Trusted by Mistral AI, PayPal, Groq, and Synthesia with over 10,300 GitHub stars and Y Combinator backing, Lago is the open-source billing engine that handles usage-based, subscription-based, and hybrid pricing models through a single API-first platform — replacing the need to build custom billing logic or depend on opaque SaaS pricing infrastructure. Real-time event ingestion via ClickHouse processes billable events with deduplication and multiple aggregation methods including count, sum, unique count, max, and weighted sum, while graduated pricing tiers, package-based billing, and percentage-based fees model any pricing strategy from simple subscriptions to complex marketplace commission structures. Automated invoice generation calculates charges according to configurable billing cycles with grace periods, proration for mid-cycle changes, and credit note issuance for refunds and adjustments. Prepaid credits enable pay-in-advance models where customers purchase credit blocks and draw down as usage accumulates, while entitlements tie feature access directly to billing plans for automated provisioning and de-provisioning. Payment orchestration integrates natively with Stripe, Adyen, and GoCardless with automatic retry logic, dunning workflows for failed payments, and multi-gateway routing. Revenue analytics provide cross-stream visibility into MRR, usage trends, churn, and revenue drivers through dedicated API endpoints. The customer portal embeds into your application for self-service invoice access and usage monitoring. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.