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mathieu-lago authored Sep 9, 2022
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<h1 align="center">Lago</h2>

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Open Source Billing API for Product Led SaaS.
Open Source Billing API for Product-Led SaaS.
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The best alternative to Chargebee, Recurly or Stripe Billing
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<!-- ABOUT THE PROJECT -->
## An open-source programmable billing API for B2B SaaS
## The programmable billing API for product-led SaaS
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/24354699/180470821-10f5e6e6-c57f-41d9-b1bd-f5a2ded60747.mov


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- Hybrid go-to-market motion: self-serve and sales-led.

**Open-source, open architecture:**
- **Composable:** connect Lago to any of your internal systems or tools (i.e. any payment gateway, CRM, CPQ, accounting software);
- **Pricing:** we’re not rent seekers, we’re not asking for a % of your revenue. Our self-hosted version is free. Our cloud version is priced like a SaaS;
- **Privacy:** your data never has to leave your infrastructure.


## Stay up to date
- Composable: connect Lago to any of your internal systems or tools (i.e. any payment gateway, CRM, CPQ, accounting software);
- Pricing: we’re not rent seekers, we’re not asking for a % of your revenue. Our self-hosted version is free. Our cloud version is priced like a SaaS;
- Privacy: your data never has to leave your infrastructure.

## ✨ Features
- **[Usage metering](https://www.getlago.com/products/metering)**: Lago's event-based architecture provides a solid foundation for building a fair pricing model that scales with your business;
- **[Price plans](https://www.getlago.com/products/plans)**: Lago supports all pricing models. Create pay-as-you-go and hybrid plans in no time with our intuitive user interface or API;
- **[Coupons](https://www.getlago.com/products/coupons)**: Create engaging marketing campaigns and increase conversion with coupons that customers can redeem to get a discount;
- **[Add-ons](https://www.getlago.com/products/add-ons)**: Why wait until the end of the billing cycle to get paid? Lago allows you to create one-time charges that are invoiced on the fly;
- **[Invoicing](https://www.getlago.com/products/invoicing)**: Depending on the configuration of your plans, Lago automatically calculates what each customer owes you and generates invoices; and
- **[Prepaid credits](https://www.getlago.com/products/prepaid-credits)**: Unlock recurring revenue opportunities for pay-as-you-go pricing models with Lago’s prepaid credit features.

## 🔔 Stay up to date
Lago launched its v0.1 on June 2nd, 2022. Lots of new features are coming, and are generally released on a bi-weekly basis. Watch updates of this repository to be notified of future updates. Take a look at our [Public Roadmap](https://github.com/getlago/lago/projects/2)!

## License
## 🔖 License
Distributed under the AGPLv3 License. Read more [here](https://www.getlago.com/blog/open-source-licensing-and-why-lago-chose-agplv3).

## Deploy locally
## 💻 Deploy locally

### Requirements
1. Install Docker on your machine;
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Lago uses the following environment variables to configure the components of the application. You can override them to customise your setup. Take a closer look are our [documentation](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/self-hosting/docker#configuration).

## Use the fully hosted Lago Cloud
## ☁️ Use the fully hosted Lago Cloud
Get started with our free Lago Cloud version, request access: [email protected].

## Features
- Ingest and aggregate events: push usage-based events to Lago and aggregate them into [billable metrics](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/billable-metrics/overview) to measure consumption;
- Create [plans](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/plans/overview) to define the billing period (week, month, year), base amount (i.e. subscription fee that can be paid in advance or in arrears), trial period and to add usage-based charges linked to your billable metrics;
- Manage [coupons](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/coupons);
- Apply [add-ons](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/addons) (i.e. one-time charges, such as implementation fees);
- Manage [tax rates](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/invoicing/taxes);
- Generate [invoices](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/invoicing/overview): download branded PDF invoices or use our webhooks to send billing information to your favorite invoicing tool (e.g. Quickbooks, Netsuite); and
- Collect [payments](https://doc.getlago.com/docs/guide/payments/overview) by transmitting billing information to your payment provider (can be any provider, Lago is agnostic). We also have a native integration with Stripe Payments – more are coming.

And [much more](https://github.com/getlago/lago/projects/2) to come...

## Getting the most out of Lago
## 🚀 Getting the most out of Lago
- See the [documentation](https://doc.getlago.com) to learn more about all the features;
- Use our [templates](https://www.getlago.com/resources/templates/all) to get inspiration and learn how to reproduce Algolia’s, Segment’s and Klaviyo’s pricings;
- Use our [templates](https://www.getlago.com/resources/templates/all) to get inspiration and learn how to reproduce Algolia’s, Segment’s and Klaviyo’s pricing models;
- Join our [Slack community](https://join.slack.com/t/lago-community/shared_invite/zt-1bw903041-PsxQmQios5utmETm1EZkvQ) if you need help, or want to chat, we’re here to help;
- Contribute on GitHub: read our [guidelines](https://github.com/getlago/lago/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md);
- Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/GetLago) for the latest news;
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