FOSSBilling vs Lago
On the evidence we track, Lago leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for billing & invoicing software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
FOSSBilling
A free, open-source platform that enables hosting automation businesses to manage customer accounts, billing, invoicing, and client administration without proprietary licensing costs.
Lago
LeaderA billing platform that ingests usage events, applies pricing rules, and generates invoices for any billing model. It supports usage-based, subscription, prepaid, and hybrid pricing, with real-time metering, payment orchestration, and revenue analytics.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
FOSSBilling
- cPanel
- Plesk
- DirectAdmin
- HestiaCP
Lago
Leader- Avalara
- Kafka
- Kinesis
- Google Cloud Pub/Sub
- AWS S3
- Azure
- Xero
- NetSuite
- Stripe
- Adyen
- GoCardless
- Braintree
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- AWS Kinesis
- Amazon S3
- Webhooks
- Okta
- SMTP
FOSSBilling or Lago: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.