OpenMeter
by OpenMeter · Open source usage metering and billing for AI and API products
53.9 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Homepage Pricing page
Overview
OpenMeter turns events, logs and metrics into real-time aggregated usage for billing, entitlements and usage limits. It provides a product catalogue for plans, credits, usage-based pricing and commitments, SDKs for Node.js, Python and Go, and integrations with CRMs, tax and payment providers. It is available as Apache 2.0 open source or managed as Konnect Metering & Billing.
- Best for
- Developer teams at AI and API companies adding usage-based billing, entitlements and usage limits.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown: the open-source build is Apache 2.0 on GitHub, and the managed Konnect Metering & Billing service only offers 'start for free' and a contact-sales link.
- Runs on
- Self-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Apache 2.0 open source, self-hostable from GitHub
- Real-time metering with usage limits, quotas and notifications
- No-code product catalog for plans, credits and commitments
- Integrates with CRMs, tax and payment providers
Trade-offs
- No published prices; the managed service points you to sales.
- Pricing page shows no plans, limits or included volumes.
- Self-hosting the Apache 2.0 build means running your own deployment.
- Only Node.js, Python and Go SDKs are named.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 0 out of 100
- API quality
- 40 out of 100
- Documentation
- 80 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 95 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 45 out of 100
- Changelog
- 100 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 70 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 35 out of 100
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
- 85 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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