CRM, Marketing & Scheduling
Top 2 Self-Hosted Open-Source Alternatives to Stripe Billing / Chargebee (2026)
Stripe Billing / Chargebee costs 0.7%–0.8% of recurring billing volume (~$250+/mo at $35k MRR) ($250/mo or $3,000/year for 10 seats). Switch to one of the verified open-source Docker replacements below.
★ 7.9k Stars • AGPL-3.0
1536MB RAM / 2.0 vCPU
Lago
Open-source metering and usage-based billing engine for AI, API, and SaaS companies
- ✓Processes 15,000+ billing events/sec
- ✓Prepaid credits, pay-as-you-go & hybrid plans
- ✓Connects to Stripe, Adyen & GoCardless without the 0.7% tax
getlago/api:latest
TCO & Docker Compose →
★ 4.8k Stars • Apache-2.0
1024MB RAM / 1.0 vCPU
Kill Bill
Enterprise open-source subscription billing and payment orchestration platform
- ✓True Apache-2.0 open source
- ✓Multi-currency dunning & catalog trials
- ✓Real-time financial ledger
killbill/killbill:latest
TCO & Docker Compose →