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by wslh 807 days ago
ELI5: what is the value proposition for Lago? That is open-source?

I am not a Stripe customer but I interacted with it as a normal user (e.g. KYC) and was impressed by their UX/UI, an area where open source projects doesn't excel at all. UX/UI is really hard to grasp.

Stripe customers look for a strong finance platform, they don't care if it's open source or not. Also, from the business perspective you need to have a hard drive to manage a company like this.
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Rafsark 807 days ago
We're diving into creating an alternative to one of Stripe's key services which is billing. Especially focusing on areas where Stripe struggles, like mixed or usage-based billing models. We do offer a great UI/UX ;)
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AnhTho_FR 807 days ago
The value prop is composability, extensibility, building trust, and no lock in into Stripe’s ecosystem More details here: https://www.getlago.com/resources/compare/lago-vs-stripe

Yes we’d love feedback on our UX/UI as well!

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super256 806 days ago
Did you guys implement versioning and grandfathering yet? Iterating on pricing and packaging without overwriting the whole config and f-ing up existing subscriptions is important.

I remember when I last time looked into lago, there was no versioning and the json configs were unintuitive and difficult to use. (I think it was also impossible to create a metered usage with a fixed one time fee$

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