Ask HN: OpenGateway for recurring billing instead of Chargify/Recurly/Spreedly?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1789151

by tworats • 16 years ago

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I ran across http://opengateway.net/ , which is a $99 installable framework for recurring billing. In light of the recent Chargify pricing changes, it seems an attractive alternative since it's a one-time upfront cost and no monthly charges - in other words, the pricing is a known quantity.

Apparently it doesn't store credit card info locally, which was my biggest concern.

Has anyone tried it? If so, what did you think?

tworats2• 16 years ago

Clickable link: http://www.opengateway.net/

ashitvora• 16 years ago

How to insert clickable links here? Or bold, italic, underline text?

heather_brack• 16 years ago

Looks like a good solution; we have to make a decision re: billing soon so we would also be interested in others' experiences with this.

DevX101• 16 years ago

I just emailed them to come post a thread at HN. If they're smart, you'll hear from them tomorrow.

carbocation2• 16 years ago

Does it handle dunning?

tworats2• 16 years ago

Doesn't mention dunning specifically but does say "automatic emails which are sent during specific events such as a new charge, new recurring charge, expiration, cancellation, upcoming expiration, upcoming charge, etc." .

carbocation2• 16 years ago

Nice. That might do the job.

fookyong• 16 years ago

Hmm this looks like a great alternative to http://amember.com which I have been using for a long time (and am not particularly fond of - old code, ugly UI).

I basically use Amember to manage member subscriptions e.g. what plan they are on, sending them transactional emails, and handling the callback from the payment gateway (in my case PayPal) - and providing the API hook to build into my app.

If OpenGateway can replace all of that, it's a done deal. I'm switching!

Ask HN: OpenGateway for recurring billing instead of Chargify/Recurly/Spreedly?

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