Aforo

Spec sheet

What it does

Aforo provides metering, pricing, selling, billing and revenue recognition for APIs, AI agents and MCP servers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Product

Aforo describes itself as an API and agentic monetization platform for metering, pricing, selling, billing, and revenue recognition.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Integrations

Native gateway plugins are listed for Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, Azure APIM and MuleSoft.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Security

Aforo says it uses AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit, tenant isolation, and immutable, exportable audit logs.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Compliance

The enterprise page says SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 audits are underway, and describes GDPR and CCPA data processor compliance and HIPAA readiness with a BAA available on request.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Support

The pricing page lists community support for Starter and priority support with a one-business-day response for Growth.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Headquarters

Hyderabad, IndiaRead 23 Sep 2026 · aforo.ai

Accounting

Aforo maps ASC 606 revenue recognition to invoice line items and supports multi-entity rollups.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Agent billing

Agent usage can be priced by session, tool call, token or outcome, with integrations described for Claude, GPT, LangChain, CrewAI and AutoGen.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

AI features

Aforo says it can bill exact LLM input and output tokens or weighted AI outcomes, and supports MCP JSON-RPC calls.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

API authentication

The documentation describes sandbox and production API keys and Bearer authentication for API requests.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.aforo.ai

Billing integrations

Aforo lists ERP integrations including NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Xero, and says it supports custom webhooks.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Billing pipeline

Its billing pipeline has ten stages covering quota, rollover, aggregation, allowance, rating, commitment, discount, tax, routing and settlement.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Company location

Aforo says its team is based in Hyderabad, India.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Company scale

The about page claims 11 microservices, more than 1,000 passing tests and over 20 years of combined experience.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Documentation depth

The docs include quickstart, authentication, environments, core concepts, ingestion protocols, SDKs, gateway guides, API reference, troubleshooting, rate limits and changelog sections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.aforo.ai

Enterprise support

The enterprise page lists a dedicated Technical Account Manager, a shared Slack Connect channel, and 24/7 Severity 1 incident paging.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Financial integrations

The platform lists Stripe, NetSuite, Xero, QuickBooks, Avalara and custom webhooks as billing or finance connections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Funding

Aforo says it is founder-bootstrapped and not VC-backed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Gateway integrations

The pricing page lists integrations for Kong, AWS API Gateway, Apigee, Azure APIM, and MuleSoft.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Limit: event delivery

The MCP proxy documentation says failed event batches are retried three times and then dropped and reported.Read 15 Oct 2026 · npmjs.com

Limit: Java SDK distribution

The quickstart says the Java SDK is not yet on Maven Central and recommends using the HTTP API or building from source.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.aforo.ai

Limit: SSO

SAML/OIDC single sign-on is marked as coming soon and is listed as enterprise-only roadmap functionality.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Maker founder

The founder is Jay Bodicherla, previously associated with Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T and Google Apigee.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Maker headquarters

The team is described as based in Hyderabad, India.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Margin protection

Margin Guard can alert, throttle or block when customer cost threatens contract margin.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

MCP proxy limitation

The npm documentation says stdio mode meters tools/call messages and may miss calls if an MCP server uses different message framing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · npmjs.com

MCP proxy package

The npm package @aforoai/mcp-proxy is version 1.2.2, Apache-2.0 licensed and requires Node.js 18 or newer.Read 15 Oct 2026 · npmjs.com

MCP support

The MCP proxy supports stdio, SSE and streamable HTTP transports for metering MCP tool calls.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Metering

Usage events are ingested asynchronously with validation, deduplication and enrichment before billing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Notable news

Aforo's blog lists an introductory article titled “Introducing Aforo” dated September 29, 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Open-source SDK license

The public SDK and gateway-plugin repository is released under Apache License 2.0.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Pricing Architect AI

Pricing Architect AI converts plain-English pricing into metrics, rate plans and entitlements, then simulates against 30 days of usage before staging deployment.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Pricing models

The platform includes eight native models: per-unit, graduated, volume-tiered, included-quota, flat-rate, percentage, staircase and outcome-based.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Product types

The platform supports APIs, AI models, data products, MCP servers, and AI agents.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Public repository documentation

Each repository artifact is documented with a README, USER_GUIDE.md and CHANGELOG.md.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Public repository maturity

The repository page shows zero stars, zero forks and 47 commits when accessed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Public repository scope

The GitHub repository lists 24 language and protocol SDK packages, five gateway plugins, an EMQX plugin and direct REST ingestion.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Python agent package

The PyPI package aforo-agent-metering 0.3.2 supports Python 3.9 through 3.12 and is classified as alpha software under Apache-2.0.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pypi.org

Python package release

PyPI records aforo-agent-metering 0.3.2 as released on October 5, 2026 with one maintainer named aforoai.Read 15 Oct 2026 · pypi.org

Reconciliation

Nightly reconciliation compares estimated and invoiced revenue and reports drift bands of plus or minus 1%, 5% and 15%.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

SDK languages

Documentation lists Node.js, Python, Go and Java SDKs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · docs.aforo.ai

Security claims

Aforo states that it provides tenant isolation, workspace-scoped data, role-based access control and immutable audit trails; its FAQ describes SOC 2 audit work as in progress.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

System architecture

The company describes PostgreSQL for transactional records, ClickHouse for analytics with 365-day retention, and server-sent events for live ingestion views.Read 15 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Who it is for

Aforo describes the platform as serving Engineering, Product, Finance, and Sales and Revenue Operations teams.Read 2 Oct 2026 · aforo.ai

Plans and prices

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