Best FastSpring Alternatives (2026)
Looking for something other than FastSpring for payments? Here are the 10 alternatives we track, ranked, with verified pricing for each.
Pricing verified Sep 02, 2026
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FastSpring alternatives at a glance
| Product | Entry price | Plans | Free plan | Free trial |
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| Adapty | Custom | 2 | Yes | No |
| Braintree | Custom | 2 | No | No |
| Chargebee | $160/mo | 2 | No | Yes |
| GoCardless | Custom | 4 | No | No |
| Mollie | Custom | 2 | Yes | No |
| Paddle | Custom | 2 | No | No |
| Qonversion | Custom | 4 | Yes | Yes |
| Recurly | $249/mo | 5 | No | Yes |
| RevenueCat | Custom | 2 | Yes | No |
| Square | $49/mo | 3 | Yes | Yes |
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Adapty
PaymentsGrow mobile subscription revenue.
This undercuts flat-fee subscription analytics tools for early-stage apps (free until $5K/month is generous) but can get pricier than a fixed monthly fee once an app scales into serious revenue. They're clearly targeting indie devs and small mobile teams first, then riding the revenue-share model up as those apps grow — betting on volume over big enterprise contracts.
Plans: Pro $0/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Braintree
PaymentsPayments platform from PayPal.
Braintree targets mid-market to enterprise merchants who've outgrown Stripe's standard rates and want negotiated pricing without moving to a full acquiring bank relationship. They're not the cheapest, but the custom rate structure means high-volume businesses can potentially undercut what they'd pay on Stripe's published rates.
Plans: Standard Contact Sales · Charity Contact Sales
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Chargebee
PaymentsSubscription management and billing.
Chargebee sits mid-to-premium in the subscription billing space — pricier than bare-bones invoicing tools like Stripe Billing, but positioned as the specialist for companies whose entire business model is recurring revenue. They're chasing mid-market and growth-stage SaaS companies who've outgrown a generic payment processor's billing bolt-on.
Plans: Flow $160/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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GoCardless
PaymentsBank payment collection at scale.
Plans: Standard Contact Sales · Advanced Contact Sales · Pro Contact Sales · Custom Contact Sales
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Mollie
PaymentsEffortless payments for Europe.
Mollie plays the no-friction, no-lock-in card against processors like Stripe and Adyen — same usage-based logic, but leaning hard on transparency (no hidden fees, no monthly minimums) to win over SMBs and mid-market merchants who hate surprise costs. It's not the cheapest per-transaction necessarily, but it's positioned as the fairest deal for anyone wary of long contracts.
Plans: Standard pricing $0/mo · Volume pricing Contact Sales
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Paddle
PaymentsRevenue platform for SaaS.
Sitting at 5%+50¢, Paddle's pricier than pure payment processors like Stripe, but that premium buys merchant-of-record status — they handle global tax compliance, chargebacks, and fraud so you don't have to build that infrastructure yourself. They're targeting software companies selling internationally who'd rather pay a tax than hire a compliance team.
Plans: Pay-as-you-go Contact Sales · Custom pricing Contact Sales
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Qonversion
PaymentsMobile subscription analytics.
Charging a percentage of revenue instead of a flat fee is an unusual bet in a category full of flat per-app or per-MTR-bracket pricing (RevenueCat, Adapty). It reads as founder-friendly at low revenue but gets expensive fast once an app scales, so they're clearly optimizing to win small apps early and bank on switching costs to keep them past the point where competitors' flat fees would be cheaper.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Starter Contact Sales · Growth Contact Sales · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Recurly
PaymentsSubscription management platform.
This sits mid-to-premium in the subscription billing space — cheaper to start than enterprise players like Zuora, but the revenue-share model plus custom enterprise pricing on All-Access signals they're chasing mid-market and up, not scrappy startups. They're not competing on sticker price; they're betting that companies with real billing complexity will pay for reliability over cost.
Plans: Starter $249/mo · RevRec $850/mo · Engage $1600/mo · All-Access Contact Sales · All-Access for Shopify Contact Sales
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Square
PaymentsPayments and POS for every business.
Square sits in the middle-to-low end on sticker price, using the free tier as a wedge against Shopify POS and Clover, who rarely give away that much for nothing. The real competitive battle happens on processing rates, not the monthly fee, which is where Square tries to win small merchants who'd otherwise get nickel-and-dimed elsewhere.
Plans: Square Free $0/mo · Square Plus $49/mo · Square Premium $149/mo
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FastSpring Alternatives FAQ
- What is the best alternative to FastSpring?
- Adapty is the closest FastSpring alternative we track for payments. It has a free plan you can start on. Braintree and Chargebee are also worth a look.
- Are there free alternatives to FastSpring?
- Yes — Adapty, Mollie, Qonversion and 2 more offer a free plan, so you can switch without paying up front.
- How much do FastSpring alternatives cost?
- Entry prices range from $49/mo (Square) to $249/mo (Recurly). Each product page has the full verified tier breakdown.
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