Baremetrics alternativeChartsy vs Baremetrics

The Baremetrics alternative for Paddle and merchant-of-record SaaS

Chartsy shows MRR, churn and LTV like Baremetrics, connects Paddle, Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io and Lemon Squeezy natively, and shows which marketing channels bring paying customers. Its price doesn’t climb with your ARR.

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Short answer

Choose Chartsy if

  • You bill through Paddle, Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io or Lemon Squeezy
  • You want to see which marketing channels bring paying customers
  • You want a price that doesn’t rise with your ARR
  • You want to ask ChatGPT or Claude on the web about your revenue

Choose Baremetrics if

  • You bill through Stripe, Braintree, Chargebee, Recurly or the app stores
  • You want forecasting built in
  • You want dunning and cancellation insights as add-ons
  • You want a public Open Startups metrics page

Both give you a ready-made MRR dashboard in minutes. The deciding questions are which billing system you use, whether you need forecasting and dunning, and whether you want to see where paying customers came from.

Baremetrics details come from its pricing page and MCP page, checked in October 2026. Where Baremetrics doesn't document something, we say so instead of guessing. Disclosure: Chartsy is our product. Both tools get the same fact card and the same “not ideal for” line.

Side by side

Chartsy vs Baremetrics comparison table

FeatureChartsyBaremetrics
Starting price (Oct 2026)$9/mo (Starter, 10k events)$75/mo (Launch, monthly billing)
Priced onTracked website visits and signupsARR band
Free planNoNot documented
Trial14 days, no cardFree trial, length not stated
StripeYesYes
Paddle Billing and Paddle ClassicYesNo native connector (API or CSV import)
Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io, Lemon SqueezyYesNot documented
Braintree, Chargebee, Recurly, app stores, ShopifyNoYes
Other billing systemsCustom Billing APIUniversal Connector
MRR, churn, LTV, MRR movementsYesYes
ForecastingGoal pacing onlyYes
Dunning / payment recoveryNoAdd-on, +$129/mo
Cancellation insightsNoAdd-on, +$129/mo
Public metrics pageNoOpen Startups
Revenue by marketing channelYesNot documented
In-app AI assistant200 or 2,000 questions/moNot documented
MCP serverRead-only, 19 tools; OAuth or tokenRead-only; API key; desktop clients only
Why founders look elsewhere

Baremetrics is a great Stripe dashboard. These are the gaps founders run into.

Baremetrics is polished and quick to set up. Founders usually look for an alternative for one of these reasons.

  • Paddle isn’t a native integrationPaddle data has to come in by API or CSV. Chartsy connects Paddle Billing and Paddle Classic natively, plus Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io and Lemon Squeezy.
  • The bill grows with your ARRBaremetrics plans move up by ARR band, from $75 to $1,152 a month on monthly billing. Chartsy is priced on website events, so revenue growth alone doesn’t raise the price.
  • Add-ons cost extraPayment Recovery and Cancellation Insights are $129 a month each on top of the plan.
  • No view of where paying customers came fromChartsy follows each customer from first visit to signup to payment, so you see MRR by channel, campaign and referrer.
Fact cards

Baremetrics and Chartsy at a glance

Same fields for both tools, including what each one is not ideal for.

Baremetrics

Best for: Stripe-first startups that want a polished, ready-made metrics dashboard with forecasting, and optional dunning and cancellation insights.

Baremetrics has been the friendly face of Stripe analytics for years. It connects in minutes, shows MRR, ARR, churn, LTV and ARPU on a clean dashboard, and adds forecasting, benchmarks, a public “Open Startups” metrics page, and paid add-ons for failed-payment recovery and cancellation insights.

Pricing
Monthly billing by ARR band: Launch $75/mo (under $360K ARR), Growth $255/mo, Scale $1,152/mo. The pricing FAQ quotes lower starting prices, which appear to be annual rates; annual plans are up to 35% off. Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights are +$129/mo each.
Free tier or trial
Free trial; length not stated.
Billing sources
Stripe, Braintree, Chargebee, Recurly, Apple App Store, Google Play, Shopify, QuickBooks Online, Xero and a Universal Connector. Paddle has no native connector.
Metrics
MRR, ARR, churn, LTV, ARPU, forecasting, benchmarks.
AI and MCP
A read-only MCP server for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, connected with an API key. Browser-based ChatGPT and Claude.ai aren’t supported yet.
Not ideal for
Teams on Paddle or a merchant of record, teams that don’t want the bill to grow with ARR, and anyone who wants to know which marketing channels bring paying customers.

Chartsy

Best for: Founders who want an easy MRR dashboard plus revenue by marketing channel, especially on Paddle or a merchant of record like Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io or Lemon Squeezy.

Chartsy connects natively to six billing providers, syncs your last 24 months of history, and shows MRR, ARR, churn, LTV, NRR and ARPU with an MRR breakdown by new, expansion, contraction, churned and reactivated revenue. Several accounts, even on different providers, add up into one MRR number.

With revenue attribution, one script on your website follows each customer from first visit to first payment. The read-only MCP server lets you ask Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor about your revenue.

Pricing
Starter from $9/mo, Growth from $29/mo, priced on tracked website visits and signups rather than customers or revenue. Yearly billing gives two months free. No paid add-ons. (pricing)
Free tier or trial
14-day trial, no card. No free plan.
Billing sources
Stripe, Paddle Billing, Paddle Classic, Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io, Lemon Squeezy, plus a Custom Billing API. Two sources on Starter, 20 on Growth.
Metrics
MRR breakdown, churn, LTV, NRR, ARPU, plan and country breakdowns, cohort retention charts, goals with pacing, revenue by marketing channel.
AI and MCP
In-app chat and chart builder (200 questions/mo on Starter, 2,000 on Growth), and a read-only MCP server with 19 tools, connected by OAuth or token.
Sharing and reports
Share links, PDF export, weekly email report, daily briefing.
Privacy
GDPR mode keeps customer names and emails out of the sync (not available for Freemius).
Not ideal for
Teams on Braintree, Chargebee, Recurly or the app stores, teams that need forecasting, automated dunning or a public metrics page, and Paddle Classic sellers who need revenue by channel.
Pricing

What each costs at your stage

Baremetrics goes by your ARR; Chartsy goes by tracked website events (visits and signups), whatever your revenue. Baremetrics prices below are monthly billing; annual plans are up to 35% less.

Baremetrics (monthly billing)

ARRPlanPrice
Under $360KLaunch$75
$360K–$3.6MGrowth$255
$3.6M+Scale$1,152
Add-onsEach+$129

Chartsy (monthly)

Monthly eventsStarterGrowth
10,000$9$29
100,000$29$49
500,000$59$109
1,000,000$79$149
  • $200K ARR, 100,000 events a month: Baremetrics Launch is $75/mo; Chartsy Starter is $29/mo.
  • $1M ARR, 100,000 events a month: Baremetrics Growth is $255/mo; Chartsy Starter is $29/mo.
  • $1M ARR with Payment Recovery: Baremetrics is $384/mo. Chartsy has no dunning, so you’d keep your billing provider’s retries.
  • $300K ARR, 1,000,000 events a month: Baremetrics Launch is $75/mo; Chartsy Starter is $79/mo.

Rule of thumb: Baremetrics gets more expensive as revenue grows; Chartsy gets more expensive as website traffic grows.

Decide

Which should you choose?

  • You’re on PaddleChartsy, which connects Paddle Billing and Paddle Classic natively. See Paddle analytics.
  • You’re on Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io or Lemon SqueezyChartsy, which connects all four natively.
  • You’re on Braintree, Chargebee, Recurly or the app storesBaremetrics, which connects them natively.
  • You want forecasting or dunning in the same toolBaremetrics, with the Payment Recovery add-on for dunning.
  • You want to know which channels bring paying customersChartsy. See revenue attribution for SaaS.
  • Your ARR is growing fast and the bill mattersChartsy, whose price doesn’t move with revenue.
Other options

Other Baremetrics alternatives

Prices from each vendor’s pricing page, October 2026.

ChartMogul

Best for: The most complete pre-built subscription metrics across many billing systems.

Free up to $10K MRR, then Starter from $69/mo and Pro from $119/mo. 30+ billing integrations; Paddle connects through SaaSync, a third-party connector. See ChartMogul alternative.

ProfitWell Metrics

Best for: Free standard metrics on Paddle Billing or Stripe Billing.

Free, now part of Paddle. Also reads Chargebee, Recurly, Braintree and Zuora. Unused accounts are deleted after 12 months. See ProfitWell alternative.

Stripe analytics and Sigma

Best for: Stripe-only teams that want to stay inside Stripe.

Billing analytics come with Stripe Billing (0.7% of Billing volume). Sigma adds SQL from $15/mo. Stripe only. See Stripe Sigma alternative.

MRR.io

Best for: Very small teams on Stripe or Paddle that want the basics free.

Free up to 100 paying customers, then from $19/mo by customer count. Cohorts and forecasts on Pro. See MRR.io alternative.

Before you switch

How to move off Baremetrics without losing history

Chartsy syncs the last 24 months straight from your billing provider, so you don't need to export anything from Baremetrics to get history. What you do need is to agree on definitions before comparing numbers.

Write down your rules first. How do you treat trials, annual plans, refunds, failed payments, reactivations, currencies and one-time charges? Two tools rarely match to the dollar, and the gap is usually a definition, not a bug. Chartsy's rules are in How We Calculate MRR at Chartsy.

Run both for a month. Compare ending MRR, new MRR, churn and active subscriptions for the same period. Where they differ, list the subscriptions behind each number and find which rule explains the gap.

Keep your old reports. Export the Baremetrics reports you rely on and note the date you switched, so future comparisons explain why the numbers changed.

How we compared

What this page answers, and how

Questions founders ask

  • How much does Baremetrics cost, and does the price rise with ARR?
  • Does Baremetrics support Paddle?
  • Which tools support Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io or Lemon Squeezy?
  • Do I need forecasting and dunning, or attribution?
  • Can I see which marketing channels bring paying customers?
  • Can I connect either tool to Claude or ChatGPT?
  • How do I switch without losing history?

How we compared the tools

  1. Price at your stage. And what it is priced on: Baremetrics by ARR band, Chartsy by tracked website visits and signups.
  2. Billing integrations. Which connect natively and which need an API, CSV or a third-party connector.
  3. Metrics. MRR, churn, LTV and the MRR movement breakdown, plus forecasting and cohorts.
  4. Beyond revenue. Dunning, cancellation insights, marketing attribution, sharing and privacy.
  5. AI and MCP. In-app assistants and connections to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Baremetrics alternative?

For Paddle, Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io or Lemon Squeezy sellers, or anyone who wants revenue by marketing channel: Chartsy. For the deepest pre-built metrics across many billing systems: ChartMogul. For free standard metrics on Paddle Billing or Stripe Billing: ProfitWell Metrics.

How much does Baremetrics cost?

On monthly billing, Launch is $75/mo for under $360K ARR, Growth is $255/mo and Scale is $1,152/mo, as of October 2026. Annual plans are up to 35% off, and Payment Recovery and Cancellation Insights cost $129/mo each on top.

Does Baremetrics support Paddle?

Not natively. Paddle isn’t among Baremetrics’ listed integrations, so Paddle data has to come in through its API or a CSV import. Chartsy connects both Paddle Billing and Paddle Classic natively.

Is Chartsy cheaper than Baremetrics?

Usually, once you’re past the earliest stage. Baremetrics rises with ARR, from $75/mo to $1,152/mo on monthly billing. Chartsy starts at $9/mo and rises with website traffic instead, so a $1M ARR business on 100,000 monthly events pays $29/mo on Chartsy Starter and $255/mo on Baremetrics Growth.

Does Chartsy have forecasting and dunning like Baremetrics?

No. Chartsy tracks goals and shows whether you’re on pace, but doesn’t project future MRR, and it has no automated dunning. If those matter most, Baremetrics with its add-ons is the better fit.

Baremetrics vs ChartMogul: which is better?

ChartMogul has deeper pre-built metrics, more billing integrations and a free plan up to $10K MRR. Baremetrics has a simpler dashboard with forecasting and optional dunning. Both price on revenue, and neither connects Polar.sh, Freemius, Creem.io or Lemon Squeezy natively.

Can I connect Baremetrics or Chartsy to ChatGPT or Claude?

Both have read-only MCP servers. Baremetrics connects with an API key and works with desktop clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor and Codex, but not browser-based ChatGPT or Claude.ai yet. Chartsy supports OAuth or a token and works with Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

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