Payment Gateway Integration vs Subscription & Recurring Billing
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — payment gateway integration compared with subscription & recurring billing.
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Both sit under E-commerce Development, and clients regularly ask which of the two they actually want. The short answer is below; the rest of this page is how to tell, what each costs, and the cases where a project needs both.
What each one is
- Payment Gateway Integration Connecting payment providers securely, from cards and digital wallets to multiple currencies, with the fraud checks each market requires.
- Subscription & Recurring Billing Selling products or services on subscription, with plans, renewals, failed payment handling and easy self-service changes.
The numbers
| Payment Gateway Integration | Subscription & Recurring Billing | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | From $4,800.00 per project | From $4,800.00 per project |
| Services underneath | 4 | 3 |
How to decide
Go with Payment Gateway Integration when
- The job is specifically card payment integration, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically multi-currency payments, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically strong customer authentication, which sits under this one
Go with Subscription & Recurring Billing when
- The job is specifically dunning & failed payment recovery, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically plan & pricing setup, which sits under this one
- The job is specifically self-service cancellation, which sits under this one
When a project wants both
Worth knowing: More often than the question implies — the same job frequently touches both, and one team covers them, so moving between them is a conversation rather than a second supplier. If you are not sure which your files need, that is what the free trial is for. The process is the same either way: whichever you pick, the work runs through the same stages and is checked against the same bar. E-commerce Development sets that out.
Questions we get on this specific choice
Is one of them cheaper?
They start at the same rate, so the choice is about what the job needs rather than about budget. Complexity moves both.
Which is faster?
Much the same, and volume moves the number far more than the choice between these two does.
Can you tell me which one my files need?
Yes, free. Send two or three real files — that judgment is part of the trial rather than something quoted separately.
Can I switch after we start?
Yes. If the files say the other one is the right answer, we re-quote before doing the work rather than after.
Where to go from here
- Payment Gateway Integration — what it is, in full, with its own pricing
- Subscription & Recurring Billing — the same for the alternative
- E-commerce Development pricing — both rates side by side with the US market ranges
- Try it free — a free technical review of one page, written up, and we will tell you which of the two your files need
- Get a quote if the scope is already clear
- Every rate we publish, on one page
