⚡ Subscriptions in Japan

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

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our statistics, subscription management tools are used on 0.7% of websites from Japan.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is ProfilePress, which dominates the market with a substantial 62.5% share.
It is followed by Stripe with 25.7% and Hacomono with 4.3%.

🚀 Highlights

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

✨ Best Subscription Management Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 16 subscription management tools used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
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
2
Stripe
San Francisco, California, United States

A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration.

$$$
3
Hacomono
Tokyo, Japan

A Japanese membership management, online reservation, and payment software for the wellness services industry.
4
Substack
San Francisco, California, United States

A social media platform for writers and journalists that supports subscription newsletters and monetization.

Free$$$
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.

$$$
6
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.

$$$
7
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
8
MemberPress
Cedar City, Utah, United States

A commercial WordPress plugin for paywalls, memberships, subscriptions, and learning management that lets site owners control access and monetize content on their WordPress sites.

$199.50+/year
9
Ghost
Singapore

An open-source content management system built on Node.js.

FreeOpen source$11+/month
10
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.

$$$
11
Recharge
Santa Monica, California, United States

A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs.

$99+/month
12
Beehiiv
New York, United States

A comprehensive newsletter platform designed to help creators and brands build, grow, and monetize their audiences.

Free$49+/month
13
Buysub
Des Moines, Iowa, United States

A digital subscription management platform that specializes in magazines.
14
Chargebee
North Bethesda, Maryland, United States

A subscription management platform that handles recurring billing and invoicing.

Free$$$
15
Paddle
London, United Kingdom

A software-as-a-service commerce platform that provides payments, tax compliance and subscription infrastructure for software companies.

$$$
16
Payhip
London, United Kingdom

An e-commerce platform that enables creators to sell digital downloads, courses, memberships, coaching, and physical products directly to their audience through a hosted storefront or embedded checkout.

$$$

👉 See Also

Data is based on the analysis of 157,205 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.