Best Subscription & Billing APIs in 2026

Browse the top Subscription & Billing APIs used by developers worldwide.

6 APIs across 3 subcategories

Subscription Management(3)

TransactionSubscription Management

Stripe Billing

Stripe's subscription and recurring billing API with invoicing and metered billing.

npm i stripe

PaidSubscription Management

Chargebee

Subscription management API with billing, invoicing, revenue recognition, and tax.

npm i chargebee

PaidSubscription Management

Recurly

Subscription billing API with dunning, analytics, and multi-currency support.

npm i recurly

Merchant of Record(2)

TransactionMerchant of Record

Paddle

Merchant of record for SaaS with subscriptions, tax, and global payments.

npm i @paddle/paddle-node-sdk

TransactionMerchant of Record

Lemon Squeezy

All-in-one payments platform for SaaS with subscriptions, tax, and fraud protection.

npm i @lemonsqueezy/lemonsqueezy.js

Usage-based Billing(1)

PaidUsage-based Billing

Orb

Usage-based billing API with event ingestion, metering, and flexible pricing.

npm i orb-billing

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