Top 8 alternatives to Orb for usage-based billing
Orb is a strong usage-based billing engine, but narrower than full quote-to-cash platforms. Here are 8 alternatives with broader scope.
Orb has carved out a strong position as a pure-play usage-based billing engine, purpose-built for AI companies, API businesses, and high-volume event-driven SaaS. Its metering engine handles massive event streams, its API is developer-friendly, and it has become a default choice for teams whose product monetizes through consumption.
The ceiling shows up when billing needs expand beyond metering. Orb focuses narrowly on usage-based invoicing, which means teams need to bolt on CPQ tools for enterprise deals, separate platforms for quote-to-cash workflows, and third-party services for tax compliance and global e-invoicing. As SaaS companies grow into enterprise contracts or international invoicing, many start evaluating platforms with broader scope.
What changed in 2026: Orb is now part of Adyen
On 11 June 2026, Adyen announced it was acquiring Orb for $335 million. The deal closed on 1 July 2026 and Orb now operates as a wholly owned Adyen subsidiary. For buyers that changes the question. Orb's roadmap will follow Adyen's payments business, so teams that process with Stripe, GoCardless or a regional PSP should ask how long processor neutrality lasts, and teams that wanted an independent billing layer now have one fewer option. Read our take in Hyperline vs Orb.
If you are weighing alternatives to Orb in 2026, here are eight platforms worth evaluating, starting with the one that covers the complete revenue process in a single system.
1. Hyperline
Hyperline is the new standard for revenue management, a unified platform that consolidates quote-to-cash workflows into a single system of record. Where Orb focuses on usage metering as a core competency, Hyperline wraps native usage-based billing into a broader platform covering quoting, contracts, billing, invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting.
Three differences separate Hyperline from Orb. Scope: Hyperline delivers the full quote-to-cash lifecycle, not just metering and invoicing. Pricing breadth: Hyperline handles hybrid pricing (subscriptions plus usage) natively in a single engine, without stitching billing tools together. Compliance: e-invoicing is certified in 80+ territories and invoicing is compliant in 100+ countries, built in rather than handled by third-party tax engines.
Key Features:
- Unified quote-to-cash engine spanning sales, billing, and finance
- Native hybrid billing: flat, tiered, volume, graduated, usage-based, and custom pricing
- Built-in e-invoicing certified in 80+ territories, compliance in 100+ countries
- AI monitoring, smart payment retries, real-time revenue alerts
- 99.97% uptime, SOC2, ISO27001, GDPR certified
- Real-time expert support responding in under 10 minutes
Ideal For:
SaaS companies that chose Orb for strong metering but now need CPQ, enterprise contract management, global e-invoicing, or consolidated finance reporting in the same platform.
Pros:
- Full quote-to-cash in one system, no stitching together Orb plus CPQ plus tax tools
- Native hybrid pricing, not just metering
- Global compliance and e-invoicing built in
- Eliminates up to 80% of manual finance work, 99.9% reconciliation accuracy
- 4.9/5 on G2, 500M+ invoices processed, customers include ScorePlay, Lemlist, Formance, and Truvi
Cons:
- Broader scope than pure metering teams may need
- Newer brand than some incumbents, though track record is strong across high-growth SaaS
Pricing:
Custom pricing based on revenue volume and feature scope. Book a demo for a tailored quote.
2. Lago
Lago is the open-source alternative for engineering teams that want full control of their billing stack. Built API-first, it supports any pricing model you can describe in code, with a self-hosted option for data residency needs.
Key Features: open-source core, API-first, flexible event metering, webhooks, subscription events.
Ideal For: dev-led infrastructure companies. Mistral, Groq, and Together.ai run on Lago.
Pros: open-source control, self-hosted option, unopinionated architecture.
Cons: requires engineering bandwidth to operate, no built-in CRM, CPQ, or tax compliance layer.
Pricing: free self-hosted, paid cloud for the managed offering.
3. M3ter
M3ter focuses on usage-based pricing for enterprise software companies. Built by former AWS metering leads, it handles complex commit-and-draw contracts at enterprise scale.
Key Features: real-time metering, commit-based deal support, pricing simulation sandbox, SOC2 compliance.
Ideal For: enterprise software vendors selling complex commit-and-draw or overage contracts.
Pros: purpose-built for enterprise usage-based, strong pricing sandbox, solid API coverage.
Cons: limited scope beyond metering, no invoicing layer at scale for multi-currency or localized tax.
Pricing: custom enterprise pricing.
4. Maxio
Maxio (the 2022 merger of Chargify and SaaSOptics) combines subscription billing with SaaS financial metrics, targeting finance-led teams that want billing plus MRR/ARR reporting in one platform.
Key Features: subscription management, MRR and ARR analytics, GAAP revenue recognition, cohort analysis.
Ideal For: mid-market B2B SaaS with a CFO-led motion, companies prioritizing financial reporting.
Pros: strong rev-rec and metrics capabilities, mature SaaS finance focus.
Cons: less flexible for usage-based pricing than Orb, UI shows legacy roots.
Pricing: tiered based on billed revenue, custom for enterprise tiers.
5. Zenskar
Zenskar blends subscription and usage-based billing with a no-code configuration layer, aimed at finance teams that want flexibility without engineering dependency.
Key Features: hybrid billing, no-code pricing editor, automated revenue recognition, customer portal.
Ideal For: finance-led teams at mid-market SaaS transitioning to hybrid pricing.
Pros: no-code pricing setup, flexible contract models, faster iteration for non-engineers.
Cons: smaller partner ecosystem, younger product with a shorter track record.
Pricing: custom, based on billed volume and feature tier.
6. Alguna
Alguna is a modern billing and monetization platform targeting B2B SaaS with usage-based or hybrid pricing. It focuses on reducing the time from pricing decision to deployed billing.
Key Features: hybrid pricing support, pricing analytics, no-code configuration.
Ideal For: early to mid-stage SaaS iterating on pricing models.
Pros: fast to deploy, flexible for pricing experiments, clean UX.
Cons: young product, limited enterprise track record.
Pricing: custom, based on tier and volume.
7. Octane
Octane targets usage-based SaaS with a developer-friendly platform for metering, pricing, and billing. It positions itself between pure metering tools and full billing suites.
Key Features: real-time metering, pricing flexibility, API-first architecture.
Ideal For: mid-market SaaS with usage-based or hybrid pricing needs.
Pros: strong API, flexible pricing model support, reasonable implementation time.
Cons: smaller ecosystem, narrower scope beyond billing.
Pricing: custom, based on volume.
8. BillingPlatform
BillingPlatform is an enterprise-grade billing system with a modernized UI. It caters to telcos, utilities, and complex B2B enterprises.
Key Features: enterprise rating engine, configurable workflows, multi-entity and multi-currency support.
Ideal For: large enterprises replacing legacy billing stacks in regulated verticals.
Pros: deep configurability, handles complex enterprise scenarios, proven at scale.
Cons: longer implementation cycles, higher total cost of ownership, not SaaS-native.
Pricing: custom enterprise pricing.
Is Hyperline Right for You?
If Orb gave you strong metering but your roadmap now requires CPQ, enterprise contract management, or global e-invoicing, Hyperline is the most complete successor on this list. It is also processor-agnostic, which matters more now that Orb belongs to a payment company. It keeps the native usage-based capabilities you need and adds the rest of the quote-to-cash stack in a single platform used by ScorePlay, Lemlist, Formance, and Truvi.
Teams that move from Orb to Hyperline usually share three traits: they run hybrid pricing (subscription plus usage), they sell into enterprise and need CPQ, and they want global compliance without adding a tax engine on the side.
Book a demo to see how Hyperline can extend your billing beyond Orb.
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Frequently asked questions
Usually not on its own. Oracle CPQ brings enterprise-grade catalog and pricing-rule capabilities for organizations operating at significant scale, but implementation timelines and total cost of ownership are heavy for a mid-market SaaS company evaluating it from scratch, unless the business is already committed to the Oracle CX or ERP ecosystem.
LedgerUp is focused on the post-signature handoff: getting from a signed contract to a first invoice quickly. It does not include native CPQ, and its global e-invoicing and revenue recognition depth are limited compared to a full quote-to-cash platform, so teams that scale into hybrid pricing or larger, multi-country contracts typically re-evaluate.
As SaaS companies grow, billing needs become more complex. HubSpot CPQ has limits: no quote-to-invoice automation, little pricing flexibility, basic reporting, manual revenue recognition, and no advanced subscription support.
Hyperline is the strongest fit for B2B SaaS companies with usage-based, tiered, or hybrid pricing that need CPQ, billing, and revenue recognition unified in one platform instead of three separate systems. For simple, seat-based pricing already running on Salesforce, or if the only need is post-signature contract handoff automation like LedgerUp provides, a different platform is a better starting point.
It depends on pricing complexity. Simple, flat subscription pricing can run acceptably on separate best-of-breed tools connected by integrations. Once pricing includes usage-based or hybrid components, or deal sizes require approval workflows and e-signature, the reconciliation cost of stitched-together tools tends to outweigh the flexibility of picking each piece independently.
Salesforce Revenue Cloud's strength is CPQ configurability inside the Salesforce ecosystem. Usage-based and consumption billing is a comparatively newer layer than its quoting core, and the platform generally requires meaningful Salesforce admin and implementation investment to configure well for hybrid pricing.
It varies widely by platform and by how much configuration a business needs. Enterprise-grade, highly configurable platforms like Zuora, Oracle CPQ, or Salesforce Revenue Cloud commonly run several months. Platforms built around a narrower, more opinionated setup, including Hyperline's roughly two-month target, tend to move faster because there's less to configure from scratch.
No. Conga CPQ is built for configuration depth on multi-line, rule-heavy quotes, historically tied closely to Salesforce. Billing and usage metering live outside the product, so it typically functions as the quoting layer in front of a separate billing system rather than a complete quote-to-cash platform on its own.
