Commerce Recurring vs. Gateway-Managed Subscriptions: Centarro's Guide for Drupal Billing Decisions
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Summary
Ryan Szrama's Centarro article examines the evolving landscape of subscription billing in Drupal, comparing Commerce Recurring (Drupal-native) vs. gateway-managed subscriptions (e.g., Stripe). Gateway-managed subscriptions work best for straightforward recurring charges, hosted checkout, plan management, and built-in dunning. Commerce Recurring offers more control over subscription data, carts, and custom workflows. The article also explores hybrid models where Drupal maintains subscription records while the payment provider handles billing execution.
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Gateway-managed subscriptions are presented as a strong option for straightforward recurring charges, hosted checkout, plan management, payment-method updates, prorated plan changes, and built-in dunning workflows.
The article also outlines hybrid models that keep Drupal as the subscription record while offloading billing execution to the payment provider.
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