[mansilladev]

I typically think of Patreon as a way for content creators to charge folks for "memberships." So, while I think their billing mechanisms may work for you from a mechanical perspective, I'd perhaps look at alternatives for monthly billing for your client side software licensing.

As for Killbill being overkill.. I think that running/managing your own payment/subscription service behind the scenes probably isn't something you want to spend your time doing, nor would your customers want you spending your time on. Search google for "SaaS billing" and you'll find plenty of options to choose from.

[modeless]

Yeah I know what Patreon is typically used for, but I'm still figuring out what will work best for me. It's possible that positioning myself as a content creator would be OK, with the software mostly free, maybe even open source, but a few paid features unlocked by Patreon. Or something. It's a developer tool and I think developers want everything to be free and open source so it will be tough to monetize.