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§ Tech.00
Lago — Zero-tax usage billing
An open-source billing engine built on an event-based architecture. Ingests up to 15,000 events per second to execute complex, usage-based pricing models without surrendering a percentage of your total corporate revenue.
15,000
events ingested per sec
Event-based
metering architecture
0%
revenue tax
§ Tech.01Replaces
What it replaces
| Billing Engine | Pricing Model | Impact on $30M ARR |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe Billing | 0.5% of revenue | Extracts $150,000 annually just for processing invoices. |
| Chargebee | Percentage-based | Cost is decoupled from the actual computational effort of metering. |
Lago replaces punitive cloud billing platforms, ensuring that your billing infrastructure cost remains flat, no matter how much revenue you generate.
§ Tech.02Pipeline
How STACKD uses it
- Engineered specifically to handle the real-time event streaming and high-throughput ingestion that legacy platforms like Stripe Billing fail at.
- Provides the computational foundation for fair usage-based pricing, credit wallets, and hybrid models.
- Operates entirely decoupled from your payment router, allowing unparalleled flexibility in financial operations.
§ Tech.03Business case
Business outcomes
E-commerce
High-volume transactional billing and complex tier structures.
Hundreds of thousands in revenue saved vs percentage-based billing.
Professional services
Metered billing for hourly retainers or API consumption.
Flawless real-time event tracking without arbitrary software taxation.