Legacy dunning tools fix this but often charge ~$300/month. We deliver the same core outcomes for $29/month. Recover 70–80% of failed payments automatically with decline-code-aware retries and magic links that never expire.
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When a customer's card fails, Stripe retries blindly without understanding WHY it failed. Most founders don't even know this is happening until customers are gone.
Customer's card fails with insufficient_funds
Auto-retry 6 hours later. Fails again. Customer still has low balance.
After 4 failed retries in 3 days, Stripe gives up. You lose $99/mo customer.
This happens to 2–5% of your customers every month
At $10K MRR, that's $200–$500 lost monthly. At $50K MRR, it's $1K–$2.5K. Forever.
insufficient_funds means low balance. We wait 3 days (payday) instead of 6 hours.
"We'll retry Thursday" + magic link to update card. Never expires.
Customer gets paid Wednesday, retry succeeds Thursday. You keep the customer.
At $2K MRR with 10% churn, you're losing ~$200/month. Many alternatives start around $300/month. The math doesn't work.
Some alternatives force deprecated test-mode workflows. No modern Stripe dev flow. You deploy to production hoping it works.
Some alternatives rely on static Billing Portal URLs. Customer clicks 2 days later? Session expired. Revenue lost.
80% of the value at 10% of the price. We cut enterprise bloat, not core retention mechanics.
Patient retries for insufficient_funds. Skip retries for expired_card. Adapts to bank signals instead of spamming blindly.
LEGACY TOOLS DOESN'T HAVE THISFresh Stripe SetupIntent generated on every click. Customer can update card 5 days after email—no "session expired" errors.
LEGACY TOOLS DOESN'T HAVE THISTest entire dunning + cancel flows in Stripe Sandbox before going live. Test clocks work. Separate webhook endpoints.
LEGACY TOOLS DOESN'T HAVE THIS3-email sequence from your domain. Day 0, Day 3, Day 6. Customer sees billing@yourcompany.com, not churnstop.com.
Intercept cancellations. Structured exit survey + contextual offers. "Cancel anyway" always visible. Click-to-cancel compliant.
Recovered revenue. Recovery rate by decline code. Cancel reason distribution. Every data point you need.
Most enterprise-first products are solid, but ~$300/month prices out many indie SaaS founders. We fix that.
| Feature | ChurnStop | Legacy Tools | Stripe Defaults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $29/mo | $300+/mo | Free |
| Decline-code aware retries | ✓ | — | — |
| Never-expiring magic links | ✓ | — Static URLs expire | — |
| Stripe Sandbox support | ✓ Full support | — Deprecated test mode only | N/A |
| Cancel flow builder | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Branded dunning emails | ✓ Included | ✓ Higher tier | — |
| Self-serve setup | ✓ 5 minutes | — Requires demo call | ✓ |
| Recovery rate | 70-80% | ~75% | ~50% |
We're not for enterprise. We're for bootstrapped founders solving the dunning problem.
Many alternatives want ~$300/mo (3–6% of revenue). ChurnStop costs 0.15–0.6% at $29/mo. Math that actually works.
But you have no automated recovery. Customers churn silently. You don't even email them about failed payments.
Not enterprise features you'll never use. Just smart retries, magic links, and cancel flows that actually work.
And need to test dunning before going live. Many alternatives don't support modern Stripe Sandbox well. We do.
No time to build dunning in-house. No budget for $300/mo tools. You need something that just works.
Customers cancel without telling you why. You want exit surveys and retention offers that actually convert.
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