Comparison

Lago vs Stripe Billing

On the evidence we track, Stripe Billing leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Lago50

★Stripe Billing71

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Lago	Stripe BillingLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100medium · 68%	71 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	10
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
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	99.999
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 · Popular in GB

Score

Vioscale score

Lago50 / 100medium · 68%

Stripe Billing71 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

Lago✗

Stripe Billing✗

Model

Lagocommercial

Stripe Billingcommercial

Price level

Lagounknown

Stripe Billinglow

Transparent

Lago✗

Stripe Billing✓

Integrations

Count

Lago6

Stripe Billing10

Security

Disclosure policy

Lago✓

Stripe Billing✓

Gdpr

Lago✓

Stripe Billing✓

Iso27001

Lago–

Stripe Billing✓

Pci

Lago–

Stripe Billing✓

Soc2

Lago✓

Stripe Billing✓

Vulnerabilities

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

Stripe Billing–

Reliability

Sla pct

Lago99.9

Stripe Billing99.999

Status page

Lago✓

Stripe Billing–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Lago0

Stripe Billing–

Github stars

Lago10,408

Stripe Billing–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Lago12

Stripe Billing–

Release

Cadence days

Lago9

Stripe Billing–

History

Lago20 items

Stripe Billing–

License

Spdx

LagoAGPL-3.0

Stripe Billing–

Language

Primary

LagoGo

Stripe Billing–

Market

Availability

LagoAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Stripe BillingAvailable worldwide · Popular in GB

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

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

Lago-

Stripe Billing-

Tax handling

LagoNative

Stripe Billing-

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 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

Stripe Billing

Leader

A platform for handling subscription billing and recurring payment workflows. It enables businesses to set up automated billing operations, support different pricing models from usage-based to volume-tiered plans, and manage the entire subscription lifecycle with features like customer self-service and payment recovery.

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 ↗

Stripe Billing

Leader

from £0.01/moHybrid

From £450/month or 0.7% usage-based. Includes recurring billing, automated retries, customer portal, and invoicing.

Pay as you go0.7% of billing volume
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
Volume tier 1£450/month + 0.67% overage, up to £70k/month billing volume (save 8%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
Volume tier 2£1,050/month + 0.67% overage, up to £175k/month billing volume (save 14%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
Volume tier 3£2,050/month + 0.67% overage, up to £350k/month billing volume (save 16%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
Volume tier 4£4,000/month + 0.67% overage, up to £700k/month billing volume (save 18%)
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Recurring billing and subscriptions
- Automatic reminders
- Smart Retries
- Recovery and retention automations
- Customer portal
- +3 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	Stripe Billing
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Lago✓

Stripe Billing✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Lago✓

Stripe Billing✓

Self-hosted

Lago✓

Stripe Billing✗

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

Stripe Billing

Leader

10 total

Stripe Payments
Stripe Checkout
Stripe Connect
Stripe Treasury
Stripe Issuing
Stripe Terminal
Stripe Radar
Metronome
Fifth Third Bank
Wells Fargo

Independently observed

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