DunningCheck vs Stunning: monitor vs execute
Stunning sends Stripe dunning emails. DunningCheck audits whether your recovery path still works. Here's when to use each — or both.
Stunning sends Stripe dunning emails and manages retry timing (published pricing roughly $60–$1,249+/mo by MRR). DunningCheck does something different — it audits and monitors whether your recovery path still works after billing changes, with a read-only key and flat $49/mo monitoring.
What Stunning does well
- Automated dunning email sequences tied to Stripe events
- Campaign customization for failed payments
- Established Stripe-only workflow
What we do that Stunning doesn't emphasize
- Free live audit before you pay anything
- Recovery health score from read-only Stripe scan
- Billing portal + retry configuration checks
- Monthly drift detection when settings change silently
- Read-only key — never writes to your Stripe account
When to pick which
If you need something to send emails today, Stunning (or Stripe's built-in emails) is the execution layer. If you don't know whether your recovery path works end-to-end — or you fixed dunning six months ago and haven't tested since — start with a free audit. Many teams use an email tool plus a monitor.
Execution tools recover payments. Monitoring tools catch when execution silently breaks.
Subscribe for monthly monitoring. Your first audit is generated today.
Your first audit shows exactly where recovery is leaking today. Monthly monitoring then catches the next break before it costs you another month of MRR.