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Lago

FREEMIUM

Transform complex usage data into accurate, real-time billing

VG SCORE
9.0

Product Details

PricingFreemium
Free Trial30 days
API✅ REST + GraphQL
Learning CurveModerate
Integrations11 available

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PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

  • Exceptional flexibility for modeling complex, hybrid pricing strategies that combine flat fees with usage components.
  • High flexibility for complex, usage-based pricing models that scale.
  • Open-source foundation offers transparency and avoids vendor lock-in.

WEAKNESSES

  • The self-hosted open-source version requires significant engineering resources to deploy and maintain, increasing TCO.
  • Self-hosting the open-source version requires significant engineering resources.

KEY FEATURES

Real-time Metering

Ingests and aggregates usage events as they happen for up-to-date billing.

Revenue Analytics

Provides dashboards and insights into key metrics like MRR and customer usage trends.

Flexible Pricing Models

Supports tiered, volume-based, package, and custom pricing structures.

Unified API

Single API for sending usage events, managing subscriptions, and fetching invoices.

WHO IS Lago BEST FOR?

SaaS companies with usage-based pricing

They need to accurately meter and bill customer usage in real-time, which Lago automates.

SaaS companies with usage-based pricing models

They need to accurately meter and bill for variable customer usage in real-time.

INTEGRATIONS

ZapierSnowflakePostHogAWSStripeSlackSalesforcePostgreSQLBigQuerySegmentMySQL

TECHNICAL DETAILS

LEARNING CURVE
MODERATE — FEW HOURS
FREE TRIAL

30 days

API

REST + GRAPHQL

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DOSSIER

LAST VERIFIED MAR 23, 2026

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