Lago
Open-source billing and metering API
Lago is an open-source metering and usage-based billing platform. It helps SaaS companies build complex pricing, invoicing, and subscription billing with a developer-friendly API.
Key features
- Usage-based metering
- Flexible pricing models
- Invoicing and credit notes
- Webhooks and API-first
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Powerful for SaaS billing
- Developer-friendly
Trade-offs
- Complex multi-service stack
- Overkill for simple invoicing
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