Kometrics vs SimpleSubscription

Kometrics connects billing providers, imports billing history, and calculates subscription revenue metrics. Its reports cover MRR, ARR, churn, retention, subscriber growth, ARPA, and LTV; Explore tools include Forecast, Revenue Calendar, Risk Radar, Cohorts, Maps, and Goals. It supports Stripe, Paddle, Creem, and Asaas, backfills historical billing data, then uses signed webhooks to keep data current as renewals, upgrades, and cancellations occur. The AI assistant answers plain-language revenue questions using the same figures as workspace reports. A read-only REST API and MCP connector provide workspace data; the connector supports Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Codex. Workspaces can enable anonymized mode, replacing customer names with irreversible pseudonyms and dropping email addresses before storage. Imported billing data is removed within 30 days after a source is disconnected or an account is deleted. The Free plan includes every feature while tracked MRR is under $1,000. The One plan costs $19 a month and includes unlimited team members and workspaces.

SimpleSubscription is a Shopify subscription management app for merchants, covering recurring billing, storefront subscriptions, and a customer portal. Its Subscribe & Save widget supports flexible discounts, delivery frequencies, annual billing, and Shopify native checkout. Subscribers can skip, pause, swap, or cancel subscriptions, change frequency, and update payment methods in the portal. The app retries failed payments and sends reminder emails on every plan, including Free. Shopify Sidekick AI features let merchants ask about subscription data, run subscriber actions with a confirmation step, and navigate to app editors. Migration options include Appstle, Seal, Recharge, Bold, Loop, and Skio, as well as CSV import and API migration. Plan caps count active subscribers only; paused, cancelled, and expired subscriptions do not count. SimpleSubscription says it charges no transaction fees, though Shopify’s standard payment processing still applies. Free includes up to 100 active subscribers; Growth costs $39 a month and Premium costs $99 a month. The pricing note lists a 14-day trial; annual billing options are advertised for paid plans.