Recharge's built-in analytics shows you the basics. Knowi pulls every field from the Recharge API and lets you slice it any way - by product, by cohort, by acquisition channel, joined with Shopify orders and Stripe charges.
Normalized monthly recurring revenue from active subscriptions across every product and plan
Gross churn, net churn, passive churn (failed payments), and active churn (cancellations) - all separated
Heatmap of customers by signup month showing the percentage still subscribed at month N
Lifetime value per customer joined with Shopify acquisition cost from Google Ads and Meta
Knowi connects to Recharge through the 2021-11 REST API with cursor pagination, automatic rate limiting (2 req/sec, 40 burst), and the standard X-Recharge-Access-Token header. Pull subscriptions, customers, orders, charges, products, discounts, addresses, and one-time products - or hit any endpoint via the custom query builder.
Backfills of 100K+ subscriptions handle automatically. Incremental syncs use updated_at_min to fetch only changes since the last run. Production-grade out of the box - no Lambda, no Airflow, no ETL pipeline to maintain.
The questions that matter aren't in Recharge alone. Did this customer's Recharge MRR justify their Shopify acquisition cost? Did the email campaign Klaviyo sent two weeks ago move customers off pause? What's the Stripe processing fee dragging on net subscription revenue?
Knowi runs SQL-style cross-source joins across Recharge, Shopify, Stripe, Klaviyo, your data warehouse, and any REST API - all in a single query. No warehouse needed. This is the gap Peel, Polar, and Glew can't close.
"What's my passive churn this month?" "Show me MRR by product for Q4." "Which Shopify acquisition channels produce the highest Recharge LTV?" "Which discount codes have the most cohort retention?"
Knowi's agentic BI understands your Recharge schema - subscriptions, charges, orders, customers - and returns instant visualizations. No SQL. No dashboard-builder learning curve. Most insights are one sentence away.
Generic BI tools treat Recharge like any other REST API. Subscription-only point tools lock you into their dashboard. Knowi is built for both worlds.
Self-service analytics, scheduled reporting, and deployment flexibility - in one BI platform.
Drag-and-drop dashboards. Cloud9QL SQL-like syntax for transformations. Ad-hoc exploration without engineering. Search across all dashboards and datasets to find that analysis you ran three months ago in seconds.
Schedule MRR reports to Slack every Monday. Get alerted when daily churn exceeds threshold. Email PDF dashboards to investors monthly. Built-in anomaly detection on every metric.
SaaS in our cloud, single-tenant deployment for compliance, or on-premise install for customers who need data sovereignty. SOC 2 Type II compliant either way.
AI agents that understand your Recharge data, answer questions in plain English, and build dashboards automatically.
"What's my MRR growth rate this quarter?" or "show me the top 10 SKUs by subscription revenue." Get instant results across Recharge and every connected source.
Agents proactively surface anomalies: spikes in failed charges, cohorts churning faster than expected, products with rising swap rates. You don't have to ask.
"Build me a CFO dashboard with MRR, churn, LTV, and cash collected this month." The agent picks the right visualizations and ships it.
"Which acquisition channels produce the highest Recharge LTV?" The agent joins Shopify, Google Ads, and Recharge data to find the answer.
Search across all your dashboards and saved queries by meaning. Find the cohort analysis you ran months ago without remembering its name.
Schedule reports to Slack, Teams, or email. "Send the weekly subscription report to #cs every Monday at 9am, with the top 5 churn risks called out."
Looking for a Peel Insights alternative or evaluating subscription analytics tools? Here's the honest breakdown.
| Feature | Knowi | Peel Insights | Polar Analytics | Glew.io |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native Recharge connector | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-built MRR / churn / LTV / cohort templates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cross-source joins (Recharge + Shopify + Stripe) | Yes | No | Limited | Limited |
| Connect your own database / data warehouse | Yes | No | No | No |
| AI natural language queries | Yes | No | Limited | No |
| White-label embedded analytics | Yes | No | No | No |
| Multi-tenant (agency use) | Yes | No | No | Limited |
| On-premise deployment | Yes | No | No | No |
| Open Cloud9QL syntax (SQL-like transformations) | Yes | No | No | No |
Recharge analytics, integration, and BI - answered.
Knowi is the best BI tool for Recharge subscription businesses that need to combine Recharge data with other sources. A native connector pulls subscriptions, customers, orders, charges, products, and discounts via the Recharge API. Then join that data with Shopify, Stripe, Klaviyo, and your data warehouse in a single dashboard - no ETL or warehouse required. AI natural language queries and white-label embedding round it out, which point solutions like Peel and Polar do not offer.
Knowi pulls active subscriptions from the Recharge API and normalizes each subscription's price by its billing frequency to a monthly value. A 30-day subscription at $25 contributes $25 to MRR; a 90-day subscription at $75 contributes $25. The Recharge MRR dashboard breaks this down by product, plan, and cohort, and lets you join with Shopify revenue to reconcile against the storefront.
Yes. Knowi's Recharge connector pulls subscription created_at and cancelled_at timestamps, which is what cohort retention needs. Build a heatmap of cohorts by signup month showing the percentage of customers still active at month 1, 2, 3, and so on. Combine with Shopify customer data to segment cohorts by first-order product or acquisition channel.
Generate an API token in your Recharge admin under Tools & apps, API tokens, then paste it into Knowi's Recharge datasource. Knowi calls the Recharge 2021-11 REST API with the X-Recharge-Access-Token header, paginates through all subscriptions, customers, orders, and charges, and respects Recharge's 2-call-per-second rate limit. No OAuth setup required for private integrations. Full setup guide in our Recharge integration docs.
Peel and Polar are pre-packaged DTC analytics tools - you get the dashboards they decided to build. Knowi is a full BI platform with a native Recharge connector, which means you can build any dashboard, join Recharge with any other data source (your warehouse, internal database, custom APIs), embed dashboards in your own product, and ask questions in natural language. If you're a Recharge merchant who outgrows Peel or Polar's templates, Knowi is the next step.
Yes - this is Knowi's core differentiator. Cross-source joins let you combine Recharge subscriptions, Shopify orders, and Stripe charges in a single query. Reconcile Recharge MRR against Shopify storefront revenue, attribute subscription LTV to Stripe processing fees, or link Klaviyo email engagement to subscription churn. No warehouse, no ETL.
Yes. Knowi provides white-label embedded Recharge analytics for agencies and SaaS apps. Embed dashboards via iframe or JavaScript SDK with SSO, multi-tenant data isolation, and full custom branding. Agencies managing multiple Recharge stores can build template dashboards once and deploy across clients. Recharge agencies and partners use this for client reporting portals.
Yes. The Recharge API uses cursor-based pagination with a 250-record page size and a leaky-bucket rate limit of 40 burst calls and 2 calls per second sustained. Knowi automatically paginates through all results using the next_cursor field, respects the rate limit, and retries on 429 responses with backoff. Backfills of 100K+ subscriptions complete reliably without manual intervention.
Yes. Ask questions like "what's my passive churn rate this month?" or "show me MRR by product for Q4" or "which discount codes have the highest LTV?". Knowi's agentic BI understands your Recharge schema and returns instant visualizations. Combine with cross-source joins to ask questions like "which Shopify acquisition channels produce the highest Recharge LTV?".
Yes. Knowi is multi-tenant out of the box. Connect multiple Recharge stores, each with isolated data and per-store branding. Build a master MRR/churn dashboard template once, deploy across every client store with their own logo, colors, and domain. SSO API integrates with your existing agency portal. No other Recharge analytics tool offers this depth of white-label support.
Generate an API token. Paste it into Knowi. Watch subscriptions, charges, and customers populate. Free 21-day trial - no credit card required.