Comparison

Lago vs Quaderno

On the evidence we track, Quaderno leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Lago50

★Quaderno60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Lago	QuadernoLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100medium · 68%	60 / 100low · 39%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$29
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	9
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40getlago%2Fpostgres-connector&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.9	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	10,408	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	12	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	9	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	AGPL-3.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · HQ ES

Score

Vioscale score

Lago50 / 100medium · 68%

Quaderno60 / 100low · 39%

Pricing

Free tier

Lago✗

Quaderno✗

Model

Lagocommercial

Quadernocommercial

Price level

Lagounknown

Quadernomid

Starting price

Lago–

Quaderno$29

Transparent

Lago✗

Quaderno✓

Integrations

Count

Lago6

Quaderno9

Security

Disclosure policy

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Gdpr

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Soc2

Lago✓

Quaderno–

Vulnerabilities

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

Quaderno–

Reliability

Sla pct

Lago99.9

Quaderno99.99

Status page

Lago✓

Quaderno–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Lago0

Quaderno–

Github stars

Lago10,408

Quaderno–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Lago12

Quaderno–

Release

Cadence days

Lago9

Quaderno–

History

Lago20 items

Quaderno–

License

Spdx

LagoAGPL-3.0

Quaderno–

Language

Primary

LagoGo

Quaderno–

Market

Availability

LagoAvailable worldwide · HQ US

QuadernoAvailable worldwide · HQ ES

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	Quaderno
Core
Subscription billing	✓	✓
Usage metering	Real-time	Basic
Pricing models	Subscription, usage-based, hybrid, flat-rate, prepaid credits, per-unit metering	Tiered subscription with transaction-based limits
Invoicing & AR	✓	✓
Catalog management	✓	-
Commerce
Merchant of record	-	-
Finance
Revenue recognition	-	-
Tax handling	Native	Native
Collections
Dunning	Basic retry	-
Integrations
GL / ERP sync	-	✓
Ecosystem
API-first / developer-first	✓	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✓	✗
Insight
Revenue analytics	✓	✓

Core

Subscription billing

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Usage metering

LagoReal-time

QuadernoBasic

Pricing models

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

QuadernoTiered subscription with transaction-based limits

Invoicing & AR

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Catalog management

Lago✓

Quaderno-

Commerce

Merchant of record

Lago-

Quaderno-

Finance

Revenue recognition

Lago-

Quaderno-

Tax handling

LagoNative

QuadernoNative

Collections

Dunning

LagoBasic retry

Quaderno-

Integrations

GL / ERP sync

Lago-

Quaderno✓

Ecosystem

API-first / developer-first

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Lago✓

Quaderno✗

Insight

Revenue analytics

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

What each one is

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

Lago

A billing platform that handles subscriptions, metered usage, hybrid pricing models, and invoicing. Designed for teams managing complex pricing with options for cloud hosting or self-deployment.

Independently observed

Quaderno

Leader

Worldwide tax compliance platform that automates sales tax, VAT, and GST calculations, invoicing, and tax return filing for online businesses.

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

Open source

Lago PremiumContact sales

as of 2026-08-01verify ↗

Quaderno

Leader

from $29/moSubscription7-day trial

From $29/month. 7-day free trial.

Hobby$29/month
- International tax calculations
- Nexus & threshold alerts
- Automatic invoices
- Quaderno Checkout
- Five-star support
- +2 more
Startup$49/month
- International tax calculations
- Nexus & threshold alerts
- Unlimited users
- Automatic invoices
- Quaderno Checkout
- +4 more
Business$99/month
- International tax calculations
- Nexus & threshold alerts
- Unlimited users
- Automatic invoices
- Quaderno Checkout
- +4 more
Growth$149/month
- International tax calculations
- Nexus & threshold alerts
- Unlimited users
- Automatic invoices
- Quaderno Checkout
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales

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	Quaderno
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Self-hosted

Lago✓

Quaderno✗

Integrations

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

Lago

6 total

Avalara
Kafka
Kinesis
Google Cloud Pub/Sub
AWS S3
Azure

Independently observed

Quaderno

Leader

12 total

Stripe
PayPal
GoCardless
Xero
Braintree
Hotmart
PEPPOL
TicketBAI
Facturae
Square
Amazon
WooCommerce

Independently observed

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