Payment infrastructure built for SaaS growth
Subscriptions, usage-based billing, automatic retries on failed payments: a gateway built for SaaS vendors, first response within 24-48h.
- Subscriptions and usage-based billing
- Automatic retries
- Response within 24-48h
No commitment · €0 setup fee · 10-minute application
- 10,000+ merchants trust us
- PCI DSS
- Payouts in 3 business days
- First response within 24-48h
- Global SaaS market 2025
- $408B
- Annual Growth (CAGR)
- +18%
- Application Acceptance
- 95%
- First response
- 24-48h
Why SaaS Companies Struggle with Generic Payment Processors
Stripe Billing is powerful but complex. Most SaaS companies never unlock its full potential, and leave money on the table.
The Hidden Cost of Generic Billing Infrastructure
Generic payment processors weren't built for SaaS complexity. They handle basic subscriptions, but struggle with: usage-based pricing that requires real-time metering, hybrid models combining base subscriptions with consumption, complex upgrade/downgrade proration, enterprise invoicing with payment terms, and most critically: intelligent failed payment recovery.
The result? SaaS companies lose 9% of revenue to failed payments, waste engineering time building billing workarounds, and struggle with revenue recognition for financial compliance. Stripe Billing requires significant development investment to implement properly, and even then, most companies only use 20% of its capabilities.
- Basic retry logic: most failed payments are never recovered
- Usage-based billing requires custom development
- Hybrid pricing models need engineering workarounds
- Revenue recognition requires separate tooling
- Multi-currency billing adds complexity
- Enterprise invoicing needs manual processes
Bridge Pay: Built by SaaS Operators, for SaaS Growth
Bridge Pay natively handles subscriptions, usage-based billing and hybrid models. Failed-payment retries are automated and every SaaS application is reviewed by an analyst, with no algorithmic shutdowns.
- Automated retries on failed payments, with no development on your side
- Native usage metering, no custom development
- Hybrid subscription-plus-usage pricing handled without workarounds
- Built-in revenue recognition for your financial compliance
- Multi-currency and enterprise invoicing automated end to end
Before and after Bridge Pay
See the difference with traditional payment processors
~15% failed payment recovery (basic retry logic)
40% recovery with intelligent dunning sequences
Complex usage billing requires custom development
Native usage metering and hybrid billing models
Revenue recognition requires separate tools
Built-in ASC 606 compliance and revenue reporting
Multi-currency adds billing complexity
Native 25+ currency support with automatic FX
Enterprise invoicing needs workarounds
Native NET-30/60/90, ACH, and invoice workflows
A SaaS loses revenue every time a charge fails. Bridge Pay recovers it.
- Recovery with a basic retry
- 10-15%
- Revenue lost to failed payments
- 9%
- Failed payment recovery rate
- 40%
Generic processors treat subscriptions as an edge case: an expired card or an exceeded limit, and the charge is dropped after a single attempt. Every month, thousands in MRR disappear without anyone noticing.
Bridge Pay was designed for subscriptions: scheduled retries, automatic card updates, usage-based billing and revenue recognition are native. First response within 24-48h for a complete SaaS file.
- 40% failed payment recovery with smart dunning
- Usage-based and hybrid billing models
- Multi-currency subscription management
- ASC 606 revenue recognition ready
Why Bridge Pay?
- 01
Smart dunning
Our smart dunning system doesn't just retry blindly. We analyze failure codes, optimize retry timing based on success patterns, automatically update expired cards via network Account Updater, and run proven email sequences that recover revenue.
- 02
Usage-based billing
Real-time usage metering built into the platform. Track API calls, active users, storage, compute hours, or any custom metric. Bill based on consumption with tiered pricing, committed use discounts, or pure pay-as-you-go. No custom development required.
- 03
Every pricing model
Per-seat, usage-based, flat-rate, tiered, hybrid, freemium, trials, annual vs monthly: we handle it all natively. Change pricing models without re-engineering your billing. A/B test pricing strategies with built-in analytics.
- 04
Enterprise invoicing
B2B SaaS needs flexibility. We support NET-30/60/90 payment terms, ACH and wire transfers, customized invoicing, and the workflows enterprise buyers demand. Close bigger deals without billing friction.
- 05
Revenue recognition
ASC 606 / IFRS 15 compliance built in. Deferred revenue tracking, revenue schedules, and audit-ready reporting. Stop manually reconciling spreadsheets for quarterly closes.
- 06
Migrating from Stripe
Already on Stripe? Import your active subscriptions and saved payment methods through the API: your customers never re-enter a card.
Key features
Automatic retries
Scheduled retry and reminder e-mail after every failed charge.
Subscriptions and usage
Monthly, yearly, per-seat or metered, with no custom development.
Multi-currency
Accept EUR, USD and GBP, paid out in euros within 3 business days.
3D Secure 2.0 and fraud rules
Strong authentication and risk rules tuned for B2B.
Dashboard
MRR, churn and failed payments in real time, accounting export.
How it works
- 01
Connect Your Stack
Integrate via API or use our Stripe migration tool to import existing subscriptions, customer data, and payment methods automatically.
- 02
Configure Billing Logic
Set up your pricing models, dunning sequences, and revenue recognition rules. Integration documentation covers best practices.
- 03
Test & Validate
Test subscriptions, usage billing, and dunning flows in sandbox. Validate revenue recognition reports with your finance team.
- 04
Go Live & Recover
Launch in production. Watch your failed payment recovery rate climb. Most customers see measurable MRR recovery within the first week.
Typical use cases
Illustrative examples of merchant profiles accepted in this sector.
B2B Data Integration Platform
- Situation
- A B2B data integration platform faced significant revenue losses due to failed recurring payments.
- Setup
- Bridge Pay's dunning tool successfully recovered a substantial portion of these transactions.
- Outcome
- +$90K/year in recovered MRR
Usage-Based Analytics SaaS
- Situation
- A usage-based analytics SaaS provider struggled with managing its complex usage-based billing.
- Setup
- Costly custom development was required to adapt their system. Bridge Pay's native usage metering simplified this process.
- Outcome
- Usage-based billing without custom development
Enterprise Project Management
- Situation
- An enterprise project management solution needed to offer flexible payment terms, such as NET-60, for its corporate clients.
- Setup
- Bridge Pay's invoicing workflows enabled the solution to meet these specific requirements for large enterprise deals.
- Outcome
- NET-60 terms accepted for enterprise accounts
Accepted SaaS activities
- B2B SaaS
- Developer tools
- Marketing platforms
- HR & payroll software
- Vertical SaaS
- API services
- Infrastructure as a service
- Analytics platforms
Competitive pricing
Volume discounts available. Custom enterprise pricing for $1M+ ARR.
- No hidden fees
- €0 setup fee
- First response within 24-48h
Starting rate, medium risk
2.9%+ €0.55
- All pricing models
- Smart dunning included
- Usage metering included
- No setup fees
How does your 40% failed payment recovery rate compare to Stripe Billing?
Stripe's basic retry logic typically recovers 10-15% of failed payments. Our smart dunning system achieves 40% through:
Intelligent retry optimization:
- We analyze failure codes and route to optimal retry times
- Different card networks are tried when available
- Account Updater automatically refreshes expired cards
Proven recovery sequences:
- Branded email campaigns with one-click card update
- Multiple touchpoints over 14-day dunning window
- Urgency messaging that converts
For a $100K MRR SaaS losing 9% to failures:
- Stripe recovery: ~$1,350/month
- Bridge Pay recovery: ~$3,600/month
- Annual difference: $27,000 in recovered revenue
Can you handle usage-based billing without custom development?
Yes: that's one of our core differentiators. Our usage metering is built into the platform:
Track any metric:
- API calls, active users, storage, compute hours
- Custom events via simple API
- Real-time and batch ingestion
Flexible billing models:
- Pure pay-as-you-go
- Committed use with overage billing
- Tiered pricing with volume breaks
- Hybrid: base subscription + usage
No code required:
- Send usage events via API
- We calculate bills automatically
- Invoice generation handles complexity
Building usage billing yourself on Stripe often takes several months of development. We include it in standard pricing.
How do you handle Stripe migration?
Import your subscriptions through the API and the import tool:
What we migrate:
- Active subscriptions
- Customer payment methods (cards, ACH)
- Billing history for revenue recognition
- Upcoming invoice schedules
How it works:
- Day 1: Connect Stripe, we analyze your setup
- Day 2-3: Test migration in sandbox
- Day 4: Cutover to production
- Ongoing: Parallel processing during transition
For your customers:
- Customers don't need to re-enter cards, billing dates are preserved
- Full history available in your dashboard
Do you support enterprise invoicing with payment terms?
Absolutely: enterprise billing is a core strength:
Payment terms:
- NET-30, NET-60, NET-90
- Custom terms per customer
- Automatic payment reminders
Payment methods:
- Credit card, ACH, wire transfer
- Check payments with manual reconciliation
- Multi-currency invoicing
Enterprise workflows:
- Quote-to-invoice automation
- PO numbers and custom fields
- PDF invoices with your branding
- Customer billing portals
No more losing enterprise deals because your billing can't handle their requirements.
What's the activation timeline?
You get a first response within 24-48h.
Application: 10 minutes online
- Business information, MRR, tech stack
Onboarding:
- File review by our team
- API credentials and sandbox access
- Onboarding call
Integration and testing:
- Connect your stack
- Configure billing logic
- Test in sandbox
Go live:
- Production launch
- Monitor your first subscriptions
- Dunning works from day one
Migrating from Stripe? You import and validate your subscription data via the API.
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