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AI subscription tools.
15 tools, 14 apps and 1 MCP server, assigned to this use case by a written definition. 12 of them are built mainly for this job. Filter by type, the platforms they work with and pricing.
- tools listed
- 15
- built mainly for this job
- 12
- apps
- 14
- MCP servers
- 1
15 tools
Showing 1 to 15 of 15, ordered by main purpose first
How results are ordered
Tools whose main purpose is this job come first, then tools where it is a documented feature. Alphabetical within each. This is not a ranking of quality.
There are no paid placements on use-case pages, and no ratings.
Appstle
AppSuite of Shopify apps for subscriptions, memberships, loyalty and rewards, product bundles and upsells, plus pickup and delivery scheduling.
Main purposeRuns recurring subscription billing with build-a-box flows and migration from ReCharge, Bold and Skio.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Awtomic
AppShopify subscription and membership app with build-a-box bundling, prepaid plans, add-on upsells, cancel mitigation and subscriber analytics.
Main purposeRuns subscription and membership programs on Shopify with build-a-box, prepaid terms, pause/cancel save offers and recurring-order add-ons.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Growthly AI
AppShopify app that adds subscriptions to any product and uses AI to build personalised recurring bundles with flexible delivery schedules.
Main purposeConverts catalog SKUs into recurring subscriptions with cadence rules and subscriber management in customer accounts.
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- From $79 a month
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Shopify subscription app for managing recurring orders, with a customer portal, cancellation flows, failed payment recovery, bundles and subscription analytics.
Main purposeHandles Shopify subscription billing, cadence and cancellation flows for replenishment programs.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Ordergroove
AppEnterprise subscription platform for online stores, handling subscriber enrolment, churn recovery, workflows and recurring order management across commerce platforms.
Main purposeRuns recurring orders for brands with cart opt-ins, prepaid terms, bundles and cancel/save flows to reduce churn.
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
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MCP server that connects to PayPal's Account Updater service to subscribe payment cards, retrieve subscriptions and set up webhook handling for card updates.
Main purposeThe server is built to refresh stored card credentials for subscription billing renewals and reduce involuntary churn from expired cards.
PayPal
- Runs
- Local · stdio
- Auth
- API key
- Maintainer
- Community
Recharge
AppSubscription and recurring billing platform for Shopify stores, covering customer portals, churn prevention, bundles, loyalty and subscription analytics.
Main purposeManages recurring billing, dunning, swaps, skips and cancellation flows for subscription programs.
Shopify
BigCommerce
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Recurpay
AppShopify subscription app that manages recurring billing, a self-serve subscriber portal, dunning retries and subscription analytics.
Main purposeThe app runs recurring billing, subscriber management, and self-serve swap/skip/pause flows for Shopify stores.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Shopify app for running subscriptions, subscription boxes and prepaid plans, with a customer self-serve portal, flexible billing, dunning recovery and analytics.
Main purposeProvides recurring subscription plans, customer-editable subscriptions, prepaid/gift plans and upcoming-order forecasting for Shopify merchants.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Shopify app for recurring subscriptions, product bundles and pop-ups, with AI suggesting subscription offers, bundle combos and cart recovery prompts.
Main purposeRuns recurring billing through native Shopify customer accounts and suggests subscription candidates.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Smartrr
AppShopify subscription platform with a branded customer account portal, build-a-box bundles, loyalty rewards, referrals and subscription analytics.
Main purposeRuns subscription billing with prepaid, trial and bundle logic plus swap/skip portals and churn controls for Shopify stores.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Stay AI
AppShopify subscription platform that manages subscriber billing and portals, with AI-optimised cancellation flows, winback emails and churn analytics.
Main purposeRuns subscription programs for Shopify brands including customer portal, cancel flow and recurring revenue analytics.
Shopify
- Pricing
- Paid
- Price
- From $499 a month
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Crystallize
AppHeadless commerce platform combining PIM, CMS and subscription commerce behind a GraphQL API, with MCP access so AI agents can query product catalogues.
A documented featureDocumented native handling of subscriptions and recurring billing.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Elastic Path
AppAPI-first composable commerce platform for B2B and D2C brands, covering catalogues, pricebooks, quoting, subscriptions, search, CMS and cart.
A documented featureSubscription billing is listed as a native capability of the platform.
- Pricing
- Not recorded
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
Swell
AppEcommerce platform for building and running online stores, with subscriptions, B2B and wholesale, multi-currency selling, hosted or headless storefronts and checkout.
A documented featureDocumented handling of subscription SKUs and recurring subscription billing within the same catalog.
- Pricing
- Free plan and paid plans
- Price
- Not recorded
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- No
From the ecommerceguide dataset
Subscriptions tools in numbers
Calculated from all 15 tools on this page's list. Percentages are of the group named.
How tools are assigned to a use case
What this page includes
Runs subscription or recurring orders for a store: subscription apps, recurring billing, pause, skip and swap flows, subscription churn reduction. MCP servers for subscription billing platforms qualify.
Not included: Payment processors or payment MCP servers where subscriptions are one feature among many. SaaS billing for software companies.
How the assignment is made
Each use case has a written definition of what qualifies and what does not. A language model (Claude) reads each tool's listing, its summary and, for MCP servers, the verified integrations and tasks, and assigns it only where the definition fits. It sees no earlier assignments. 670 tools were classified, most recently in Sept 2026.
Main purpose or a feature
“Main purpose” means doing this job is what the tool is for. “A documented feature” means a named feature does the job but the tool's main purpose is something else. Anything weaker is left out. A tool can appear in at most three use cases.
What has to be true first
A tool appears here only once it is listed in its own section: MCP servers after their repository or documentation is verified, apps after their site and listing are reviewed. A use case gets its own page only with at least 10 such tools.
What the facts show
For apps, the pricing model and free plan or trial as recorded from the app's pricing page. For MCP servers, how they run, how they authenticate and who maintains them. “Works with” for apps comes from the listing's own text and is not a tested integration.
Order and corrections
Main-purpose tools first, then alphabetical. No paid placements and no ratings. Corrections: hello@ecommerceguide.com.