⚡ Subscriptions

Subscription management software is used to manage memberships, recurring payments, and access to premium content or services.

According to our statistics, subscription management tools are used on 1.7% of all websites.
96.4% of these sites use only one subscription management tool, 3.4% use two, and 0.1% use three or more at the same time.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the leading subscription management tools in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is Stripe with an impressive share of 47.2%, followed by ProfilePress with 19.4% and Patreon with 8.7%.

Stripe 47.2%
ProfilePress 19.4%
Patreon 8.7%
Substack 6.5%
Paid Memberships Pro 4.6%
MemberPress 3.4%
Recharge 2.9%
Ghost 2.7%
Paddle 1.5%
Beehiiv 1.1%
Chargebee 1%
FastSpring 0.6%
Payhip 0.6%
PressReader 0.5%
Buysub 0.3%

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🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of management tools that are particularly popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

ProfilePress is #1 in Japan ^(-1)
Recharge is #1 in Canada ^(-6)
Boosty is #2 in Russia ^(-16)
Substack is #3 in Italy ^(-1)
Paid Memberships Pro is #3 in Spain ^(-2)
MemberPress is #3 in Australia ^(-3)
Patronite is #3 in Poland ^(-18)
Ghost is #4 in Germany ^(-4)
Paddle is #8 in the United States ^(-1)

✨ Best Subscription Management Tools

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 33 subscription management tools we track, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	StripeSan Francisco, California, United States A popular payments processor that works with businesses to help them accept payments through their websites, apps, and in store.	47.2%
2	ProfilePressSheridan, Wyoming, United States A membership and e-commerce WordPress plugin that allows users to build paid membership sites and sell digital downloads and subscriptions.	19.4%
3	PatreonSan Francisco, California, United States A membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription service for their content.	8.7%
4	SubstackSan Francisco, California, United States A social media platform for writers and journalists that supports subscription newsletters and monetization.	6.5%
5	Paid Memberships ProReading, Pennsylvania, United States A membership plugin for WordPress that allows you to restrict content and manage member subscriptions with recurring payments.	4.6%
6	MemberPressCedar City, Utah, United States A WordPress paywall, membership, and LMS plugin.	3.4%
7	RechargeSanta Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs.	2.9%
8	GhostSingapore An open source content management system built on Node.js.	2.7%
9	PaddleLondon, United Kingdom A software-as-a-service commerce platform offering payments infrastructure (payments, tax, and subscriptions) for software companies.	1.5%
10	BeehiivNew York, United States A comprehensive newsletter platform designed to help creators and brands build, grow, and monetize their audiences.	1.1%
11	ChargebeeNorth Bethesda, Maryland, United States A subscription management platform that handles recurring billing and invoicing.	1%
12	FastSpringSanta Barbara, California, United States A merchant of record that provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, and digital goods businesses, including VAT and sales.	0.6%
13	PayhipLondon, United Kingdom An e-commerce platform that enables anyone to sell digital products, courses, coaching, memberships or physical products directly to their fans and followers.	0.6%
14	PressReaderRichmond, British Columbia, Canada An online platform that allows users to subscribe to 6,000+ digital newspapers and magazines.	0.5%
15	BuysubDes Moines, Iowa, United States A digital subscription management platform that specializes in magazines.	0.3%
16	RecurlySan Francisco, California, United States A subscription management and recurring billing platform.	0.3%
17	MemberstackWilmington, Delaware, United States A platform that allows you to add user authentication, gated content, and payments to your website with a single line of code.	0.3%
18	BoostyAmsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions.	0.2%
19	SimpleCircRochester, New York, United States A fully-featured software platform for magazine and newspaper publishers to manage their circulations.	0.2%
20	Lemon SqueezySalt Lake City, Utah, United States An all-in-one platform for running SaaS business offering payments, subscriptions, global tax compliance, fraud prevention, and email marketing.	0.2%
21	PatroniteWarsaw, Poland A Polish relationship-building platform that helps talented individuals obtain funding on a subscription basis.	0.2%
22	PayPro GlobalToronto, Ontario, Canada A platform for digital goods sellers offering online payment processing, invoicing, tax compliance, and subscription management.	0.2%
23	MagzterNew York, United States A digital newsstand offering subscriptions to a vast library of magazines and newspapers.	0.2%
24	FourthwallSanta Monica, California, United States A platform that allows creators to set up membership sites where fans can directly support them by buying products and making donations.	0.2%
25	MemberSpaceHoboken, New Jersey, United States A no-code membership site software that works with any website, letting creators paywall content and charge for access.	0.1%

Data updated September 14, 2025

When interpreting and using the results, please read our methodology and disclaimer.