Orb

Orb

Paid

Developer-first billing platform for complex pricing models

πŸ“ŠUsage & Metered Billing

About Orb

Orb is a modern billing platform built for engineering teams implementing complex pricing. It handles event-based metering, real-time usage tracking, and flexible pricing models (per-seat, usage, tiered, packaged). Orb's API-first approach and real-time data pipeline make it the choice for technically sophisticated billing needs.

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What's Great

  • βœ“Real-time event ingestion pipeline handles high-throughput metering
  • βœ“Supports per-seat, usage-based, tiered, and hybrid pricing natively
  • βœ“API-first design gives engineers full control over billing logic
  • βœ“Clean developer documentation and modern architecture

Watch Out For

  • !Requires strong engineering resources to implement and maintain
  • !Newer platform with a smaller customer base than established competitors
  • !Pricing information requires a sales conversation

Common Use Cases

1

API company billing customers based on real-time usage events

2

Engineering team building complex hybrid pricing with per-seat and usage components

3

Infrastructure provider needing high-throughput event metering for consumption billing

Pricing Model

Paid

Paid subscription required. Check the website for current pricing and free trials.

Category

Usage & Metered Billing

Billing platforms for usage-based, metered, and consumption pricing models.

Tags

orbdeveloper billingevent-basedreal-time meteringapi-first

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