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What does a chargeback success fee actually cost you?

Percentages from public pricing pages, August 2026.

A success fee feels free, because you only pay it when you win. Put your own numbers in and it stops feeling free — on a $1,000 dispute, a 25% fee is $250, every time, with no monthly cap.

How many chargebacks and inquiries you typically see.

3 per month

Your typical disputed order value.

$300

This is your assumption, not our promise. Outcomes are decided by the issuing bank and vary a lot by reason code — no tool controls this number.

40%

Success fee at 25% · per year

$0

Success fee at 30% · per year

$0

Flat $29/mo · per year

$348

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How the maths works

Recovered revenue per year is disputes × 12 × average amount × win rate. A success fee takes its percentage of that. Flat pricing takes $29 × 12 = $348 regardless of outcome.

The break-even is lower than most people expect. At a 25% fee, flat pricing wins as soon as you recover more than about $116 a month. One won $500 dispute pays for four months of a flat subscription.

The honest counter-argument: flat pricing costs the same in a month where you win nothing, and a success fee costs zero. If your dispute volume is very low and sporadic, "pay only when you win" genuinely can be cheaper. The calculator above will show you that — set the win rate to 0 and the flat number doesn't move.

Where the percentages come from

ProviderModelPublic price (Aug 2026)
Chargeflow% of recovered25% per won dispute
Disputifier% of recovered20% per won dispute
Stripe Smart Disputes% of recovered30% per won dispute
Evidkitflat monthly$29/mo, no success fee

Figures are taken from each provider's public pricing page in August 2026 and may have changed since. Check the source before making a decision on them.

Evidkit is flat, and nothing is submitted without your approval

AI drafts your chargeback evidence from your store's own order, shipping, and customer data. You review, edit, and approve every word before anything reaches the bank. One flat price, never a percentage of your money.

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Disclosure: Evidkit is our product, and it appears in the comparison above. The competitor figures are quoted from their own public pricing pages so you can check them yourself. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Shopify.