Metronome

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt)

Pricing model

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]pricingsaas.com/companies/metronome“Metronome currently offers 2 pricing plans: Starter (pricing not disclosed) and Custom (pricing not disclosed).”metronome.com/pricing“Billing built to grow with you. Start free, scale confidently. Never outgrow your billing infrastructure.”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]metronome.com/pricing“Starter plan: Start for free. Custom plan: Talk to an expert. No specific dollar amounts or percentage fees are listed on the pricing page.”

Free tier

✓ Yes [4]metronome.com/pricing“Start for free — For teams launching usage-based products. Includes real-time event ingestion, multiple pricing models, self-serve and enterprise contract support, real-time alerting, native Stripe integration, and embeddable billing dashboards.”

Free tier details

Starter plan is free: includes real-time event ingestion, multiple pricing models (usage-based, seat-based, subscription, hybrid), self-serve and enterprise contract support, real-time alerting, native Stripe integration, and embeddable billing dashboards. No dollar amounts or volume caps published.

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [5]metronome.com/pricing“Custom: For companies scaling revenue or transforming pricing. Includes dedicated account manager, enhanced SLAs and priority support, tailored pricing for high-volume usage and scale.”

• Usage-based billing
• Dunning / recovery
• Tax / VAT handling
• Entitlements

Supported actions

usage_metering, event_ingestion, billable_metrics, rate_cards, create_subscription, invoicing, credits_and_commits, proration, tiered_pricing, seat_based_pricing, usage_based_pricing, hybrid_pricing, customer_provisioning, contract_management, entitlements, trials, coupons, revenue_recognition, dunning, webhooks, notifications_and_alerts, spend_controls, embeddable_dashboards, tax_calculation, multicurrency, data_warehouse_export, audit_logs, RBAC_for_API_tokens, package_management, cloud_marketplace_integration

Regions

Global (multi-currency support), EEA (GDPR compliance), UK, Switzerland, United States [6]metronome.com/privacy-policy“These disclosures supplement the information contained in our Privacy Notice by providing additional information about our personal data processing practices relating to individuals who access our services or otherwise interact with us from the European Economic Area.”

Input types

usage events, metered events, customer objects, contract terms, rate cards, subscription objects, invoice line items

Output types

JSON, invoices, webhook events, revenue recognition reports, embeddable billing dashboards, data warehouse exports, audit logs

Webhooks

✓ Yes [7]docs.metronome.com/enhance-customer-experience/customer-controls/“Taking action on alerts in real time requires the use of webhooks—dedicated endpoints in your application for receiving and processing alert notifications, which can be configured in Metronome under Connections - API tokens & webhooks.”

Sandbox / test mode

✓ Yes [8]docs.metronome.com/launch-guides/quickstart/“The environment is determined entirely by your API token. A sandbox token only works with sandbox data; a production token only works with production data.”

SDK languages

Python, Node.js, Ruby, Go [9]docs.metronome.com/api-reference/sdks“pip install --pre metronome-sdk ... npm install @metronome/sdk ... gem install metronome-sdk ... go get -u 'github.com/Metronome-Industries/metronome-go'”docs.metronome.com/changelog“Java SDK Released (May 15, 2026): First official Metronome Java SDK now available through Maven and Gradle.”

MCP server

✓ Yes [10]npmjs.com/package/@metronome/mcp“The official MCP Server for the Metronome API... npx -y @metronome/mcp@latest”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [11]metronome.com/security“SOC 1 Type 2 — Certified. SOC 2 Type 2 — Certified.”metronome.com/solutions/finance“SOC 1 and SOC 2 compliance certifications. Fully auditable for peace of mind.”

HIPAA

✗ No [12]metronome.com/security“The security page lists SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications. HIPAA is not mentioned.”metronome.com/terms-of-service“No HIPAA or Business Associate Agreement (BAA) references appear in the Terms of Service.”

GDPR

✓ Yes [13]metronome.com/privacy-policy“These disclosures supplement the information contained in our Privacy Notice by providing additional information about our personal data processing practices relating to individuals who access our services or otherwise interact with us from the European Economic Area.”metronome.com/privacy-policy“For transfers outside the EEA/UK/Switzerland, Metronome implements safeguards including adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, and the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.”

ISO 27001

✗ No [14]metronome.com/security“Our cloud providers comply with industry-leading security practices and frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.”

PCI DSS

✗ No [15]metronome.com/security“Our cloud providers comply with industry-leading security practices and frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.”

Published SLA

✗ No [16]metronome.com/terms-of-service“NONE OF THE METRONOME INDEMNITEES WARRANTS THAT...THE SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION, UNINTERRUPTED, OR SECURE”metronome.com/pricing“Custom plan includes enhanced SLAs with priority support — these are negotiated, not publicly published.”

Rate limits

Approximately 6.6 million events per minute with batching (practical throughput guidance, not a strict throttling limit); up to 100 events per request in batch ingestion. [17]docs.metronome.com/launch-guides/quickstart/“You can batch up to 100 events per request”docs.metronome.com/launch-guides/quickstart/“Metronome supports approximately 6.6 million events per minute with batching”

Known restrictions

Azure Marketplace listings support USD pricing only - other fiat currencies not currently supported for marketplace listings, Sandbox API tokens only work with sandbox data; production tokens only work with production data, Events must be within the last 34 days and cannot be future-dated in sandbox testing, Metronome does not create revenue journal entries - it provides data for downstream ERP processing, Acquired by Stripe in December 2025; now part of Stripe's monetization infrastructure, Not HIPAA certified; not suitable for use cases involving protected health information, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS certifications belong to Metronome's cloud providers, not Metronome itself [18]metronome.com/security“Our cloud providers comply with industry-leading security practices and frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.”docs.metronome.com/invoicing/how-invoicing-works/invoicing-with-azure-marketplace/“Only USD pricing is currently supported in Marketplace listings - Metronome-powered marketplace listings can only use USD for listing price”

• Docs
• Changelog
• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.metronome.com/v1

Version

v1

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✓ Yes

Error format

vendor-specific

Webhook signing

hmac_sha256

SDKs

• Python metronome-sdk · repo
• Node.js @metronome/sdk · repo
• Ruby metronome-sdk · repo
• Go github.com/Metronome-Industries/metronome-go · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server
• Webhook events

Launched

2020-01-01

Notable customers

OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Confluent, NVIDIA, Cribl, Starburst, Fly.io, Ideogram

• Chargebee

  "Billing & Monetization for SaaS and AI Companies."

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Maxio

  "Power your AI business with the billing, rev rec, and reporting engine that's as smart and scalable as your next breakthrough."

  Subscription · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Recurly

  "Subscription Management Software & Recurring Billing Platform"

  Hybrid · public pricing · self-serve

• Stigg

  "Monetization Control Layer for AI Products"

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Lago

  "Lago is an open-source software for metering and usage-based billing. It's the best alternative to Chargebee, Recurly or Stripe Billing for companies that need to handle complex billing logic."

  Sales-led · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Stripe

  Financial infrastructure to grow your revenue.

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

Metronome alternatives · Metronome vs Chargebee · All Subscription & Billing APIs APIs

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7. ↑Webhooks: docs.metronome.com
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9. ↑SDK languages: docs.metronome.com · docs.metronome.com
10. ↑MCP server: npmjs.com
11. ↑SOC 2: metronome.com · metronome.com
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13. ↑GDPR: metronome.com · metronome.com
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13. 2026-06-21 Changelog URL: (none) → https://metronome.com/changelog
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50. 2026-06-21 Fields Not Found: set to minimum_commitment, specific pricing amounts or percentage-of-revenue fees for …

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