A ChartMogul alternative with built-in dunning
ChartMogul gives you subscription analytics. ChurnWard gives you analytics and recovers your failed payments, so you can consolidate two tools into one.
What is ChartMogul?
ChartMogul is a subscription analytics platform for tracking MRR, churn, cohort analysis, and revenue recognition. It's well-built and goes deep on metrics. The thing is, it's purely observational: it tells you what's happening with your revenue, but it doesn't do anything about it. If you want to actually recover failed payments, you still need a separate dunning tool.
Strengths
- Advanced subscription analytics and cohort analysis
- Revenue recognition features
- Multi-source data integration
- Free tier for under $10K MRR
Limitations
- No dunning or payment recovery
- Paid plans start at $100/month
- Requires data pipeline configuration
- Analytics depth that most early-stage SaaS won't use
Side by side
How ChurnWard compares
| Feature | ChurnWard | ChartMogul |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $29/mo flat | Free under $10K MRR, then from $100/mo |
| Revenue analytics | MRR, churn rate, recovery metrics | Full analytics (MRR, cohorts, LTV, revenue recognition) |
| Dunning recovery | Included with automated recovery flows | Not included |
| Pre-dunning alerts | Included | Not included |
| Setup time | Under 10 minutes | Varies depending on data sources |
| Processor support | Stripe, Dodo Payments | Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, and more |
| Audience | Solo founders and small teams | Growth-stage SaaS with revenue teams |
Why choose ChurnWard over ChartMogul
Consolidate analytics and dunning
With ChartMogul you still need a separate dunning tool. ChurnWard bundles revenue analytics with payment recovery: one tool, one subscription.
Simpler and cheaper
ChartMogul's free tier works until $10K MRR, then it jumps to $100+/month for analytics alone. ChurnWard is $29/month from day one, with dunning included.
Built for founders, not revenue teams
ChartMogul is designed for growth-stage companies with dedicated ops. ChurnWard gives you the metrics that matter (MRR, churn rate, recovery performance) without the complexity of cohort segmentation and revenue recognition.
Pricing
A fraction of the cost
ChartMogul
Free under $10K MRR, then from $100/month
ChurnWard
$29/month flat
ChurnWard is cheaper than ChartMogul's paid tiers and includes dunning recovery that ChartMogul doesn't offer.
Frequently asked questions
If you're under $10K MRR and only need analytics, the free tier works well. But it doesn't include dunning. With ChurnWard, $29/month gets you analytics and recovery from day one.
Not yet. ChurnWard focuses on the metrics that matter most for early-stage SaaS: MRR, churn rate, and recovery performance. If you need deep cohort analysis or revenue recognition, ChartMogul is genuinely the better analytics tool. But you'll still need ChurnWard (or something like it) for dunning.
If your main need is tracking MRR and churn while recovering failed payments, yes. If you rely on cohort segmentation or revenue recognition, keep ChartMogul for analytics and add ChurnWard for the recovery side.
Analytics + dunning, one tool
Stop paying for analytics that only watch. ChurnWard tracks your revenue and recovers it. $29/month.