⚡ Subscriptions in China

Subscription management software is used to manage memberships, recurring payments, and access to premium content or services across websites and other digital platforms.

China is an East Asian country with a population of around 1.4 billion people.

According to our statistics, subscription management tools are used on 0.2% of websites from China.

Statistics based on 83K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top subscription management tools in China in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Stripe, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 51.5% share.
It is followed by ProfilePress with 16.9% and Ghost with 11.8%.

Stripe 51.5%
ProfilePress 16.9%
Ghost 11.8%
Substack 3.7%
Patreon 2.9%
Chargebee 2.2%
FastSpring 2.2%
Buysub 1.5%
Paddle 1.5%
Gumroad 1.5%
Boosty 1.5%
Lemon Squeezy 1.5%
Recurly 0.7%
Paid Memberships Pro 0.7%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top management tools that are more popular in China than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Ghost ^(-5)
6. Chargebee ^(-6)
7. FastSpring ^(-7)
8. Buysub ^(-18)
9. Paddle ^(-1)
11. Boosty ^(-8)
12. Lemon Squeezy ^(-10)
13. Recurly ^(-11)

✨ Best Subscription Management Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 15 subscription management tools used on sites from China, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	51.5%
2	ProfilePress Sheridan, Wyoming, United States A membership and e-commerce WordPress plugin that allows users to build paid membership sites and sell digital downloads and subscriptions. Free$129+/year	16.9%
3	Ghost Singapore An open-source content management system built on Node.js that serves as a publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and membership-based websites. FreeOpen source$18+/month	11.8%
4	Substack San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing and social platform for writers and journalists that enables creating subscription-based newsletters, podcasts, and multimedia content delivered directly to subscribers. Free$$$	3.7%
5	Patreon San Francisco, California, United States A membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans. $$$	2.9%
6	Chargebee North Bethesda, Maryland, United States A subscription management platform that handles recurring billing, invoicing, and revenue operations for subscription-based businesses. Free$$$	2.2%
7	FastSpring Santa Barbara, California, United States A merchant-of-record e-commerce platform that provides an all-in-one payment and subscription infrastructure for SaaS, software, and digital-goods businesses. $$$	2.2%
8	Buysub Des Moines, Iowa, United States A digital subscription management platform that specializes in magazines.	1.5%
9	Paddle London, United Kingdom A software-as-a-service commerce platform that provides payments, tax compliance and subscription infrastructure for software companies. $$$	1.5%
10	Gumroad San Francisco, California, United States An e-commerce platform serving as a merchant of record that enables creators and digital entrepreneurs to sell digital products, memberships, and other goods directly to their audience. $$$	1.5%
11	Boosty Amsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions. $$$	1.5%
12	Lemon Squeezy Salt Lake City, Utah, United States An all-in-one platform for running SaaS and digital product businesses, now owned by Stripe, that provides payments, subscriptions, and merchant-of-record services. Free$$$	1.5%
13	Recurly San Francisco, California, United States A subscription management and recurring billing platform that enables businesses to automate subscription lifecycles, payments, and revenue operations. $249+/month	0.7%
14	Paid Memberships Pro Reading, Pennsylvania, United States A membership plugin for WordPress that allows you to restrict content and manage member subscriptions with recurring payments. FreeOpen source$174+/year	0.7%
15	Recharge Santa Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs. $99+/month	0.7%

👉 See Also

🌎 Subscriptions in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 83,567 websites from China.
We currently track the presence of 36 subscription management tools across the web.
Of these, 15 were detected on websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.