Recharge Subscriptions App

Unreliable software.

Recharge used to work well for our store without issue, but recently we've had nothing but software bugs and hassles where our customers are charged shipping when it should be free.

You should look for a more reliable subscription management option.

I would not use this app. They push updates and create really critical bugs that create extremely negative experiences and then don't take accountability for it. I've had this app for 3 years and have had a number of issues. Most recently they pushed an updated and grabbed the wrong shipping profile information, accidentally charging almost 800 customers shipping on a free shipping product. Then told me it wasn't them and they weren't responsible for it/took no accountability. I had to figure out a solution to manually credit every single order and there is still not a fix. We cannot wait to change companies to one that is more reliable.

Complete thiefs when you try to cancel your account. They don't respond via emails in a timely manner. Support is non existent. Lost out of months of orders due to their lack of assistance. Choose anyone but them. There are better subscription sites out there

10.1.25 Updated review. Recharge has reached out to us and is attempting to rectify the matter. We will update again once our concerns are resolved. Thank you.

Unfortunately, the unexpected fees of $100 per month were not disclosed initially and were automatically charged after the first few months. We would have stayed with the app if they had support and answered our messages when the app was not working. However, there is no live support, no chat and no phone access to speak with someone. They also had a glitch where customers were not charged shipping despite our shipping rates defined. We are happy that the customer is happy but unfortunately, this is not sustainable for a small business like ours to always provide free shipping.

Title: Extremely Complex Setup, Poor Experience, and Not Worth the Cost

Review:
We had very high expectations for ReCharge when we installed it back in May. Unfortunately, the onboarding process was extremely long and unnecessarily complicated. The setup required multiple adjustments, and despite their assurance that it would be easy to implement, it turned out to be one of the most difficult and time-consuming integrations we’ve ever done on Shopify.

We ended up paying for several months without being able to use it properly — only one or two months of partial use — which represented not only a significant financial cost but also a large investment of our internal team’s time and effort.

In the end, the platform felt overly complex for the limited benefits it offered. We later switched to another subscription app (Loop), which was implemented in half the time, at a lower cost, and offered even more functionality and better support.

We are extremely disappointed with this experience and feel that the value received does not justify the cost. We strongly believe a refund should be considered given the time, effort, and resources invested without any meaningful outcome.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS APP IF YOU ARE OK WITH NOT RECEIVING ANY SUPPORT AND LIKE BEING IGNORED.

We've complaint multiple times about the shocking performance of the customer portal that Recharge offers. One customer service representative replied to confirm it's all expected behaviour and when we contacted the sales rep, the person that locked us into a 12 month contract for this app, he's just decided to go completely quiet. Not a single response after 3x emails that we've sent.

As said before, if you like being ignored and have zero expectations in regards to getting help with fixing issues that are extremely crucial to running your day-to-day business - go ahead, this one is for you!

I’m extremely disappointed with the level of support provided by this company. For the second time, a visual element related to their widget has appeared unexpectedly and randomly on our website, severely disrupting the layout and directly affecting our user experience and sales performance.

What’s even more frustrating is the lack of urgency on their side. This issue has now been live for nearly 48 hours, and we are still without a proper fix. Despite repeatedly flagging the problem and stressing how critical it is to our business, we’ve received no meaningful updates today, not even a basic acknowledgment or timeline. I’ve had to chase them multiple times, and each time I get the same vague response, with no real sign of progress.

For a company offering tools that integrate directly into customer-facing websites, this level of support is unacceptable. Issues like this demand immediate attention, not delays stretching over several days with no communication. I’m honestly shocked by how unprofessional and unresponsive their support has been. If your website performance and reliability matter to you, I would strongly caution against relying on them.

ADVANCED FEATURES FOR WHICH YOU PAY EXTRA AREN'T ACTUALLY WORTH THE MONEY!

The Recharge sales team focuses much of their effort on upselling you to additional, so called "advanced" features that are not included with your regular plan. After having used these tools for a number of weeks we've identified that they are absolutely not worth the money that you're paying.

Failed Payment Recovery - sounds great on paper! But when you look into the analytics you'll notice that there is quite an extensive list of "charge errors" for which this feature doesn't actually work. When we contacted support to ask why the Failed Payment Recovery flow didn't trigger after a customer's payment failed - their reply was: "this specific type of charge error is not covered by the Failed Payment Recovery feature, please contact the customer manually by sending them an email and ask them to update their payment method".

It's good to know that you are paying for automation to take place only to be told you have to send an email and contact customers yourself.

RUN FAR FROM THIS AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU SERVICE.

Of all the apps we've worked with, this one is BY FAR the worst experience we had. We had to lock into an annual agreement that ended up costing a lot of money and there's no way out of it. If you by chance have a bad more or bad year, they will collect and sting you no matter what. When you try to get service or a rep, it was nonexistent unless it had something to do with renewing your annual agreement.

Do yourself a favor and at least try other ones first. I won't mention other names on their page but there are others out there and it will save you so much headache and money using one that will provide you service.

My customers haven’t been able to subscribe since the update and recharge price went up but I’m not seeing the benefit , also I did the upgrade multiple times and the day the switch happened I was notified I had not successfully done the switch. Not impressed