Dedicated CSM & onboarding
- Enterprise SLAs & SSO
- Custom integrations
- Multi-org management
Starter
- Subscription-first product page widget
- Intuitive customer portal
- Upsell & cross-sell tools
- Smart Cancellation Prevention
- Failed Payment Recovery
- Win Back solutions
- Automated workflows
- Gifting capabilities
- Analytics & industry benchmarks
Plus
Popular- Hands-on implementation
- End-to-end migration support
- Customizable bundles & tiered discounts
- Concierge SMS*
- Loyalty – Rewards
- Loyalty – Referral Program
- Javascript SDK & Storefront API
Custom
- Custom implementations
- Dedicated priority technical support
- Review of solution architecture
- Enterprise business reviews
AfterShip vs Recharge FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- AfterShip starts lower at $29/mo, compared to $99/mo for Recharge.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Neither has a free plan. But Recharge offers a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. AfterShip uses usage-based pricing, while Recharge goes with hybrid. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. AfterShip: AfterShip sits in the mid-market range for post-purchase tracking tools — not the cheapest (plenty of Shopify apps undercut them), but not enterprise-priced either. They're going after scaling DTC brands and mid-size retailers who've outgrown basic carrier emails but aren't ready to build custom tracking infrastructure. Recharge: Recharge sits in the mid-to-premium range for subscription management — they're not the scrappy cheap option, but they're not hiding from the price tag either. They're going after established DTC brands with real subscription revenue, not bootstrappers, and the Shopify Plus discount on Custom is a deliberate play to lock in high-GMV merchants before they consider alternatives like Skio or Smartrr.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for AfterShip and Recharge and let you know when something moves.