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7 best usage-based billing platforms in 2026

Platforms for metering what customers use and invoicing on it.

ToolSelf-hostVerdict
Metronome NoBest at scale
Orb NoBest modelling
Lago YesBest self-hosted
Stripe Billing Best on Stripe
Chargebee Best for subscriptions
Paddle Best merchant of record
Amberflo Best pure metering

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LagoBest self-hosted

Lago

The code is AGPLv3, so you can run it in your own cloud or air-gapped.

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PaddleBest merchant of record

Paddle

Takes on merchant-of-record status for your software sales, covering sales tax obligations in over 100 jurisdictions.

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AmberfloBest pure metering

Amberflo

Ingests usage events and turns them into per-customer cost attribution and invoices. A built-in gateway fronts over 1,500 LLM models, recording what each call costs.

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