Head to head
Recurly vs Zoho Sign
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
53/100 | 62/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #5 | #3 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 73 | 74 |
| AI Authority | 50 | 30 |
| Web Authority | 21 | 88 |
| Expert Assessment | 65 | 60 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | Not vendor-published; third-party G2 listing reports Starter at $249/month + 0.9% of billing volume with first $40K of monthly billings included (unverified) · free tier: No permanent free tier per G2; a free trial is reported. Capterra shows a $0.00 'Core' plan, treated as a directory artefact and unresolved. | USD $10 per user per month (Standard) — corroborated only by vendor-supplied listings on G2 and Capterra · free tier: Free 14-day trial with no credit card required; Free plan for a single user with 5 envelopes per month, signature workflows, reminders, Zoho cloud DSC signing, audit trail, cloud storage import/export and mobile/desktop apps |
| Pricing model | Usage-based (subscription plus percentage of billing/total payment volume) | Subscription (per user) with credit-based metering for premium actions, plus a commitment-free API/envelope plan |
| Best for | Established international subscription businesses in streaming, media, D2C or SaaS doing roughly $1M+ in annual billing volume that need multi-gateway payment orchestration, sophisticated dunning and ASC 606/IFRS 15 revenue recognition, with engineering resource for a ~3-month implementation. | Organizations already standardized on Zoho One or Zoho CRM, and cost-driven SMBs leaving DocuSign with predictable, mostly email-based signing volume; also credible for regulated life-sciences teams needing 21 CFR Part 11 / Annex 11 controls at a lower seat price, provided they budget for credits. |
| Avoid if | You are early-stage or low-volume, need predictable capped billing with published pricing, expect the billing platform to be your reporting layer, need to go live in weeks, or plan to iterate pricing models frequently inside existing plans. | You need guaranteed fast support on lower tiers, run a Microsoft-centric stack dependent on Office 365 integration, require heavy visual/template formatting or image placement in forms, are under 10 users but need white-labelled custom-domain signing, or need a firm all-in cost for high-volume API/QES usage that is credit-metered. |
| Markets | Mid-market, Enterprise, SaaS, Streaming & media, D2C e-commerce, Publishing | SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Individuals and professionals, Developers, Life sciences and healthcare |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.