Backstop vs ProsperStack

Switching from ProsperStack? Same loop, smaller bill.

ProsperStack focused first on the cancel flow — the survey-offer-confirm sequence — and the polish shows. They've since added Revenue Recovery (dunning emails + hosted card-update pages), so they're more than cancel-flow-only now. The gap is the engine underneath: ProsperStack does dunning comms but no native Stripe-aware smart-retry scheduling, and there's no full billing-portal replacement. Backstop runs the same cancel flow plus a real smart-retry recovery loop and a hosted portal that replaces Stripe's — flat $79/mo with a free tier.

~10 min setup · run side-by-side on the free tier · no lock-in

ProsperStack

Cancel-flow specialist

Starts around $200/mo.

Backstop

Recovery + cancel flow, flat-fee

$79 / mo Pro · $759 / yr annual (−20%) · 0% rev share · 14-day Pro trial, then 10/mo free.

Annual cost calculator

How much would you save?

assumes Pro tier · USD
$2,500 / mo

ProsperStack / yr

$2,400

$200/mo · 12 mo

Backstop Pro / yr

$948

$79 / mo · 0% rev share

You save

$1,452

61% less

Rough numbers — your real cost depends on the competitor's tier mix and your workspace size. Use these as a starting point, not a quote.

Cancel flow + customer portal

Feature
Backstop
ProsperStack

Full hosted portal that replaces Stripe billing portal

ProsperStack stops at the cancel flow. Backstop also ships a white-labeled portal — pause, cancel-into-save-flow, update card, switch plan, live plan name.

Visual flow builder

Discount + pause + downgrade + schedule-call offers

All four
All four

Conditional offers by survey answer

Customer testimonials in cancel flow ("Save Stories")

Save-rate analytics with funnel

Reason-code analytics + word-cloud

Reason codes (no word-cloud)
Both

A/B testing save offers

Weighted traffic splits across flow versions and across offer variants, with a built-in two-proportion significance test on save rate.

significance test

Embed on your site (drop-in JS, hosted redirect, or AI install)

Three installs: a one-line embed.js modal on your domain, a no-SDK hosted redirect, or a paste-into-Cursor/Claude prompt.

HMAC-signed embed tokens

Included on $79 Pro

Custom domain for the portal

Add portal.yourcompany.com under Settings → Portal domain (CNAME + TXT, click Verify).

Cancel-flow starter templates library

12 templates
Larger library

Failed-payment recovery

Feature
Backstop
ProsperStack

Smart retries (Stripe-aware)

ProsperStack ships dunning emails (Revenue Recovery) but no native smart-retry engine — retries fall back to Stripe defaults.

4-touch dunning email sequence

ProsperStack added Revenue Recovery — dunning email sequences for failed payments.

Hosted card-update pages

Per-decline-code recovery forecast

Pre-dunning card-expiry warnings

Lifecycle + branding

Feature
Backstop
ProsperStack

Reactivation campaigns ("we miss you")

ProsperStack ships Winback Campaigns — automated sequences segmented by churn reason.

Trial-end reminder emails

Win-back tracking

Custom send domain

Pro
N/A

Cancel-flow logo + brand color

Integrations + dev experience

Feature
Backstop
ProsperStack

Public REST API

Outbound webhooks

Slack + Discord notifications

Slack only

CSV export

Webhook event replay

Pricing

Feature
Backstop
ProsperStack

Starting price

$79 / mo
$200 / mo

Free tier

10 campaigns / mo
No

Includes failed-payment recovery

ProsperStack does dunning comms; Backstop adds a native Stripe-aware smart-retry engine on top.

Retries + dunning
Dunning only

Annual contract required

No
Optional

Processor support

Stripe only
Stripe-centric

Migration takes 15 minutes.

See the detailed walkthrough

Most ProsperStack customers are already using Stripe Connect, which means our setup is already done. Here's the rest:

  1. Step 1

    Connect your Stripe account

    One OAuth click, ~30 seconds — we never see your secret key. The Connect grant is read_write (recovery has to retry invoices, apply coupons, and pause/cancel on your behalf), scoped to your account and revocable from Stripe any time. Same account, two tools — no conflict if you keep ProsperStack running during the trial.

  2. Step 2

    Recreate your cancel flow

    Use our SaaS Standard template as a starting point and adjust the offer terms + survey copy to match your ProsperStack flow. The graph model is the same shape (survey → offer → confirm).

  3. Step 3

    Carry over Save Stories

    Add your customer testimonials in the Stories node — same use case as ProsperStack's Save Stories. Three quotes is plenty.

  4. Step 4

    Install the cancel flow

    Pick one of three installs: a one-line embed.js modal on your own domain, a no-SDK hosted redirect link, or a paste-into-Cursor/Claude prompt that wires the snippet for you. Customer experience stays identical; you keep the save rate and add the native Stripe-aware retry engine ProsperStack's dunning doesn't include.

Where ProsperStack wins

ProsperStack has been a cancel-flow specialist longer than us, and the track record shows — their offer-targeting playbook is mature, their integration surface (HubSpot, Salesforce, Klaviyo, Segment) is broad, and their services org is larger. They've added Revenue Recovery (dunning) and Winback Campaigns, so they're a capable retention suite. If your retention lives mostly in the cancel flow, dunning-only recovery is enough, and you don't need a billing-portal replacement, ProsperStack is a focused, proven choice. Use Backstop if you want a native Stripe-aware smart-retry engine and a full hosted portal alongside the cancel flow — on one bill, with a free tier.

Switch when you're sure

Test-drive on free, switch when you're sure.

Run Backstop alongside ProsperStackfor two weeks on the free tier. Compare recovery rates side by side, then move when you're convinced. We export your data on the way out — no lock-in either direction.

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