Pricing & Monetization
Lago vs Togai: Which Usage-Based Billing Platform Fits Your Stack?
Anh-Tho Chuong•Aug 24•4 min read
Billing infrastructure for every pricing model
Manage billing & invoicing, without the headaches
Lago helps engineering and business teams collaborate on complex billing through the API and a visual interface.
Lago billing platform FAQ
What is Lago?
Lago is an open-source billing platform for usage-based, subscription, prepaid, and hybrid pricing. It connects product usage and commercial terms to customer invoices.
How do applications integrate with Lago?
Applications can use Lago's REST API, official JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and Go SDKs, and signed webhooks. Public OpenAPI and developer documentation describe the integration surface.
Can teams run Lago on their own infrastructure?
Yes. Lago is available as an AGPLv3-licensed open-source project that teams can deploy on their own infrastructure, as well as a managed cloud service.
Empower all teams with usage data
Lago shines when billing gets complex
Lago connects to your existing stack
Integrate Lago across payments providers, accounting systems, CRMs, ERPs and many other tools.
Lago developer resources
Build billing integrations with a typed REST API, official SDKs, signed webhooks, and a Model Context Protocol server for AI agents.
API reference
Explore Lago REST endpoints, request examples, response objects, errors, pagination, and regional API base URLs.
OpenAPI specification
Use Lago's OpenAPI 3.1 schema to generate clients, inspect typed operations, or expose billing actions to an AI agent.
Authentication and API keys
Learn how bearer authentication works and how to create, scope, rotate, and revoke Lago API keys.
Webhooks
Receive billing events reliably with delivery retries, idempotency keys, and JWT or HMAC signature verification.
MCP server
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP clients to Lago billing data and operations through a documented server.
Official SDKs
Integrate Lago with maintained JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, PHP, and Kotlin clients generated from the API contract.
SOC 2 Type II
Your data is protected with enterprise-grade rigor.
Flexible Deployment
Deploy Lago on-prem, in a VPC or elsewhere.
RBAC
Role-based access control to set user roles and permissions.
Lago self-hosted
Deploy Lago seamlessly on your own infrastructure to keep full control.
