Lago

In plain words

Lago is an open-source billing platform designed as an alternative to Stripe Billing and Chargebee. It enables users to build and manage complex pricing models through a no-code interface and comprehensive API. The platform combines metering and billing functionality in one place, handling everything from usage tracking to invoice generation. Lago can be self-hosted or used as a cloud service, allowing teams to deploy and iterate quickly on their billing infrastructure.

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From the sources

Lago makes it easy to build and iterate on complex pricing. 👓 No-code UI 🔌 Top-notch API 📏 Billing & metering in one place ☁️ Self-hosted or cloud 🐇 Deploy and iterate fast From metering to invoicing, Lago handles everything!

Open-source billing for usage, subscriptions and hybrid pricing. Lago customers include CoreWeave, Mistral AI and PayPal.

Lago helps companies like CoreWeave, Mistral AI and PayPal manage and scale any pricing model with full transparency, control and flexibility. Engineering gets granular usage data. Finance gets a clear path from consumption to revenue. Illustrative stacked bar chart of 18 days of AI usage, totaling 1,185,000 tokens. Input, output, and cached tokens are measured separately. Daily usage grows from 24,000 to 135,000 tokens. Every token, captured. Meter input, output, and cached tokens separately. Attribute usage to each customer, so every event has a place on the bill. See how ambitious teams build and scale their billing with Lago. Role-based access control to set user roles and permissions.…from getlago.com

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