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Comparison

Lago vs Stripe Billing

On the evidence we track, Stripe Billing leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Lago full profile →Stripe Billing full profile →
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Lago55
★Stripe Billing69
Score
vioscaleAI score
Lago55 / 100high · 75%
Stripe Billing69 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✗
Model
Lagoopen_source
Stripe Billingcommercial
Price level
Lagofree
Stripe Billingmid
Starting price
Lago–
Stripe Billing£20
Transparent
Lago✗
Stripe Billing✓
Integrations
Count
Lago10
Stripe Billing10
Security
Certifications
LagoSOC 2 Type II
Stripe Billing–
Disclosure policy
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Gdpr
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Iso27001
Lago–
Stripe Billing✓
Pci
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Soc2
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Trust center
Lagohttps://getlago.com/security
Stripe Billing–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Lago99.9
Stripe Billing99.999
Status page
Lago✓
Stripe Billing–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Lago0
Stripe Billing–
Github stars
Lago10,677
Stripe Billing–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Lago22
Stripe Billing–
Release
Cadence days
Lago13
Stripe Billing–
History
Lago20 items
Stripe Billing–
License
Spdx
LagoAGPL-3.0
Stripe Billing–
Language
Primary
LagoGo
Stripe Billing–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Lago8 items
Stripe Billing7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Subscription billing
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Usage metering
LagoReal-time
Stripe BillingReal-time
Pricing models
LagoSubscription, usage-based, hybrid, flat-rate, prepaid credits, per-unit metering
Stripe BillingSubscription, usage-based, and volume-tiered pricing with multidimensional rates
Invoicing & AR
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Catalog management
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Commerce
Merchant of record
Lago-
Stripe Billing✓
Finance
Revenue recognition
LagoIntegration
Stripe BillingNative ASC 606
Tax handling
LagoNative
Stripe BillingNative
Collections
Dunning
LagoBasic retry
Stripe BillingSmart
Integrations
GL / ERP sync
Lago✓
Stripe Billing-
Ecosystem
API-first / developer-first
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Deployment
Self-hostable
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✗
Insight
Revenue analytics
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓

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

Stripe Billing

Leader

A billing system enabling platforms to offer subscriptions, memberships, usage-based pricing, and financial services to end customers, with multi-currency support and tax compliance automation.

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 verify ↗

Stripe Billing

Leader
from £20/moSubscription

From £5.00 per unit per month. Supports free trials and coupons.

  • Platinum plan£20.00 per month
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
CLI
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✓
Self-hosted
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✗
On-premise
Lago✓
Stripe Billing✗

Integrations

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

Lago

19 total
  • 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
Independently observed

Stripe Billing

Leader
14 total
  • Stripe Payments
  • Stripe Checkout
  • Stripe Connect
  • Stripe Treasury
  • Stripe Issuing
  • Stripe Terminal
  • Stripe Radar
  • Metronome
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • Wells Fargo
  • Shopify
  • Lightspeed
  • Mindbody
  • Thinkific
Independently observed
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