Subscription auto-ship for color toner, barbicide, gloves, which provider?

Three options I’ve shipped with Magento:

• ReCharge Payments, market leader. Native Magento extension via API. Per-product subscription cadence (gloves monthly, toner every 6 weeks, barbicide quarterly). Skip-month UI, swap-product UI, customer-portal for cancellations. Pricing: 1% + $0.10 per subscription transaction. Best fit for $500k+ subscription GMV.
• Bold Subscriptions, second player. Lower per-tx fee (~$0.20 flat), simpler admin UI. Magento extension via API. Best fit for $100k, $500k subscription GMV.
• Aheadworks Subscriptions and Recurring Payments, native Magento extension. One-time license (~$650). No per-tx fee. Best fit for stores that want full data ownership + no SaaS dependency. Less polished UI than ReCharge / Bold but cheaper at scale.

The salon-supply subscription pattern that works:

• 10-15% subscription discount on top of trade pricing. Magento customer-group pricing + tier price stack; subscription tier is a third layer.
• Per-product cadence: gloves monthly, toner every 4-6 weeks, barbicide quarterly, foils every 8 weeks, sanitizer monthly. Customer picks cadence at sign-up; can adjust mid-subscription.
• Skip-month UI for slow seasons (e.g. salons in tourist areas skip January).
• License re-verification before each shipment. If license expired between sub orders, pause the sub + email the customer to re-verify before resuming.

Sub revenue on a typical verified-pro salon-supply store after year 1: 18-30% of total GMV. Customer LTV roughly 2.5x compared to non-sub buyers.