What do you mean? "Thinking about monetization too much"?

You are right! The issues usually happen when you add more complexity (tiers, discounts, credit notes, coupons, prepaid credits). Also, what I find very tough is that this is not a « one stop shop »: every single company has it’s own definition of what should be included or excluded from the MRR. I am pretty sure you never end up on an universal definition

That’s one of the options, yes. Chartmogul does an amazing job at ingesting and retrieving revenue data from stripe

You’ve got plenty of paid options with Stripe, but here’s the catch: trying to match what you see in the Stripe dashboard with exact cent accuracy using queries is a total headache. in addition, it would be simpler to add an option to pull that data via an API call.

Yes! And ARR = annual recurring revenue. In addition to other saas metrics like usage revenue that is pure consumption based and sometimes calculated differently

But Amazon uses a custom homegrown usage based billing, not relying on Stripe Billing. This is why Lago exists, to offer a flexible usage-based billing architecture for companies offering usage based or hybrid billing without having to build everything on their own.

If you spotted it, it means than images have a greater impact than words.

We're diving into creating an alternative to one of Stripe's key services which is billing. Especially focusing on areas where Stripe struggles, like mixed or usage-based billing models. We do offer a great UI/UX ;)

We're diving first into creating an alternative to one of Stripe's key services which is billing. We especially building billing on areas where Stripe struggles, like mixed or usage-based billing models.

What's a fair price for a budget-friendly hosted version? Lower upfront cost, or maybe a revenue share? We've aimed at enterprise deals for the paid edition, keeping the open-source version widely accessible. Keen to hear your thoughts on adjusting our pricing.