Comparison

Lago vs Quaderno

No clear leader: Quaderno (56.2) and Lago (55.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Lago55

Quaderno56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Lago	Quaderno
vioscaleAI score	55 / 100high · 75%	56 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$24
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	8
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II	-
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://getlago.com/security	https://quaderno.io/blog/electronic-invoicing/e-invoicing-compliance/
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	99.99
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	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU, BR, MX, CL, IN, KR, TW
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Lago55 / 100high · 75%

Quaderno56 / 100low · 38%

Pricing

Free tier

Lago✓

Quaderno✗

Model

Lagoopen_source

Quadernocommercial

Price level

Lagofree

Quadernomid

Starting price

Lago–

Quaderno$24

Transparent

Lago✗

Quaderno✓

Integrations

Count

Lago10

Quaderno8

Security

Certifications

LagoSOC 2 Type II

Quaderno–

Disclosure policy

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Gdpr

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Pci

Lago✓

Quaderno–

Soc2

Lago✓

Quaderno–

Trust center

Lagohttps://getlago.com/security

Quadernohttps://quaderno.io/blog/electronic-invoicing/e-invoicing-compliance/

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

Quaderno–

Reliability

Sla pct

Lago99.9

Quaderno99.99

Status page

Lago✓

Quaderno–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Lago0

Quaderno–

Github stars

Lago10,677

Quaderno–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Lago22

Quaderno–

Release

Cadence days

Lago13

Quaderno–

History

Lago20 items

Quaderno–

License

Spdx

LagoAGPL-3.0

Quaderno–

Language

Primary

LagoGo

Quaderno–

Market

Availability

LagoAvailable worldwide · HQ US

QuadernoAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU, BR, MX, CL, IN, KR, TW

Content

Faq

Lago8 items

Quaderno7 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	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	Integration	-
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

LagoIntegration

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 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

Quaderno

A platform that automatically handles sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance in 150+ countries, including tax calculations, invoice generation, threshold monitoring, and tax return filing services.

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

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 ↗

Quaderno

from $24/moSubscription7-day trial

From $24/month. 7-day free trial.

Hobby$24/month
Growth$41/month
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited jurisdictions
- Unlimited integrations
- Team collaboration
Professional$83/month
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited jurisdictions
- Unlimited integrations
- Team collaboration
Business$124/month
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited jurisdictions
- Unlimited integrations
- Team collaboration
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-10-07verify ↗

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	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

CLI

Lago✓

Quaderno✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Lago✓

Quaderno✓

Self-hosted

Lago✓

Quaderno✗

On-premise

Lago✓

Quaderno✗

Integrations

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

In common (4)

Xero
Stripe
GoCardless
Braintree

Lago

19 total - 15 not shared

Avalara
Kafka
Kinesis
Google Cloud Pub/Sub
AWS S3
Azure
NetSuite
Adyen
Salesforce
HubSpot
AWS Kinesis
Amazon S3
Webhooks
Okta
SMTP

Independently observed

Quaderno

14 total - 10 not shared

PayPal
Hotmart
PEPPOL
TicketBAI
Facturae
Square
Amazon
WooCommerce
Shopify
Zapier

Independently observed

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Lago or Quaderno: which one depends on you

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