⚡ Subscriptions in Japan

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

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.

Statistics based on 162K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ 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 61.9% share.
It is followed by Stripe with 26.1% and Hacomono with 4.4%.

ProfilePress 61.9%
Stripe 26.1%
Hacomono 4.4%
Substack 2.1%
Patreon 2%
Paid Memberships Pro 1.2%
Gumroad 1.2%
MemberPress 0.7%
Ghost 0.6%
FastSpring 0.2%
Recharge 0.2%
Beehiiv 0.2%
Buysub 0.08%
Chargebee 0.08%
Paddle 0.08%

🚀 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.

1. ProfilePress ^(-1)
3. Hacomono ^(-29)
7. Gumroad ^(-2)
10. FastSpring ^(-4)
13. Buysub ^(-13)

✨ 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.

Rank	Name	Market 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	61.9%
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. $$$	26.1%
3	Hacomono Tokyo, Japan A Japanese membership management, online reservation, and payment software for the wellness services industry.	4.4%
4	Substack San Francisco, California, United States An online publishing and social platform for writers and journalists that enables creating subscription-based newsletters, podcasts, and multimedia content delivered directly to subscribers. Free$$$	2.1%
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. $$$	2%
6	Paid Memberships Pro Reading, Pennsylvania, United States A membership plugin for WordPress that allows you to restrict content and manage member subscriptions with recurring payments. FreeOpen source$174+/year	1.2%
7	Gumroad San Francisco, California, United States An e-commerce platform serving as a merchant of record that enables creators and digital entrepreneurs to sell digital products, memberships, and other goods directly to their audience. $$$	1.2%
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	0.7%
9	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	0.6%
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. $$$	0.2%
11	Recharge Santa Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs. $99+/month	0.2%
12	Beehiiv New York, United States A newsletter platform that allows creators and brands to publish, distribute, and monetize email publications with integrated website hosting and audience management tools. Free$49+/month	0.2%
13	Buysub Des Moines, Iowa, United States A digital subscription management platform that specializes in magazines.	0.08%
14	Chargebee North Bethesda, Maryland, United States A subscription management platform that handles recurring billing, invoicing, and revenue operations for subscription-based businesses. Free$$$	0.08%
15	Paddle London, United Kingdom A software-as-a-service commerce platform that provides payments, tax compliance and subscription infrastructure for software companies. $$$	0.08%
16	Payhip London, United Kingdom An e-commerce platform that enables creators to sell digital downloads, courses, memberships, coaching, and physical products directly to their audience through a hosted storefront or embedded checkout. $$$	0.08%

👉 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 162,380 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 36 subscription management tools across the web.
Of these, 16 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.