Lago vs Subscribie

Lago is an open-source billing platform that connects product usage and commercial terms with customer invoices. It supports usage-based, subscription, prepaid, and hybrid pricing, plus quotes, order forms, prepaid credits, entitlements, quotas, subscription and usage charges, and itemized invoices. For AI products, Lago can meter input, output, and cached tokens separately and assign usage to customers for billing. Applications can connect through a REST API, official JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and Go SDKs, or signed webhooks. Listed AI integrations include OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Gemini, and Mistral; payment and finance integrations include Adyen, Stripe, NetSuite, and Xero. The Open source plan is free, licensed under AGPLv3 and self-hosted. Lago Premium is available as cloud or self-hosted deployment, including on-premises or in a VPC, but pricing is provided after contacting Lago. Lago states it is SOC 2 Type II certified and describes single sign-on, role-based access controls, and audit logs. Premium includes platform support, business-hours incident management, and implementation guidance.

Subscribie lets businesses, clubs, and service providers create subscription websites and collect recurring payments online without coding. Shops can offer weekly, monthly, or yearly payments, as well as one-off upfront charges, all handled through Stripe. A shop can be embedded in an existing website and also gets a free Subscribie web address. Owners can publish subscriber-only files and private pages, pause or cancel subscriptions, set cancellation dates, and refund individual transactions. The service can automatically charge VAT and generate invoices that show VAT. Listed integrations include Stripe payments, Google Analytics, and the Tawk live chat widget. The maker describes Subscribie as open-source software that users with the skills can host themselves, as well as a web service. A free plan covers subscription plan creation, sign-up page setup, and test payments. Business Plan costs £27.99 a month plus 1.25% of sales and Stripe fees. Yearly 25% off costs £251.90 a year plus the same charges. The maker says support is available online and by email during support hours.