Engineering
Unpacking the B2B Payment Process
Charging customers is complex due to overlapping components like metering, billing, invoicing, and payments. But building a robust billing engine can help you solve that.
Finn Lobsien
Product
We raised $22 million to build an open-source alternative to traditional payments & billing platforms
Lago has raised $22 million led by FirstMark along with Y Combinator, New Wave, Script, as well as industry leaders.
Engineering
Using ClickHouse to scale your events engine
Scaling our open-source platform required a shift from Postgres to a hybrid stack, integrating ClickHouse for efficient event handling. Here’s how we did it!
The 777‐point Hacker News hit that got us 000 star
Read about the hack that made us hit our first 1000 GitHub stars for our Open Source Project.
Startup Stories
We’re in Beta, why are they so mad?
In this blog post, Lago's co-founder explores the varied perceptions of alpha and beta product stages, arguing that while often misused as buzzwords or excuses for underdeveloped products, these labels can be beneficial for customer transparency and feedback if applied correctly.
Startup Stories
Why companies should consider alpha and beta programs
While Alpha and beta labels spark debate in product development, we break down their definitions, benefits, and how to leverage these stages for success.
Pricing & Monetization
Why is calculating Stripe MRR so difficult?
Lago's co-founder discusses how difficult it can be to get financial data out of Stripe and how it makes it hard to calculate MRR. This blog post also dives into the alternatives available to calculate financial metrics out of Stripe's data.
Engineering
Open-source does not win by being cheaper
Being “like Stripe, but open source” isn’t enough. Explore what makes open-source companies win—transparency, extensibility, and real product advantage.
Engineering
Why Billing Engineers in Fintechs should be paid more
In this blog post, Lago's co-founder Raffi gives insight on the biggest challenges Fintech companies face when building a billing engine.
Pricing & Monetization
Strategies for pricing software products in a down market
With the economy changing, it's time for B2B SaaS companies to rethink per-seat pricing. We explore how new user trends and creative pricing strategies can spark growth
Pricing & Monetization
Refunds, Coupons & Credit Notes: why they are different
Found product market fit? Be ready for the Refunds. We broke down for you the most common refund misconceptions and introduce you to friendlier solution: credit notes.
Interviews
Sales Operations, Monetization and Pricing: a chat with Meghan Gill
Meghan Gill was the first business hire at MongoDB, she scaled the company from 0 to IPO and shares her learnings on Sales Operations, Monetisation and Pricing from 13 years of experience. She details her learnings from being early employee and how she handles Usage based in Sales Operations.