Suprascribe vs. Unsubby
Bank-linked subscription manager and cancellation letter service
Unsubby is a web-based subscription manager that connects to your bank account via Plaid to detect recurring payments and can send cancellation letters to services on your behalf. It has built meaningful scale — 50,000+ users and 22,000+ Trustpilot reviews — and the cancellation letter feature is genuinely useful. The tradeoffs are significant though: Plaid access means handing over your bank login credentials to a third party, the free tier is capped at 4 subscriptions, and the Premium plan runs ~$12.95/month — a recurring fee to manage other recurring fees. Suprascribe takes the opposite approach: subscriptions are found by scanning your email inbox (read-only OAuth, no passwords), the free tier is unlimited, and the Pro upgrade is a one-time purchase.
Pricing
Suprascribe
Basic free forever. Pro is a one-time purchase - no recurring fees.
Unsubby
Free tier capped at 4 subscriptions; Premium is $9.95 per 4 weeks (~$12.95/month), 7-day free trial
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Suprascribe | Unsubby |
|---|---|---|
| Email auto-discovery | - | |
| No bank account required | ||
| Web-based (any browser/device) | ||
| Free unlimited tier | ||
| One-time purchase option | ||
| Open source |
What Unsubby Does Well
- •Sends cancellation letters on your behalf (1,500+ supported services)
- •Auto-detects subscriptions via Plaid bank connection
- •Budget planner with spending insights and visual trends
- •Billing notifications before renewals
- •50,000+ users, 22,000+ Trustpilot reviews
Where Suprascribe Wins
- No bank access required - Unsubby requires connecting your bank account via Plaid; Suprascribe discovers subscriptions from your email inbox with no financial account access at any tier
- One-time payment, not a recurring fee - Unsubby charges ~$12.95/month to manage your subscriptions; Suprascribe Pro is a one-time upgrade with no recurring fees
- Open source - Unsubby is closed source — you cannot verify what it does with your bank data; Suprascribe is fully auditable on GitHub
- Unlimited free tier - Unsubby free plan is capped at 4 subscriptions; Suprascribe free tier has no cap
Unsubby adds a useful cancellation-letter service on top of subscription tracking, but it requires Plaid bank access and charges a recurring monthly fee. Suprascribe finds the same subscriptions through email scanning — no bank login, no monthly cost.