Metronome
Metronome is a hosted usage-based billing platform for software companies.
What Metronome is
Metronome is a hosted usage-based billing platform for software companies. It combines real-time metering, pricing, billing, and reporting, with recurring invoices and online payments. Teams can define SQL-based usage metrics directly from raw events and stream billable metrics with low-latency alerting. Supported pricing approaches include usage-based, seat-based, subscription, and hybrid models. Centralized rate cards, commits, and credit models support configurable contract terms, customer-specific discounts, and amendments. Webhooks and APIs can give customers in-product visibility into spending and control over it. The Startup plan includes metering and alerting, native Stripe integration, and embeddable billing dashboards; billing volume is charged at 0.8% and events at $0.04/1k ingest events. Custom adds invoicing integrations, data exports, an account manager, enhanced SLAs, and priority support. Listed integrations and destinations cover major finance, cloud, warehouse, and analytics services. Metronome encrypts data in transit and at rest and records actions in an audit log.
Good
- Supports multiple pricing models
- SQL metrics use raw events
- Includes recurring invoices and online payments
- Offers APIs and webhooks for spend visibility
- Provides data exports and integrations
Watch out
- No free plan
- Startup billing volume charged at 0.8%
- Events charged at $0.04/1k ingest events
- Plan prices are otherwise not listed
Who it suits
Metronome suits software companies launching or scaling products with usage-based, subscription, seat-based, or hybrid pricing. Startup targets teams launching usage-based products, while Custom targets companies scaling revenue or changing pricing.
Verdict
Metronome brings metering, billing, pricing controls, and reporting into one hosted platform. Its usage charges, paid-only model, and plan differences are important when evaluating fit.
Plans and prices
From Metronome's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Startup | Priced on request | For teams launching usage-based products · Real-time usage metering and alerting · Usage-based, seat-based, subscription, and hybrid pricing · Scaled self-serve and custom enterprise contracts · Native Stripe integration · Embeddable billing dashboards · Billing volume billed at 0.8%; events volume billed at $0.04/1k ingest events. |
| Custom | Priced on request | For companies scaling revenue or transforming pricing · Everything in Starter, plus Salesforce, NetSuite, and cloud marketplace invoicing integrations · Data exports to data warehouses and BI tools · Dedicated account manager · Enhanced SLAs and priority support · Contact sales. |
The facts
Each one read from Metronome's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- Customer billing experience
- Webhooks and APIs can provide customers with in-product visibility and control over spend.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Nochecked 19 Sep 2026
What it does
- Data exports
- Listed data destinations include Snowflake, S3, Redshift, Postgres, MySQL, Google Cloud Storage, Firebolt, Databricks, ClickHouse, BigQuery, and Athena.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The pages reviewed describe a hosted billing platform and APIs; they do not state that downloadable desktop or mobile apps are offered.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Stripe, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Salesforce, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Marketplace, Avalara, and Anrok.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- Metronome describes its Startup plan as intended for teams launching usage-based products and its Custom plan for companies scaling revenue or transforming pricing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Online payments
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Pricing controls
- It provides centralized rate cards, commits, and credit models, with configurable contract terms and customer-specific discounts and amendments.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing models
- The product supports usage-based, seat-based, subscription, and hybrid pricing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Metronome describes itself as a usage-based billing platform for software companies.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Real-time monetization
- The platform combines real-time metering, pricing, billing, and reporting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Recurring invoices
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Security
- Metronome says it encrypts data in transit and at rest, enforces least privilege, and records actions in an audit log.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- The security page displays SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 badges.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Custom plan includes a dedicated account manager, enhanced SLAs, and priority support.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Usage metrics
- Customers can use SQL-based metrics on raw events without pre-aggregating and streaming billable metrics with low-latency alerting.checked 8 Oct 2026
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