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Lago vs Orb

Lago and Orb both land on Depends.

Lago

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if your engineering team meters usage . API calls, compute, tokens . and wants open-source control over hybrid pricing.

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Orb

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy Orb if usage-based pricing is core to your product and you have engineers to integrate metering.

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Lago versus Orb
Compare	Lago	Orb
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Engineering teams with usage-based pricing	AI companies metering usage
Who it's not for	Flat-rate SaaS with simple monthly subscriptions	Simple flat-rate subscription businesses
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁴	Publishes a product security page with program claims; no independent vulnerabilities found for Orb billing (other 'ORB' CVEs relate to Chrome/Java, not this product).
Support quality	Support is G2 reviewers' first-listed pro	No support-related evidence found
Public sentiment	Reviewers praise clean docs and responsive support, and Reddit developers rank Lago a top pick among open-source usage-billing platforms.^⁹	G2 reviewers describe Orb as a comprehensive billing product with strong flexibility, but available snippets were truncated so no verbatim quotes could be extracted.
Biggest gotcha	Open-source isn't zero-cost: hosting, upgrades, and billing correctness land on your team¹⁶	Billing migrations are painful; evaluate alternatives before committing data models

Pick Lago when

Engineering teams with usage-based pricing
AI and compute companies metering tokens or infrastructure
Teams wanting open-source billing control
Hybrid subscription-plus-overage models

When Lago is not a fit

Flat-rate SaaS with simple monthly subscriptions
Teams with no engineers to build and run billing
Small shops needing invoicing live this week
Anyone wanting payments, tax, and invoicing bundled in

Pick Orb when

AI companies metering usage
Developer tools with usage-based pricing
Teams that change pricing often
Finance plus engineering billing workflows

When Orb is not a fit

Simple flat-rate subscription businesses
Teams with no engineers to integrate metering
Pre-revenue products needing only payment links
Buyers wanting published self-serve pricing

Sources

Lago . Open-Source Billing Infrastructuregetlago.com
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getlago/lago on GitHubgithub.com
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Lago Pricinggetlago.com
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Lago Securitygetlago.com
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Lago Customersgetlago.com
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TechCrunch: Lago banks $22Mtechcrunch.com
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Hacker News: Lago, Open-Source Stripe Alternative, banks $22Mnews.ycombinator.com
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Medium: Lago . YC wunderkind or wonder fail?citrullin.medium.com
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G2: Lago Reviews 2026g2.com
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G2: Lago Pros and Consg2.com
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Reddit r/SaaS: Billing Platforms (Openmeter/Lago/Flexprice)reddit.com
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Reddit r/SaaS: Billing Platforms (Orb/Metronome/Amberflo/Lago/Maxio)reddit.com
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SpotSaaS: Lago vs Zoho Billingspotsaas.com
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Orb: What Lago reviews are saying in 2025withorb.com
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Alguna: Why modern SaaS teams switch from Lagoblog.alguna.com
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Railway: Self-hosting Lago templaterailway.com
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