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Lago

Open source metering and usage-based billing

Open SourceFree TierAdded Jun 1, 2022

About

Lago is an open-source billing API for usage-based, subscription, and hybrid pricing models. It handles metering, invoicing, coupons, add-ons, and payment collection with Stripe or GoCardless. Self-hostable or use the managed cloud. Designed for SaaS companies, API businesses, and fintech that need flexible billing beyond what Stripe Billing offers.

Tags

billingusage-basedsubscriptionopen-sourcemeteringapiself-hosted

Origin Story

By Anh-Tho Chuong & Raffi Sarkissian

The Problem

SaaS billing platforms like Chargebee were expensive, inflexible, and didn't handle usage-based pricing well. Open source was the answer.

Building It

Launched in 2022. Raised funding while keeping the product open source. Quickly adopted by SaaS and API companies needing flexible billing.

What It Means

Billing infrastructure should be open source — like databases and web servers. Lago brings that philosophy to SaaS billing.

The Dream

To be the open-source standard for billing infrastructure.

Pricing

ModelOpen Source
Starting at$350/mo
Free tierAvailable

Free and open source for self-hosting. Cloud version with free tier for testing. Premium starts at $350/month with advanced features and support.

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Category

Invoicing Billing

Problems Solved

  • Usage Based Billing
  • Saas Subscription Billing
  • Metering Api Usage

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