Ask HN: What is the best billing system?

7 points by symkat 15y ago ↗ HN

Specific needs:

1) Recurring/subscription billing.

2) Multiple payment types (X at N month/year)

3) Credit card processing

4) API Support

5) Utility billing/overage billing

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lolz 15y ago ↗

Billmax, hobviously

mikiem 15y ago ↗

At M5hosting.com we use Ubersmith. Its designed for hosting and it supports everything on your list. We are very happy with it, and the company is very responsive to support and to feature requests etc. I have never been entirely happy with a billing system, but Ubersmith is the best for us and we are very happy. Perhaps the worst software I have ever bought ot used was ModernBill (maybe now called Parallels billing). Good luck.

LeBlanc 15y ago ↗

You could use WePay.

The API is solid, has good documentation, and supports multiple types of recurring payments. People can pay you with a credit card or bank account.

https://www.wepay.com/developer/reference

aquark 15y ago ↗

What do you do for international payments?

thematt 15y ago ↗

Braintree: http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/

JonLim 15y ago ↗

Braintree looks interesting - would I be able to get rid of Freshbooks + Authorize.Net + our merchant account with this service?

Also, is it US only?

thematt 15y ago ↗