# FOSSBilling vs Metronome

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Metronome

| Attribute | FOSSBilling | Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 39 (39% (low)) | 60.9 (47% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 21 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 16 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | FOSSBilling is a free and open-source billing and client management platform designed for hosting businesses. It provides automated billing, hosting provisioning, domain management, support ticketing, and an extensible architecture. | A real-time monetization platform providing metering, pricing, billing, and reporting unified in one platform, built for product-led scale and sales-led complexity. |
| features.capabilities | `{"invoicing":true,"self_hostable":true,"subscription_billing":true}` | `{"analytics":true,"api_first":true,"self_hostable":false,"pricing_models":"usage-based","usage_metering":"real_time","catalog_management":true,"subscription_billing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"cPanel"},{"name":"Plesk"},{"name":"DirectAdmin"},{"name":"HestiaCP"}]` | `[{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"NetSuite"}]` |
| language.primary | Astro | - |
| license.spdx | AGPL-3.0 | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://fossbilling.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:47:11.610Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Billing & Invoicing Software)

| Capability | FOSSBilling | Metronome |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Subscription billing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Usage metering | - | Real-time |
| Pricing models | - | usage-based |
| Invoicing & AR | ✓ | - |
| Catalog management | - | ✓ |
| **Commerce** |  |  |
| Merchant of record | - | - |
| **Finance** |  |  |
| Revenue recognition | - | - |
| Tax handling | - | - |
| **Collections** |  |  |
| Dunning | - | - |
| **Integrations** |  |  |
| GL / ERP sync | - | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| API-first / developer-first | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Revenue analytics | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:17:56.121Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*