Alternatives

The Stripe-native alternative to Churnkey, ProsperStack & Paddle Retain.

Most retention tools are enterprise-priced, tied to a billing platform, or just one piece of the puzzle. Backstop runs the same failed-payment recovery and cancel-flow save loop — built only for Stripe, flat $79/mo, with a real free tier and no revenue share.

Which tool are you replacing?

Backstop vs Churnkey

The most established retention suite — deep AI offers, an account agent, SMS dunning, multi-processor support.

Genuinely powerful, but the floor is enterprise-priced with no free tier. If you bill on Stripe at indie-SaaS scale, you pay for capacity you won’t use.

Backstop vs ProsperStack

Cancel-flow and save-offer focused, with AI-generated offer copy and a broad CRM/marketing integration surface.

Strong on cancel flows, lighter on Stripe-native recovery scheduling — and no full billing-portal replacement to point your “Manage subscription” button at.

Backstop vs Paddle Retain

Pure failed-payment recovery (formerly ProfitWell Retain) — now bundled into Paddle Billing rather than sold standalone.

It’s tied to moving your billing onto Paddle. If you’re staying on Stripe, Backstop gives you the same recovery without re-platforming your payments.

Backstop vs Baremetrics Recover

A recovery add-on to Baremetrics’ analytics suite — SMS + in-app reminders and payment paywalls.

Recovery is a bolt-on to an analytics product. Backstop is recovery + cancel flow + a full customer portal as the main event, Stripe-native.

Backstop vs Stunning

Extends Stripe’s retry window, supports backup payment methods on the update page, and pings Slack on every dunning state change.

Email-and-retries focused. Backstop adds the cancel-flow save loop, a hosted portal, and lifecycle/win-back email on top of recovery.

Why teams switch to Backstop

Stripe-native, one OAuth click

Built only for Stripe — no re-platforming your billing, no multi-processor bloat you’ll never use. Connect in ~30 seconds.

Recovery + cancel flow + a real portal

Smart retries and 4-touch dunning, a visual cancel-flow save builder, and a hosted customer portal that replaces Stripe’s billing portal — not just one piece.

Flat $79/mo, free tier, 0% rev share

No percentage of recovered revenue, no enterprise quote. A genuine free tier (10 campaigns/mo) to start, $79/mo Pro when you grow.

Sends from your own domain

Dunning and lifecycle email goes out from your verified domain with your branding — included on Pro, not gated behind a higher tier.

Run it side by side on the free tier.

Connect Stripe, recreate your cancel flow from a template, and compare recovery + save rates against your current tool for two weeks. Switch when you're sure — we export your data either direction, no lock-in.