Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue

Stripe | Financial Infrastructure to Grow Your Revenue

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Usage-based billing


Usage-based billing

Charge customers based on how much they use your product or service.

Metronome, a Stripe product, is a usage-based billing platform that provides real-time metering, pricing, billing, and reporting. Use Metronome to ingest usage events, define flexible pricing models, and automate invoice generation without building custom billing infrastructure.

Try Metronome

For all new integrations, we recommend Metronome. Already on basic usage-based billing? View docs

Get started with Metronome

How Metronome works with Stripe

Learn how Metronome and Stripe integrate to handle usage-based billing, invoicing, payments, and revenue recognition.

API quickstart

Get a token and make your first request.

Plan your billing architecture

What to keep in mind as you create your billing architecture.

Migrate to Metronome

Use this guide if you have an existing usage-based billing integration and want to migrate to Metronome.

Last verified 2026-09-24

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