Recurly SaaS sender
According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 18, 2026), Recurly is the SaaS sender for 116 domains — 0.02% of 637,944 SPF-publishing domains. Detection method: include: mechanisms in the SPF record.
Key facts
- 116 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Recurly (0.02% of SPF-publishing domains).
- Snapshot date: 2026-09-18 — recomputed every day.
- Strongest TLD: .com (85.3% of its domains).
- Most co-used service: Google Workspace.
- Directory category: uncatalogued service.
Why Recurly appears in this category
Recurly is currently catalogued from its observed DNS role.
We classify it as a uncatalogued service from include: mechanisms in the SPF record matching a maintained provider rule. This is infrastructure attribution from public DNS, not evidence of a direct contract or exclusive use.
Recurly is a billing and subscription management platform that sends transactional and marketing emails on behalf of its customer domains. As a SaaS provider offering recurring revenue infrastructure, Recurly manages billing reminders, renewal notices, dunning notifications, and account statements for its customer base, publishing SPF includes to authenticate outbound mail.
Recurly's presence in the Tranco top-1M websites skews towards established, mid-to-high-traffic properties concentrated in the .com space, often appearing alongside Google Workspace deployments. For email senders and receivers alike, this means Recurly-authenticated mail carries the trust profile of high-authority merchant domains; for infrastructure teams, it signals that SPF records including Recurly are likely to be maintained by organisations with mature email hygiene.
Where Recurly sits in the Tranco ranking
| Tranco rank band | Domains | Share of its base |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 1 | 0.9% |
| Top 10,000 | 4 | 3.4% |
| Top 100,000 | 39 | 33.6% |
| Top 1,000,000 | 72 | 62.1% |
| Unranked | 0 | 0.0% |
Top-level domain split
| TLD | Domains | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 99 | 85.3% | |
| .io | 6 | 5.2% | |
| .org | 4 | 3.4% | |
| .co.uk | 3 | 2.6% | |
| .net | 2 | 1.7% | |
| .tv | 1 | 0.9% | |
| .la | 1 | 0.9% |
What Recurly users also use
Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 116 domains.
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of Recurly users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailbox | Google Workspace | 73 | 62.9% |
| Mailbox | Microsoft 365 | 19 | 16.4% |
| Mailbox | Proofpoint | 6 | 5.2% |
| Mailbox | Mimecast | 5 | 4.3% |
| Mailbox | Self-Hosted | 5 | 4.3% |
| Mailbox | Unknown / Other | 3 | 2.6% |
SPF validation and billing email authentication
Recurly's email origination sits behind dedicated sending infrastructure authenticated via SPF includes. Because billing emails and subscription reminders are business-critical notifications, inbox placement failures cost revenue and customer trust, which means Recurly customers tend to proactively monitor and fix their SPF records. The result is relatively clean authentication posture: recipients seeing Recurly-signed mail from established merchants rarely encounter SPF softfails or missing mechanisms.
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Frequently asked questions
Should I test my email against Recurly domains when checking deliverability?
Recurly is an outbound email platform for transactional billing notifications, not a mail receiver or filtering service. You configure it in SPF if you use Recurly for billing emails; most deliverability testing targets major ISPs and email filters rather than SaaS platforms.
How many domains use Recurly?
116 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Recurly as their SaaS sender as of September 18, 2026 (0.02% of SPF-publishing domains), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
Is Recurly common enough to affect email deliverability testing?
Recurly accounts for 0.02% of SPF-publishing domains in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.
Which countries or TLDs use Recurly most?
Recurly's largest TLD is .com (85.3% of its domains); it appears across 7 TLDs in total.