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Churn Buster or Baremetrics Recover
Both recover failed subscription payments. Baremetrics Recover is a dunning add-on inside the Baremetrics analytics suite that emails customers and prompts them to update their card; retries stay with your payment processor. Churn Buster runs retries and customer communication together, with a team tuning the account, at a flat monthly fee.
The deciding question is whether email alone is enough
Churn Buster is for subscription businesses that want failed payments worked from both sides, retry timing and the customer's inbox, by people who know their numbers. Baremetrics Recover is for early stage SaaS teams already on Baremetrics who want dunning emails switched on in the tool they use for metrics.
Churn Buster or Baremetrics Recover
| Churn Buster | Baremetrics Recover | |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery approach | Retries routed by decline code, plus branded email and SMS | Email campaigns, in app reminders, paywall, card capture form; retries left to the processor |
| Who tunes it | Our team, with you | Your team, set up once |
| Billing platforms | Stripe, Shopify, Braintree, Recharge, Loop, Skio, Smartrr, Awtomic, Subbly, and 10+ more | Stripe first; confirm others with Baremetrics |
| Scope | Failed payments (Dunning) and cancellations (Cancel Flows) | Failed payments |
| Pricing | Flat monthly fee. $269/mo for one product, $430/mo for both | Confirm current terms with Baremetrics |
| Since | 2013 | Add-on to Baremetrics analytics |
Half of recovery never reaches the inbox
On many Churn Buster accounts, roughly half of recovered revenue comes from retries and half from customer communication. An insufficient funds decline usually clears on a well timed retry with no email at all. An expired card needs the customer. Baremetrics describes Recover as emails on one front, paired with your processor's retry logic on the other.
Retries are routed by decline code. Insufficient funds gets retried before anyone is emailed; an expired card gets an email right away. Deliverability is monitored, SMS Nudge reaches customers whose email isn't working, and sequences change by segment and decline reason. Retries and messages run on one schedule, so each decision knows what the other side did, and every rule is one you can read and change with our team.
Someone has to keep tuning it
Dunning that gets set up once drifts. Decline mixes shift, deliverability changes, copy that worked in year one stops working in year three. Every Churn Buster account gets setup and regular account reviews from people who look at your numbers and adjust the campaigns. Recover is built to be switched on and left alone.
Flat pricing you can ballpark before the call
Our fee is flat and scales with your business. Standard entry is $269/mo for one product, $430/mo for Dunning and Cancel Flows together, month to month. Details on our pricing page.
One partner for both halves of churn
Dunning recovers failed payments. Cancel Flows handles cancellation deflection, retention offers, and the reasons people leave.
Choose the model that matches how you want to work
Choose Churn Buster if you want retries and customer communication tuned together, a team on your account, both halves of churn from one partner, and a flat price you can ballpark up front.
Choose Baremetrics Recover if you're on Baremetrics, want dunning emails inside the tool you already use, and are comfortable leaving retries to your payment processor. If that's the deciding factor, we're probably not the right fit.
Comparing a retry only tool instead? See Churn Buster or Butter Payments.
Baremetrics Recover alternative FAQ
What's the main difference between Churn Buster and Baremetrics Recover?
Churn Buster runs decline code retries and branded email and SMS together, with a team tuning both. Baremetrics Recover is a dunning add-on inside Baremetrics that emails customers and prompts a card update.
Does Baremetrics Recover retry failed payments?
Recover sends email campaigns, in app reminders, a paywall, and a card capture form, and Baremetrics recommends pairing it with your payment processor's retry logic. Churn Buster runs retries and email and SMS on one schedule, routed by decline code.
Does Baremetrics dunning handle cancellations?
No. Recover covers failed payments. Churn Buster covers failed payments through Dunning and cancellations through Cancel Flows.
Does Churn Buster work with Baremetrics?
Yes. Churn Buster connects to your billing platform (Stripe, Braintree, Shopify, and others), not to Baremetrics, so you can keep Baremetrics for metrics and run recovery with us.
How much does Churn Buster cost?
A flat monthly fee set by your MRR tier. Standard entry is $269/mo for one product, $430/mo for both, month to month.
Talk to our team
We'll look at your current recovery setup and tell you how much is still recoverable. If it's not much, we'll say so.