Packaging summary
Lago does not publish a universal monthly or annual Premium price. A current Lago proposal defines the billing-volume assumptions, included capabilities, limits, add-ons, deployment model, support coverage, implementation services, and contract terms for a customer.
Package features at a glance
Lago Open Source — $0 software license
- Self-host Lago on infrastructure your team operates and pays for.
- Use the AGPL-3.0-licensed codebase; review the license for your intended deployment and distribution model.
- Configure customers, plans, subscriptions, usage metering, and invoicing in the open-source product.
- Integrate through the REST API and webhooks.
- Own deployment, scaling, backups, observability, security configuration, incident response, and upgrades.
- Use community resources unless support or services are purchased separately.
- Budget separately for infrastructure and the engineering time required to operate the service.
- Confirm the capabilities of the exact Lago release you intend to deploy.
Lago Premium on Cloud — custom quote
- Run on infrastructure managed by Lago.
- Use the core billing capabilities plus the Premium capabilities included in your proposal.
- Confirm usage or billing-volume assumptions and included limits in the proposal.
- Confirm which integrations, security controls, analytics, data pipelines, and AI capabilities are included or offered as add-ons.
- Confirm support channels, response targets, and incident-management coverage contractually.
- Scope implementation, migration, and other professional services separately when required.
- Use the order form for the controlling price, billing interval, currency, payment terms, and renewal terms.
- Do not infer a universal Cloud price or allowance from another customer’s agreement.
Lago Premium self-hosted — custom quote
- Operate Lago on customer-managed infrastructure while licensing the Premium package defined in the agreement.
- Retain responsibility for infrastructure, deployment, monitoring, backups, security configuration, and upgrades.
- Confirm included Premium capabilities, integrations, limits, and support in the proposal.
- Confirm supported versions and upgrade obligations before deployment.
- Scope implementation, migration, and operational assistance separately when required.
- Budget for both the quoted Premium subscription and customer-operated infrastructure.
- Use the order form for commercial terms and the compatibility matrix for supported component versions.
- Do not assume Lago-managed hosting is included with a Premium self-hosted agreement.
What a commercial comparison must record
For each evaluated option, record these fields explicitly rather than filling gaps with estimates:- Package name and deployment model
- Software license or subscription price
- Contract term, billing interval, currency, and payment terms
- Usage or billing-volume assumption
- Included allowance and overage treatment, when applicable
- Included billing, analytics, security, and AI capabilities
- Separately priced add-ons and integrations
- Implementation and migration scope
- Support channel and response targets
- Data residency and security requirements
- Infrastructure and operational ownership
- Renewal, termination, and change-order terms
not published or not stated in the proposal when a value is unavailable. Do not replace a missing commercial term with an estimate.
Open-source deployment
The Lago repository is available under the AGPL-3.0 license for teams that want to deploy and operate Lago in their own infrastructure. Review the self-hosted overview, Docker guide, Helm charts, and license before choosing this option. Infrastructure, operations, upgrades, and any separately purchased support remain the deployer’s responsibility.Lago Premium
Lago Premium is offered with Cloud or self-hosted deployment. The current published capability list includes usage ingestion, billable metrics, alerts, entitlements, custom pricing units, plan overrides, customer portals, prepaid credits, multiple billing entities, invoice generation and management, payment integrations, analytics, data pipelines, Lago AI capabilities, MCP, commercial integrations, branding controls, access controls, audit trails, and support services. Some capabilities, higher limits, incident-management coverage, implementation services, and integrations may be separately scoped or offered as add-ons. Confirm the exact package, limits, deployment model, support coverage, and data requirements with Lago.Package comparison
“Custom quote” means Lago has not published one universal Premium price, billing interval, usage allowance, or discount schedule. It does not mean that Premium is free or that every documented capability is included.
Published Premium capability areas
- Usage ingestion sources, billable metrics, alerts, and pricing configuration
- Subscriptions, entitlements, customer portals, and prepaid credits
- Billing entities, invoice generation, invoice management, and payment integrations
- Analytics, revenue operations, and data-pipeline capabilities
- Lago AI, the Lago Agent SDK, and documentation and product MCP surfaces where available
- Commercial CRM, CPQ, accounting, tax, payment, and data integrations
- Branding controls, access controls, audit trails, and support services
Open Source scope
The $0 Open Source software package provides the core codebase for a customer-operated Lago deployment. Teams evaluating it should confirm the current repository and documentation for the exact release they intend to run. The operating team owns:- Infrastructure sizing and hosting
- Database, storage, networking, and backups
- Deployment, monitoring, incident response, and upgrades
- Security configuration and access to the deployed environment
- Compatibility testing for customer-specific integrations
- Compliance with the AGPL-3.0 license and any third-party licenses
Premium commercial scope
A Premium proposal and order form define the customer-specific package. Confirm each of these items before making a commercial comparison:- Lago Cloud or customer-operated self-hosted deployment
- Contract term, billing interval, currency, and payment terms
- Usage or billing-volume assumptions and any included allowance
- Included Premium capabilities and integrations
- Add-ons, implementation services, and data-migration work
- Support channel, response targets, and incident-management coverage
- Security, access-control, audit, and data-residency requirements
- Overage, renewal, termination, and change-order terms
Costs to evaluate
For open source, evaluate compute, database, storage, networking, observability, backups, security, upgrades, incident response, and the engineering time required to operate the deployment. For Lago Cloud or Premium self-hosted, evaluate the quoted subscription, usage or billing-volume assumptions, add-ons, services, support, and any customer-managed infrastructure.How to choose
- Choose open source when your team wants to operate the platform and the AGPL-3.0 terms fit your use case.
- Choose Lago Cloud when you want Lago to operate the managed service.
- Choose Premium when you need the commercial capabilities, deployment options, support, security controls, or services listed on the current pricing page.
- Contact Lago before relying on a feature marked as an add-on or subject to a cap.