11 tools in this category
Payment processing and billing tools for accepting money, managing subscriptions, and monetizing software.
For founders and product teams building paid products and SaaS.
Editor picks
Stripe
PaidSaaS and consumer subscriptions with self-serve checkout
Payments platform for online checkout, subscriptions, invoicing, marketplaces, and fraud management.
Developer first payments with unusual breadth across checkout, billing, marketplaces, and financial tooling.
Metronome
Free planUsage-based billing
Usage-based billing and monetization infrastructure for software companies that need to operationalize complex pricing models rather than bolt them awkwardly onto generic billing systems.
Closest comparisons include Stripe Billing, Orb, and other usage-billing infrastructure vendors.
Paddle
PaidIndie and SMB SaaS selling globally without building tax ops
Merchant of record platform for SaaS billing, subscriptions, tax compliance, and global payments.
Stands out by taking on merchant of record complexity for SaaS teams selling across borders.
Top comparison
All payments tools
Stripe
PaidSaaS and consumer subscriptions with self-serve checkout
Payments platform for online checkout, subscriptions, invoicing, marketplaces, and fraud management.
Developer first payments with unusual breadth across checkout, billing, marketplaces, and financial tooling.
Metronome
Free planUsage-based billing
Related stacks
This is the build stack I reach for when I want an AI-heavy coding loop but still need a real product at the end: terminal agent, repo-aware editor, backend, billing, and deploy path.
This is the stack for B2B SaaS teams that outgrow simple checkout flows. Billing automation, invoices, lifecycle email, analytics, and your product database all stay connected.
Usage-based billing and monetization infrastructure for software companies that need to operationalize complex pricing models rather than bolt them awkwardly onto generic billing systems.
Closest comparisons include Stripe Billing, Orb, and other usage-billing infrastructure vendors.
