What does your subscription app really cost?
Percentage and per-charge fees hide in the fine print and scale with your revenue. Enter your monthly subscription GMV and renewal-charge count, pick your current platform, and see your itemized bill next to RefillKit’s flat price. The calculator does arithmetic on your inputs — it never assumes recovery rates or invents savings.
Your current monthly cost — Recharge Starter
Base plan$99.00
Percentage fee (1.49% of $12,500.00)$186.25
Per-charge fee (250 × $0.19)$47.50
Total per month$332.75
RefillKit Starter
Flat plan price$19.00
Percentage fee$0.00
Per-charge fee$0.00
Total per month$19.00
Suggested tier: Starter ($209/yr on annual billing). We suggest a tier from your renewal-charge count as a rough proxy for active subscriptions — every paid plan is flat with no volume cap, so you can pick any tier.
Difference
Per month$313.75
Per year, paying monthly$3,765.00
Per year, on RefillKit annual billing$3,784.00
This is plan-fee arithmetic only. It makes no assumption about recovered payments, churn, or growth. Totals exclude Shopify’s own payment-processing fees, which apply whichever subscription app you use. Competitor pricing verified July 2026 against each app’s Shopify App Store listing and published pricing page.
Competitor pricing verified July 2026 against each app’s Shopify App Store listing and published pricing page.
How the math works
Three line items, added up. That’s it.
Your current cost is the platform’s monthly base price, plus its percentage fee applied to your subscription GMV, plus its per-charge fee multiplied by your renewal count. RefillKit’s side is one flat number — $0, $19, $49, or $149 a month — with a 0% transaction fee and no per-charge fee on every plan. Annual billing is eleven months for the price of twelve: $209, $539, or $1,639 a year.
Worked example: $12,500/mo subscription GMV across 250 renewal charges on Recharge Starter ≈ $99 + $186.25 + $47.50 ≈ $333/mo. The same store on RefillKit Starter pays $19/mo, flat.
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