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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · recurly.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 26 / 100
Subscription Billing
Self-serve checkout
Public API

Recurly scores 26/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; API access is partial; a free entry path exists.

See Recurly pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Recurly pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · recurly.com/plans/
Custom
Sales
$1200
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Recurly scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

0 / 15

Public API + docs

4 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

0 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

0 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
26 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
Small business starting with base contract
$1200/mo
· Base custom plan at listed start price· No additional volume discounts
Confidence: medium
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Sales-gated
LLM score: 15/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

No

Can upgrade plan

No

Can buy more usage

No

Can cancel online

No

Payment methods

Unknown

Human approval recommended

Yes

Pricing transparency

starting_at

Purchase motion

sales_led

Demo required

Yes

Quote required

Yes

Annual commit required

Yes

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Minimum commit

$1200

Invoice payment available

Yes

Purchase orders supported

Yes

MSA required

Yes

DPA available

Yes

Security review required

Yes

Trial

Available, no card

API readiness
API & developer surface

API-first product

No

Sandbox present

Yes

Webhooks

Yes

MCP mentioned

No

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem
Headline

“Everything you need to automate subscription growth”

Buyer persona

enterprise
mid market

Integrations mentioned
Shopify
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Recurly?
✓

Discover price

✓

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✗

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Recurly could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Everything you need to automate subscription growth — Our AI-powered platform drives every stage of the subscriber lifecycle — launch, acquire, retain, and scale faster.

tier_count

0

lowest_paid_entry_usd

399

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

true

self_serve_paid_tiers

1

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://docs.recurly.com/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

true

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Everything you need to automate subscription growth
CTAs (40): Book demo · Customer Stories · Pricing · Log In · Book your demo · Request pricing details · Start free sandbox · Recurly Subscriptions · Recurly Commerce · Recurly Engage · Recurly RevRec · App Management
Price tokens (7): $1 · $399/mo · $0.10/subscription order · $1 · $12 · $15 · $150
Book demoProductsSolutionsResourcesCustomer StoriesPricingLog InBook your demoRECURLY PRODUCTS & PRICINGEverything you need to automate subscription growthOur AI-powered platform drives every stage of the subscriber lifecycle — launch, acquire, retain, and scale faster.SubscriptionsManage SubscriptionsCommerceShopify subscriptionsEngageLifecycle revenueRevRecRevenue recognitionSelect a product for pricingSubscriptions - Manage subscriptionsSubscriptions - Manage subscriptionsCommerce - Shopify subscriptionsEngage - Lifecycle revenueRevRec - Revenue recognitionFlexible subscription management built to scaleScalable pricing Pay a single rate based on your Total Payment Volume ($1M TPV min.) and contract length. Everything in our Subscriptions plan includes.... Automated global subscription billing Flexible plans and pricing Churn mitigation tools Payments orchestration AI analytics and insights Request pricing detailsStart free sandboxSubscriptions are not our core business so engaging the experts at Recurly has saved us engineering hours, internal resource drain, and delivers a higher quality experience for our customers.Taylor PutnamPrincipal Commercial Product ManagerAdvanced subscription management for ShopifyScalable pricing Rates based on total subscription volume and contract length. Tailored solutions for high-volume subscription businesses: Native Shopify integration Customized bundles Subscribe and save Hybrid subscription support Analytics and integrations Hosted sub…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Recurly
Not Agent-Ready Yet

26

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Subscription Billing

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

0

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

$399/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

1 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from recurly.com/plans/
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Sales-gated
15/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Recurly pricing starts at $1,200 USD, with rates based on total payment volume and contract length; no public tiered pricing is shown.

Cheapest entry

Free sandbox (Free)

Actions
Open live pricing page
Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://recurly.com/plans/.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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