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Metronome

San Francisco-based usage-based billing platform founded 2020. Private (acquired by Stripe Dec 2025). Operates in finance/billing infrastructure. Serves SaaS and AI companies (OpenAI, CockroachDB, Cribl) with metering, pricing, and invoicing tools.

Entry price

Free

Free plan available

Plans tracked

no add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 35 '26

Pricing model

Subscription

Free tier available

Pricing Change History

3 changes

20263 changes

Aug 24, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Metronome: entry plan renamed Starter → Startup

Entry-level plan renamed from "Starter" to "Startup"; pricing unchanged (0.8% billing volume, $0.04/1k ingest events).

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Aug 3, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Metronome: Starter plan free-volume allowance removed

Starter plan lost its included free allowance: $100,000 billing volume and 10M events no longer shown as included before fees apply; now billed flat at 0.8% and $0.04/1k events from the start.

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Jul 13, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Metronome adds usage pricing detail: $100K included, 0.8% overage on Starter

Starter plan now discloses exact usage-based pricing on the pricing page: $100,000 in billing volume included (0.8% overage) and 10M events included ($0.04/1k events overage), replacing vague marketing bullets.

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