MANUAL DUNNING VS. COMPASS AI
Manual dunning vs. Compass AI
Side-by-side ROI for the 12 highest-volume retention plays — finance-credible math, $822K MRR delta, no hand-waving.
See the ROI breakdown12 retention plays. Two stacks compared. $822K MRR on the table.
Where Compass beats manual
Where Compass beats manual
Subscriptions
12-play head-to-head: Compass vs. manual
Launch subscriptions your way
Manual dunning fires on schedules. Compass fires on signal — issuer behavior, balance state, customer LTV — and recovers 6.2x more revenue per attempt.
Grow revenue, minimize churn
Cancel-save offers driven by predicted intent convert at 4.1x the rate of flat-discount fallbacks — at half the discount cost.
Scale as big as you want
Across 14 Compass customers, the average recovered MRR delta vs. manual is $822K/yr — math built from real cohorts, not slideware estimates.
Commerce
Soft-decline retry: Compass recovers 6.2x
Use tools like cancel flows, win-back offers, and intelligent retry logic to keep customers longer.
Support memberships, bundles, and prepaid plans with no-code setup, pricing experiments, and API integrations.
Offer subscribers a self-service portal to skip, swap, or cancel plans.
Engage
Cancel-save offers: 4.1x save rate, half the cost
Predict cancellations and trigger targeted flows that retain subscribers.
Build and test subscriber paths that drive product adoption.
Sync subscriber actions, like upgrades/downgrades to Recurly Billing instantly.
RevRec
Cohort rotation: 3.4x faster vs. calendar-driven manual
Cut revenue compliance costs and time by removing manual, error-prone work.
Automate ASC-606 and IFRS-15 compliance.
Get real-time reporting and analytics in prepackaged reports built for subscriptions.
What the math actually shows
Acquire and retain more
- Personalized acquisition and retention offers
- Real-time, in-product engagement
- AI-powered subscriber insights
Launch quickly, iterate often
- Flexible plan launches and testing without engineering
- Personalized journeys with unified billing + engagement data.
- Built-in retention tools and insights to prove impact
Simplify complexity, and scale securely
- Secure platform for billing and payments
- Low-code plan management for faster launches
- Seamless integration with ERP, CRM, and data systems
Automate compliance, improve forecasting
- Automated billing, invoicing, and recognition
- Smart revenue recovery tools that reduce churn
- Real-time reporting and forecasting
How the head-to-head was measured
The MRR delta, in finance terms
$822K
avg MRR recovered/yr
12
retention plays compared
3.4x
faster cohort rotation
6.2x
recovery on soft declines
RECURLY COMPASS
Compass AI vs. the manual playbook
Compass scores every recovery decision against your data — issuer health, balance, LTV, cohort velocity — so dunning runs on signal, not on a calendar your CFO doesn't trust.
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Configure instantly
Play 1: soft-decline retry. Compass recovers 6.2x more revenue per attempt vs. fixed-window manual.
Customize without coding
Play 2: cancel-save offers. 4.1x save rate at half the discount cost vs. flat-rate fallback offers.
Detect anamolies
Play 3: cohort rotation. Compass moves cohorts 3.4x faster on signal — manual waits for the next billing date.
The 12-play ROI breakdown
Inside: 12 retention plays compared head-to-head, with the underlying math on recovered MRR, save rate, discount cost, and cohort velocity, including:
- The “pause” dividend: How top merchants drove a 337% increase in pause usage to retain customers who would have otherwise canceled
- The AI-driven subscriber: Why 43% of consumers are now comfortable with AI managing subscriptions, especially for fraud prevention and content personalization
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