vioscale
Comparison

Crater vs Stripe Billing

On the evidence we track, Stripe Billing leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Crater full profile →Stripe Billing full profile →
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Crater50
★Stripe Billing71
Score
Vioscale score
Crater50 / 100medium · 74%
Stripe Billing71 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✗
Model
Crateropen_source
Stripe Billingcommercial
Price level
Craterfree
Stripe Billinglow
Transparent
Crater–
Stripe Billing✓
Integrations
Count
Crater3
Stripe Billing10
Security
Disclosure policy
Crater–
Stripe Billing✓
Gdpr
Crater–
Stripe Billing✓
Iso27001
Crater–
Stripe Billing✓
Pci
Crater–
Stripe Billing✓
Soc2
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Crater–
Stripe Billing99.999
Status page
Crater✓
Stripe Billing–
Adoption
Github stars
Crater8,340
Stripe Billing–
Release
Cadence days
Crater2
Stripe Billing–
History
Crater20 items
Stripe Billing–
License
Spdx
CraterAGPL-3.0
Stripe Billing–
Language
Primary
CraterPHP
Stripe Billing–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for billing & invoicing software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Subscription billing
Crater-
Stripe Billing✓
Usage metering
Crater-
Stripe BillingReal-time
Pricing models
Crater-
Stripe BillingSubscription, usage-based, and volume-tiered pricing with multidimensional rates
Invoicing & AR
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✓
Catalog management
Crater-
Stripe Billing✓
Commerce
Merchant of record
Crater-
Stripe Billing-
Finance
Revenue recognition
Crater-
Stripe Billing-
Tax handling
Crater-
Stripe Billing-
Collections
Dunning
Crater-
Stripe BillingSmart
Integrations
GL / ERP sync
Crater-
Stripe Billing-
Ecosystem
API-first / developer-first
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✓
Deployment
Self-hostable
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✗
Insight
Revenue analytics
Crater-
Stripe Billing✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Crater

Open-source web and mobile app that helps track expenses, payments, and create professional invoices and estimates.

Independently observed

Stripe Billing

Leader

A platform for handling subscription billing and recurring payment workflows. It enables businesses to set up automated billing operations, support different pricing models from usage-based to volume-tiered plans, and manage the entire subscription lifecycle with features like customer self-service and payment recovery.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Crater

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open-source

  • Open SourceFree
    • Expense tracking
    • Payment tracking
    • Invoice creation
    • Estimate creation
as of verify ↗

Stripe Billing

Leader
from £0.01/moHybrid

From £450/month or 0.7% usage-based. Includes recurring billing, automated retries, customer portal, and invoicing.

  • Pay as you go0.7% of billing volume
    • Recurring billing and subscriptions
    • Automatic reminders
    • Smart Retries
    • Recovery and retention automations
    • Customer portal
    • +3 more
  • Volume tier 1£450/month + 0.67% overage, up to £70k/month billing volume (save 8%)
    • Recurring billing and subscriptions
    • Automatic reminders
    • Smart Retries
    • Recovery and retention automations
    • Customer portal
    • +3 more
  • Volume tier 2£1,050/month + 0.67% overage, up to £175k/month billing volume (save 14%)
    • Recurring billing and subscriptions
    • Automatic reminders
    • Smart Retries
    • Recovery and retention automations
    • Customer portal
    • +3 more
  • Volume tier 3£2,050/month + 0.67% overage, up to £350k/month billing volume (save 16%)
    • Recurring billing and subscriptions
    • Automatic reminders
    • Smart Retries
    • Recovery and retention automations
    • Customer portal
    • +3 more
  • Volume tier 4£4,000/month + 0.67% overage, up to £700k/month billing volume (save 18%)
    • Recurring billing and subscriptions
    • Automatic reminders
    • Smart Retries
    • Recovery and retention automations
    • Customer portal
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Recurring billing and subscriptions
    • Automatic reminders
    • Smart Retries
    • Recovery and retention automations
    • Customer portal
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✓
iOS
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✗
Android
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Crater✗
Stripe Billing✓
Self-hosted
Crater✓
Stripe Billing✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Crater

3 total
  • Plaid
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
Independently observed

Stripe Billing

Leader
10 total
  • Stripe Payments
  • Stripe Checkout
  • Stripe Connect
  • Stripe Treasury
  • Stripe Issuing
  • Stripe Terminal
  • Stripe Radar
  • Metronome
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • Wells Fargo
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.