lago
The premium Open Source alternative to Stripe Billing
🎯 Best for:SaaS Startups
What is lago?
A metering and usage-based billing engine for managing complex subscription cycles and consumption tracking. It decouples billing logic from application code via a scalable API and event-based architecture.
Tech Stack
GoFinance & Accounting
Why lago?
- • Flexible usage-based metering
- • Native integration with payment processors
- • Transparent revenue analytics
Limitations
- • Requires self-hosting for data sovereignty
- • Smaller integration ecosystem than Stripe
- • Manual maintenance of billing infrastructure
3/5/2026
Last Update
535
Forks
24
Issues
AGPL-3.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Stripe Billing)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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