Zuora alternative
A Zuora alternative with prices you can read
Zuora publishes no list prices: you speak to an expert first. Two Minute Billing shows its prices, has a Free plan while you bill less than $1,000 a month, and bills through your own payment gateway. Zuora lists many more gateways and tax engine connectors.
We make Two Minute Billing. Last updated October 29, 2026.
At a glance
| Topic | Two Minute Billing | Zuora |
|---|---|---|
| Prices | Published | By quote |
| Getting started | Sign up free | Speak to an expert |
| Self-hosting | Free, every feature | Hosted service |
Zuora facts from its public pages, as of October 29, 2026.
Two Minute Billing vs Zuora
Price, fees and features, side by side. Zuora facts come from its own pricing pages and docs, as of October 29, 2026.
| Topic | Two Minute Billing | Zuora |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Two Minute Billing Sign up free, with no credit card. Every business has a test mode. | Zuora Speak to an expert, or watch a demo. |
| Price | Two Minute Billing Free plan while you bill less than $1,000 a month. Then a flat monthly price by billing volume. | Zuora Not publicly available. Its pricing page shows no list prices. |
| Fee on your revenue | Two Minute Billing 0%. No percentage of revenue and no fee per transaction to us. | Zuora Not publicly available. |
| Other costs | Two Minute Billing Your payment gateway's own processing fees. Self-hosting is free: you pay for your servers. | Zuora Gateway connectors not in its list are built on request, at extra cost. |
| Payment gateways | Two Minute Billing 12 gateways on your own accounts: Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Square, Adyen, Checkout.com, Authorize.net, Mollie, GoCardless, Razorpay, Cashfree and PayU. | Zuora 54 gateways in its docs, Stripe and PayPal among them. |
| Sales tax and VAT | Two Minute Billing US sales tax by state, VAT with reverse charge and VIES checks, and GST. You enter the rates. We do not look them up or file. | Zuora Zuora Tax applies rates you load from CSV files, matched by address. Or a tax engine such as Avalara. |
| India GST | Two Minute Billing GST by place of supply (CGST and SGST, or IGST), GSTIN and HSN or SAC codes on invoices, and TDS recorded on the invoice. | Zuora Not named on the tax pages we checked. |
| Self-hosting and open source | Two Minute Billing Open source under the AGPL-3.0. Self-host every feature, or use our Cloud. | Zuora Hosted service. Its pricing page lists no self-hosted or open-source edition. |
| Subscription analytics | Two Minute Billing MRR, ARR, churn, net and gross revenue retention, quick ratio, lifetime value and cohorts, per currency. | Zuora Zuora Reporting: reports for MRR, churn, usage and deferred revenue, at no extra cost. |
What each one costs
Every fee we could find on each product's public pages, including fees on revenue, fees per transaction and minimums.
Two Minute Billing
- Free plan while you bill less than $1,000 a month, in live mode, with every feature.
- Then a flat monthly price by billing volume.
- Paid Cloud plans start at $29 a month.
- 0% of your revenue. No fee per transaction to us.
- Your payment gateway charges its own processing fees, as it does today.
- Bill more than your plan covers and billing carries on. We ask you to change to a larger plan.
- The self-hosted edition is free, with every feature. You pay for your own servers.
Zuora
- No list prices. You speak to an expert for a price.
- Gateway connectors not in its list are built on request, at extra cost.
- Zuora Reporting is included at no extra cost.
From Zuora's public pages, as of October 29, 2026.
When Two Minute Billing fits
- You want published prices and a start without a sales call.
- You want to start on a Free plan while you bill less than $1,000 a month.
- You want to self-host the billing engine or read its code.
When Zuora is the better fit
- Your gateway is not one of our 12. Zuora's docs list 54.
- You use a tax engine such as Avalara through Zuora's connectors.
- You want standard reports for deferred revenue beside MRR and churn.
What to plan for
Our limits against Zuora, said up front.
- 12 gateways. We cannot charge through a gateway that is not one of them.
- You enter tax rates yourself. We do not look them up or file returns.
Moving from Zuora
We have no self-serve import from Zuora. You set up your plans and customers with us, and your past invoices stay in Zuora. Talk to us before you plan a move.
Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions
Try it in test mode
Select Two Minute Billing for published prices and a start without a sales call. Stay with Zuora if you depend on a gateway or tax engine we do not connect to. Sign up free, connect a test gateway and bill a test customer.
All comparisons
Last updated October 29, 2026. Zuora facts checked on October 29, 2026.
How we compare: We read each product's public pricing pages and docs, and note the date we checked them. We do not test their products or use review scores.
We make Two Minute Billing, so we are not neutral. Zuora is a trademark of its owner and is named here only to compare. Something changed? Tell us.