Best Lago alternatives in 1970.

Looking for alternatives to Lago? Here are the best options depending on your use case.

Why look for alternatives?

Lago ranks lower on setup complexity, tax handling, paywall and conversion tooling, which is the most common reason teams evaluate alternatives.

Top alternatives

Stripe Billing

Subscription billing with full developer control

percentage

Maximum flexibility and lowest fees at scale. You own tax compliance. Best for technical teams building complex billing.

Pricing: Pay-as-you-go: 0.7% of billing volume. Or from €500/month (pay monthly, up to €80k volume/mo, 1-year contract, 0.67% beyond). Plus standard Stripe payment processing (1.5%+€0.25 EU cards).
Pick if: you need advanced billing (usage, dunning, entitlements)

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Orb

Usage-based billing for AI and SaaS

custom

Purpose-built for usage-based billing. Handles credits, seats, metered usage, and hybrid pricing. Designed specifically for AI products and modern SaaS.

Pricing: Custom pricing (contact sales)
Pick if: you need advanced billing (usage, dunning, entitlements)

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Chargebee

Subscription management for scaling SaaS

flat monthly

Enterprise-grade subscription management: dunning, invoicing, usage-based billing, tax automation. Overkill below $50k MRR.

Pricing: From $249/month
Pick if: you want global tax and VAT handled for you
Facts: Tax handling

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Metronome

Usage-based billing for enterprise

custom

Enterprise usage-based billing with real-time metering. Used by Databricks, Notion, and similar scale companies. Not for early-stage.

Pricing: Custom pricing (enterprise)
Pick if: you need advanced billing (usage, dunning, entitlements)

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Kill Bill

Open-source subscription billing and payments

open source

Battle-tested open source billing platform. More complex than Lago but more mature. Requires significant technical resources to set up and maintain. Free if self-hosted.

Pricing: Open source: free (self-hosted). Cloud: from $250/month.
Pick if: lowest fees matter most
Facts: Open source

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Paddle

Complete payments infrastructure for SaaS

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Merchant of Record for SaaS. Handles global VAT and tax remittance across 190+ countries.

Pricing: 5% + $0.50 per Checkout transaction, all-inclusive (tax compliance, billing, fraud protection included). Custom pricing for $2M+ ARR or sub-$10 products.
Pick if: you want global tax and VAT handled for you
Facts: Merchant of record

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Lemon Squeezy

Payments, subscriptions and MoR for indie SaaS

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Default choice for indie SaaS founders. Tax compliance out of the box, license key management, excellent DX. Acquired by Stripe in 2024.

Pricing: 5% + $0.50 per transaction. Acquired by Stripe 2024.
Pick if: you want global tax and VAT handled for you
Facts: Merchant of recordNo-code

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Polar

Open-source monetization for developers

percentage

Lowest MoR fees on the market (4% + $0.40). Open source, built for developers and OSS projects.

Pricing: 4% + $0.40 per transaction (lowest MoR fees on the market)
Pick if: you want global tax and VAT handled for you
Facts: Merchant of recordNo-codeOpen source

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Comparison table

Tool	Pricing	MoR	A/B	Ease
Lago	Self-hosted: free. Cloud: from $100/month	No	No	2/5
Stripe Billing	Pay-as-you-go: 0.7% of billing volume. Or from €500/month (pay monthly, up to €80k volume/mo, 1-year contract, 0.67% beyond). Plus standard Stripe payment processing (1.5%+€0.25 EU cards).	No	No	2/5
Orb	Custom pricing (contact sales)	No	No	2/5
Chargebee	From $249/month	No	No	2/5
Metronome	Custom pricing (enterprise)	No	No	2/5
Kill Bill	Open source: free (self-hosted). Cloud: from $250/month.	No	No	1/5
Paddle	5% + $0.50 per Checkout transaction, all-inclusive (tax compliance, billing, fraud protection included). Custom pricing for $2M+ ARR or sub-$10 products.	Yes	No	3/5
Lemon Squeezy	5% + $0.50 per transaction. Acquired by Stripe 2024.	Yes	No	5/5
Polar	4% + $0.40 per transaction (lowest MoR fees on the market)	Yes	No	5/5

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