Autumn
by Autumn · API for plans, usage and AI credits
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Overview
Autumn is a billing service for products priced on usage, credits or subscriptions. Pricing models are configured in a dashboard or CLI, and the application makes three API calls to check access, record usage and run payment flows. It runs on top of Stripe and holds credit balances, entitlements, feature gating and billing state in one system.
- Best for
- AI and usage-based SaaS teams who want credits, entitlements and billing behind one API
- Pricing
- Free up to $8K monthly revenue, then $375/month up to $50K monthly revenue, with custom Enterprise pricing; Stripe fees are charged separately.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- One API for metering, entitlements, gating and billing state
- Pricing changes without database or Stripe migrations
- Open source core, described as self-host ready
- Usage charts and event logs included, powered by ClickHouse
Trade-offs
- Built on Stripe, so Stripe fees (0.7% and 2.9% + 30¢) still apply
- Free tier stops at $8K monthly revenue; next step is $375/month
- Pro caps at $50K monthly revenue, above which pricing is custom
- Adds a third-party dependency to feature access checks
How Autumn markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Autumn’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“The API for plans, usage and AI credits”
- Angle: Developer-first
- Hero: Code snippet
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Autumn’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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