Comparison

Lago vs Orb

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.

Lago full profile →Orb full profile →

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★Lago55

Orb40

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	LagoLeader	Orb
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100high · 75%	40 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	2
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://getlago.com/security	https://www.withorb.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40getlago%2Flago-http-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.9	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	10,677	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	22	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	13	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	AGPL-3.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Lago55 / 100high · 75%

Orb40 / 100medium · 60%

Pricing

Free tier

Lago✓

Orb✗

Model

Lagoopen_source

Orbcommercial

Price level

Lagofree

Orbunknown

Transparent

Lago✗

Orb✗

Integrations

Count

Lago10

Orb2

Security

Certifications

LagoSOC 2 Type II

OrbSOC 2 Type II

Disclosure policy

Lago✓

Orb–

Gdpr

Lago✓

Orb✓

Pci

Lago✓

Orb–

Soc2

Lago✓

Orb✓

Trust center

Lagohttps://getlago.com/security

Orbhttps://www.withorb.com/security

Vulnerabilities

LagoCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40getlago%2Flago-http-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Orb–

Reliability

Sla pct

Lago99.9

Orb–

Status page

Lago✓

Orb✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Lago0

Orb–

Github stars

Lago10,677

Orb–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Lago22

Orb–

Release

Cadence days

Lago13

Orb–

History

Lago20 items

Orb–

License

Spdx

LagoAGPL-3.0

Orb–

Language

Primary

LagoGo

Orb–

Market

Availability

LagoAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Orb–

Content

Faq

Lago8 items

Orb5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Billing & Invoicing Software
Capability	Lago	Orb
Core
Subscription billing	✓	✓
Usage metering	Real-time	Real-time
Pricing models	Subscription, usage-based, hybrid, flat-rate, prepaid credits, per-unit metering	Usage-based, hybrid, subscription, feature-based, seat-based
Invoicing & AR	✓	✓
Catalog management	✓	✓
Commerce
Merchant of record	-	-
Finance
Revenue recognition	Integration	-
Tax handling	Native	-
Collections
Dunning	Basic retry	Basic retry
Integrations
GL / ERP sync	✓	✓
Ecosystem
API-first / developer-first	✓	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✓	✗
Insight
Revenue analytics	✓	✓

Core

Subscription billing

Lago✓

Orb✓

Usage metering

LagoReal-time

OrbReal-time

Pricing models

LagoSubscription, usage-based, hybrid, flat-rate, prepaid credits, per-unit metering

OrbUsage-based, hybrid, subscription, feature-based, seat-based

Invoicing & AR

Lago✓

Orb✓

Catalog management

Lago✓

Orb✓

Commerce

Merchant of record

Lago-

Orb-

Finance

Revenue recognition

LagoIntegration

Orb-

Tax handling

LagoNative

Orb-

Collections

Dunning

LagoBasic retry

OrbBasic retry

Integrations

GL / ERP sync

Lago✓

Orb✓

Ecosystem

API-first / developer-first

Lago✓

Orb✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Lago✓

Orb✗

Insight

Revenue analytics

Lago✓

Orb✓

What each one is

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

Lago

Leader

A 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.

Independently observed

Orb

A billing and revenue management system that automates usage-based billing calculations, enables dynamic pricing strategy, and integrates product usage data with financial operations and ERP systems.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Lago

Leader

HybridFree tier

Free open-source tier; Premium pricing custom

Open SourceFree
- usage metering
- subscription billing
- prepaid credits
- hybrid pricing
- REST API
- +2 more
Lago PremiumContact sales

as of 2026-09-10verify ↗

Orb

Quote-based

Custom pricing. All plans require contacting sales.

CoreContact sales
- Real-time event ingestion
- Real-time alerting
- Hybrid and usage-based billing
- Automated price changes
AdvancedContact sales
- Everything in Core
- Data warehouse sync
- Salesforce integration
- NetSuite integration
- Customer hierarchy
- +1 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Advanced
- Enterprise-grade SLAs
- Dedicated support

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Lago	Orb
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Lago✓

Orb✓

CLI

Lago✓

Orb✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Lago✓

Orb✓

Self-hosted

Lago✓

Orb✗

On-premise

Lago✓

Orb✗

Integrations

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

In common (2)

NetSuite
Salesforce

Lago

Leader

19 total - 17 not shared

Avalara
Kafka
Kinesis
Google Cloud Pub/Sub
AWS S3
Azure
Xero
Stripe
Adyen
GoCardless
Braintree
HubSpot
AWS Kinesis
Amazon S3
Webhooks
Okta
SMTP

Independently observed

Orb

2 total - 0 not shared

Salesforce
NetSuite

Independently observed

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